Yeah! I tried many options as well, but this current one seems the best one so far. And 1 meter thread looks easy to stitch with and no need to needle it too often. 8 yards at a time would be too much for me. However, I stitch silk pattern with 3 metres thread and it works fine. Probably sometime next week I’ll show how it looks like 🤞

Ага, причем очень плотненько! Каждый день вышиваю, как молодец! 🥳

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Thank you Emy! 😘😘😘💐

Hi! Thank you for the kind words! I use square hoop to add extra space to lean the hoop against a table. And sometimes square hoops are easier to fix on a stand. Spring lock hoop I use to have a good tension for the fabric. Square ones do not give so great tension for the soft fabric. But it is essential compare to hard Aida. For stamped canvas I can use only square hoops and it work just fine

Hi! Regarding half and cross stitches, I would say it depends on a project. I truly love half stitches. They are so airy and flying. At look awesome with scenery. But it mostly depends on the picture I am going to stitch and final size of a design. For “in a room” pictures or with people I select cross stitch. If I would like to have a very big in size project, I would select cross stitch as well. At the moment I have approximately half cross stitching projects and half for half stitching projects. My the highest priority design is on cross stitch. It is called “scholar in a library” and I show the progress on it almost every week. kzbin.info/aero/PL0Br0oZrnL71FhqtCr7ucyJY-_rcHHqGk&si=EFokths9xycPSe6H You might see on my channel another great design that I stitch in cross stitches. It is called “a little girl”. kzbin.info/aero/PL0Br0oZrnL72eef8HYYPGL4mdfntfWyRV&si=dyGAjQ5GV-zDHS9p The girl I am going to finish sometime in the beginning of the next year, so we will see it more often this fall More to add to it, I hope to stitch other cross stitch projects more often, but still considering different approaches how to manage this to have it interesting and still to show some visible progress as far as most of my projects are full coverage designs above 150k stitches in total

Thank you so much​@@StitchingMasterpieces

@Erre-rr9ry 😘😘😘 happy stitching!

Thank you so much! 😘😘😘

Oh yeah! I have already “wild life wall” there are a little fox and a tiger. One day there will be and owl and a wolf. Should be an interesting composition 🤔

@@StitchingMasterpieces the projects will all look great together

@KelleysQuiltsandCruises thank you! 🥰

Oh! I want so much to see this owl eyes! They are so awesome and have so much of love of life. Hope to have them stitched by the end of this summer. Or at least be very close to it. 🤞

Thank you! Haha, yeah. When I started it, I did not know what would be the best way to make half stitches. So, when I figured it out speared that I have to stitch it upside down. Do you remember, when I planted this year stitching I said something like this “I am going to stitch about 15k stitches this year. But you know me, I can change my mind easily and decide to finish it as soon as possible. I don’t believe it will ever happen though…..” haha…

​​@@StitchingMasterpiecesDear Olessia, I know that you can easily change your mind , opinion and decisions very often. Hope anyway to see at least one more completed masterpiece till the end of the next year.😊 It'll be good result. But if you decide to concentrate at single project (ha-ha!) more than a month, finish may appear till the end of 2024. I'm sure. 🌹🌹🌹🌹

@letitbe342 lol! Concentrate on just one project! Definitely haha! I tried! Not for me any more. There are some circumstances because of which I can be one-project person. But the possibility to have it this year very close to possibility to see a real dragon on the streets. 50x50. You can see it or you cannot… the same. 50% 😆

Hi! This one is half stitch. I have several other projects in cross stitch as well

When would you decide half stich vs cross stitch? ​@StitchingMasterpieces

@Itsmeitisme hi! I like more half stitch usually. It is so airy and flying. In most cases, if I stitch scenery, most probably I would go with half stitch. If I decide to stitch “in a room” picture or people cross stitch looks better. And it depends on the desired final size of the project. One of my cross stitches is a gift to my daughter. When I discussed with her the project she said she would like to have it as big as possible. For some pictures, like my Castle in the Sky, it is almost as big as I am even with half stitch. With cross stitch I might have a problem to find a wall big enough for it 🤣

Happy you like it! 🥰😘

Found your floss storage video! Very clever. Love it.

Oh! Nice you found it! Yeah! It is very convenient way to store all the threads in one place. This organizer it is definitely compact and useful. Like it a lot!

