Hi girls! I start from the middle, that helps me to put pattern in the middle :) My frieng Mirica always began in upper left corner, and my friend Xenia always from the bottom :) Happy stitching, girls!:D
I always start from the middle I don't grid, and the one time I started in (what I thought was) the upper left corner, I had to pull it all out and redo the whole thing...
it depends on the pattern - normally I start in the middle when I haven´t grid my fabric. I always stitch (my crosses) from right to left, top to bottom.