I thought that it might be quite nice to do a post about what I like
to do when I am not working, reading, blogging, cooking or cleaning. My
problem is that it feels like that doesn't leave me a hell of a lot of
time for other stuff - but, when I do get time, I also like doing cross
stitch to relax. If you are a friend of mine, or if you have come to
this blog through social media like Twitter, you might already know
this. But if you have found this blog by serendipity or through a
random search gone awry, then you probably don't.
This
is really just an excuse to put up a picture of something that I have
recently finished doing. This photo is pre washing and ironing - hence
the hoop mark - and I am planning to stretch it (which I hate doing) for
framing. I bought the kit in Aberystwyth for my 21st birthday (I'm now
37), but I would like to stress that I haven't been doing it for quite
that long (as some of my friends would have you believe). I will admit
though that I have been sewing it for over 10 years: part of the
slowness of this is due to also doing a PhD during this time while
supporting myself by working, however, since I finished the PhD a few
years ago, I haven't had quite such a good excuse for a while. It's
just been hard to find the time.
This is it:
I've
also finished a bookmark with Tigger on it recently, and I have been
doing the following project for a while which I hope to finish soon:
There
is a twist on a phrase which says that those who can write, those who
can't review. I think of cross stitch as a similar outlet for me: I
don't have the creative vision to design something to sew or to come up
with a novel to write (although, like many, I have aspirations to do
so), but I can follow a pattern. And it's a nice feeling to have made
something.
I am just starting to do another cross
stitch project which is a bit smaller than the puppies. I hope that it
will take me less than 10 years to finish.....
why the need to stretch your work before framing? Is this necessary and is this something you have to do or something a framer offers but obviously charges for
ReplyDeleteI tend to stretch my pieces for framing because cross stitch magazines told me to! It keeps the piece straight and taught to present it in the best way and keeps it centred for framing.
ReplyDeleteI have always done it myself. When I have taken pieces in for framing I know that they have mentioned that they will also stretch pieces ready for framing - but as I have never asked them to do this, I don't know how much it increases the price.
Thanks for the reply. I look forward to see pics of your stretching efforts :)
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