That’s so great you like it! It took me several iterations to come up with this idea and I shared it because I truly feel it is very good one. Over a year I did change it just for a little bit, but don’t want to change it completely. And I noticed as well that if I have flosses hanging for long time without a bag they become visibly worse. Not even because of the dirt, but because of moving them there and back. Agree, travelling with such organizer should be much easier. Regarding tape vs binders, I agree. It is a wick part. Binders catch thread sometimes and fly away. For my old organizer I made small holes on the sides and and fixed them with a thick thread. And fixed with type on the back. But still thinking if there is a better way of doing things. Probably, your idea just type it is a brilliant one! Yeah, those bought ones organizers not very chip and you come home with them and find out they are not still ideal 🙀 Anyway. Glad you like it! 🥰 hope it helps you stitch your full coverage designs faster. Happy stitching! 😘💐

@@StitchingMasterpieces I have shared your video with all my stitchy friends as well as a post on my Instagram with photos of the ones I made for my current HAED and a link to your video! 🥰

@cloverstitcher that’s a great help! Thank you so much! 😘😘😘

That’s so great! More videos about cross stitching for the better!

Thank you Helen! Absolutely love this design. It is totally outstanding. And on canvas it looks even more tremendous and breathtaking 🥰 Thank you! Happy stitching and all the best for you as well 😘😘😘

Hi! I don’t have any other lights exact the main one above the canvas. Probably, I just got used to it. I just punch a needle a little bit through canvas to see where it is. And defence on it current location I move it a little bit to a right direction. I don’t push it very fast until I see it is in a right spot. I would suggest to try it doing without flipping the canvas, but give yourself time to get used to it. For some time your stitching speed will be slower than you have today. Probably it will take a couple days to come to the same time as you have now and one more week to see the significant improvement Happy stitching

@@StitchingMasterpieces thank you so much for the insight, i will work on it, cheers!!

@lucastitchthings good luck on it! Hope, it will make your stitching projects move faster and bring more joy to your every day life! 😘💐

Hi! Thank you for the kind words! I use two types of pens: The first one is called “paper mate”. It is erasable pens from a local store. Sometimes I use erasable pens from Aliexpress. They are good enough, but I did not test it for long time to make sure they will not appear back after some time. Both of them disappear after washing with hot water or after ironing. As well I use watercolour pencils. It is the cheapest ones from a dollar store. They disappear after soap cold washing. Whatever I choose I always test them before use to not spoil several years of stitching

Thanks again for your quick response. I do not prefer marking in the Aida, but the grid will make it faster and more accurate. Since most of the marks would be hidden by the stitch, I wondered if I could use a watercolor pen instead of a pricy pen. I will try. Just searched: The DMC embroidery pen costs $6.49 per pen, and the Papermate erasable pen costs $3.99 per five. I will also consider the Papermate. Thank you 🎉

@msclara303 yeah! I did not try dmc ones. Just don’t feel confident about those markers that some companies offer for hand made. I would say that if we use not reliable pen even if it is covered by stitches, it still can be a problem after some time. Mostly on white colours or faces.I have heard Some low quality inks can appear back after some time. So, watercolour pencil should be one of the safest one. Paper mate I use for 3 years already did not notice any issues with that. But for the most important projects I use awl for gridding. With this one there is no chance it will appear back. Happy stitching! 😘💐

Thank you a lot! 🥰💐

Hi! Your English is perfect! But you can write in your language. Google helps to translate easily. I stitch with Saga. Much better IMO. Love this app. I stitch 3 times faster with it

Hi! These pens are erasable by heat. So, they disappear when I wash the fabric in hot water or when I iron the final project. This particular pens I bought from “staples”. It is a Canadian store. Some similar ones I have from AliExpress. So, you can check sometime similar in your stationary store or on AliExpress

Thank you so much! I really try to improve my videos to make it better and relaxing every time! 🥰💐

Oh, thank you for pointing it out. Sometimes I forget to add the pictures, but keep it in might that it is important to understand what we stitch together 🤗

Hola! The owl pattern will be available on this eBay store in one-two days. I can let you know when designer adds it there (they just need some time to do that) www.ebay.ca/itm/335489641443?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ipnh5-s5rgo&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=ipnh5-s5rgo&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY That point out that the pattern on eBay will be a little bit different one. A designer is working on it right now to improve it. The picture itself will be the same I can update you here on KZbin or on my instagram if it works for you when it is available instagram.com/olesya_stitches?igsh=MWgzYmt2OGg2c3gxaQ%3D%3D& 😘💐

