Admiring the huge cross-stitched paintings? And you yourself can not decide on something like that? “Too much time and effort has to be spent,” you tell yourself. In fact, embroidering a large painting is not as difficult as it seems. A few simple secrets will help you create a masterpiece.
Choose a picture and think how long it will take to actually embroider it, taking into account your employment and the pace of work. When embroidering a picture, remember this deadline and try to keep within it. For example, if you decide to embroider a picture for the new year, try to do everything so that it is ready for the new year.
Better to embroider a little, but every day. Don't sit over a painting for five or more hours. It is better to devote an hour to your hobby every day. This way you will better concentrate on the embroidery, and your back and arms will not get very tired.
You can set a certain norm for yourself. For example, embroider 200 crosses a day. By working this way, you will be able to accurately calculate the completion date. This is very convenient if you want to give your painting to someone for a holiday.
Be careful with the threads. The more orderly you store them, the less time you will spend looking for them. Ideally, you should purchase a special container or box where you will store all the materials (threads, needles, scissors, a diagram, a hoop) for a particular painting.
Do not embroider with too long thread. The longer the thread, the greater the risk of getting an accidental knot in the wrong place. Unraveling the thread is not always easy. In any case, you will have to spend time either untangling the thread, or securing the already embroidered thread and preparing a new thread.
All that you have already embroidered, paint over on the diagram with a pencil. It is better not to use a marker or pen, so that you can always refer to the place on the diagram that has already been embroidered. Painting helps to easily navigate the scheme and know exactly what has already been embroidered.
When embroidering, try not to be distracted by other things. It is very easy to make a drawing that is offset to the side, if you do not carefully monitor the location of the patterns on the canvas. And to dissolve and re-embroider the same place is a long and rather nervous work.
