Set up your main stitching station so that you are comfortable and avoid injury. If you don't have the luxury of a specific place to stitch, chose your perch carefully. Don't sit in an awkward position. Your seating should allow you to work freely, with your arms in a natural stitching position.
Z
19 x 23 stitches 4 colors
Y
21 x 23 stitches 5 colors
X
22 x 23 stitches 3 colors
W
27 x 23 stitches 5 colors
V
22 x 23 stitches 5 colors
Q
22 x 29 stitches 6 colors
U
21 x 23 stitches 4 colors
T
23 x 23 stitches 4 colors
S
22 x 23 stitches 5 colors
R
20 x 23 stitches 5 colors
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Aim for a nice easy tension on your stitches. Don’t pull them so tight that they warp the fabric or leave them so loose that they gap. The stitches should lie flat against the fabric without pulling against it.
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The best fabric for cross stitch other than even weave fabric and aida is Linen. Linen and evenweave look almost the same. Linen has small slubs in its surface but this wouldnot look so obvious once cross stitches are made. Linen has a beauty unparalleled as well as the weave is very apparent which makes it best for this embroidery.
You want the cross-stitch to be the most beautiful.
The keyword for it is consistency of your stitching. It doesn't matter if you start your embroidery with "///" or with "\\\", it is important how you continue it. Just be consistent throughout the needlework project.
Use the right amount of floss. Firstly, this means using the right number of strands to get coverage of the fabric – you don’t want to be able to see the fabric beneath the stitches and if you can you need to use one more strand in your needle.
Buy all your supplies for a project at the start. Thread comes in dye lots that may vary slightly between batches.