Hi! In this playlist I have a couple of interesting videos with tips. One of the videos is about stitching speed where I show how I start and end a thread. It helps a lot to stitch faster full coverage designs without turning the frame all the time there and back Speed of stitching. Tips kzbin.info/aero/PL0Br0oZrnL736WLOV6KMNKVES6R7stP7S

Hi! Thank you for the kind words! 🥰 This one is Congress 24ct

Qué precioso ,te está quedando divino . Cómo tienes puesto los hilos es una idea super buena . Besos desde Barcelona 😘😘😘😘😘

@paquilaobaez7786 thank you dear! 🥰 yeah, that’s my favourite project. It looks outstanding. Kisses from Nova Scotia

A thousand THANK YOUS!!!!!!!

😘 Happy stitching

Please, Check it now. I fixed it and it should work worldwide 🤞

Sure! You can find it there www.ebay.ca/itm/335493278640?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ipnh5-s5rgo&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=ipnh5-s5rgo&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Hi Raisa! Not really. I truly love half stitch and believe it looks great for scenery. But I have many projects on cross stitch. The highest priority project at the moment is on cross stitch. It is scholar in the library. I hope to finish it sometime this year

Thank you! It is always nice to see you on my channel! 🥰 greetings for Canada, Atlantic provinces 😘

Hi! Thank you! Actually, even half a year ago I did not even think having drum tight fabric on my end. I have thought it is too complicated. And bought special tool from AliExpress to have it a little bit better. But appeared it is much easier to get good tension on it than I’ve thought. And I found all the materials at my home. Regarding snag needle. Totally! Now I have two of them just in case one is lost. Can’t imagine I have to wait one week until new one comes 🙀🤣

Hi! Let me know which particular ones you are interested in. Some of my projects were bought in kits, some of them I made patterns by myself. Some of them from many different designers Most of them will be adding their designs to this eBay store. Let me know which ones you are most interested in, I’ll ask them to add those patterns on a priority www.ebay.ca/itm/335489641443?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ipnh5-s5rgo&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=ipnh5-s5rgo&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Hi Maribelle! Happy to see you! Thank you for your kind words. 😘😘😘 from Atlantic coast

Thank you for the kind words! 🥰

Thank you! 🥰😘

Hi! Yes, I had a video sometime ago about this type of organizer. It is in this playlist Speed of stitching. Tips kzbin.info/aero/PL0Br0oZrnL736WLOV6KMNKVES6R7stP7S You are totally right - it is not complicated and easy to make. I don’t like vertical thread keepers. I always catch my nails with them. Awful. In this one I have all dmc colours for every project and separated similar organizers for blends. Kisses from Canada

Hi! Thank you! Yes, you are totally right, I live in Canada, Atlantic provinces. And couple years ago I bought some materials online and found there this nice needle-minder. I can try to find a link to this store if you want to check what they have else

Hi! I’ll post an eBay link to this chart later today

Спасибо! Да, пространство располагает 🥰

Ага🤣 буквально неделю назад я думала, что это видео точно придется рассказывать и на 2х языках снимать. А вон она какая придумчивая! 😂

Hi! It depends on what exactly you mean by photocopy. If it is about tragical photo updates on my progress, I am going to have them on instagram. If you would like to have this painting on your wall, probably you can find it in the internet. If you would like to stitch it, there are two options. Buy exactly same kit and stitch it. Or I can try to find a pattern for the same picture, but from another designer. So it is possible to buy floss and canvas by yourself

Thank you Susan! 🥰💐

Hi! My pens I bought from Staples. Stationary store. I have similar ones from Aliexpress. I just like these ones “Paper Mate” a little bit more. Regarding if they are washable. Usually they disappear if you wash with hot water or when you iron it. There is another option: you can try to buy watercolour pencils. They disappear after cold water washing. Just don’t forget to test it before real use

Thank you, I use pen from Prym, but these are looking amazing 😏

@luciehonkova4372 I might be wrong, but I am worried that erasable markers like prym might appear back after several years. I have heard about situations like this. But it was not about prym in particular though. So, I believe in pens and pencils a little bit more 🤗. Don’t want to have gridded face on a wall in a couple years. 🙃 But again. Don’t want to scary you. Just suggest to be very conscious about markers

Thank you! 🥰💐