Order stitch guides like this from my new site.
I’ve been thinking about the canvases in my stash and, when I do that, inevitably I think about how others might stitch them and how I would stitch them. Also inevitably this brings to mind all the things that might go wrong when you buy a stitch guide that has already been written.
In my stitch guides I work hard to address many of these problems.
1. No diagrams or all the diagrams in one place. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like having too many papers around, needing a book and the stitch guide, or flipping through pages. If I need both guide and book because the guide doesn’t have diagrams, I’ll toss the guide and just use the book. If I need to flip through pages I won’t.
2. Threads that aren’t around anymore. I have a huge stash, but I don’t like it when I guide calls for threads that aren’t around. It’s one thing if it is from a shop, they wrote it, and you are buying the threads there. But this is often not the case. I don’t want to think of a substitute, I don’t want to call dozens of stores looking for the thread. Help me out here, don’t use it if the guide is commercially available.
3. Buying one of many threads that aren’t used much. Have these people heard of stashes? Couldn’t we improvise for threads where only a yard or so is needed? I am capable of picking a floss if I don’t need much of a thread. But if I feel I’m forced to buy it, I will not be happy. I don’t need excuses to make my stash bigger.
But mostly I don’t buy guides because they don’t suit my tastes. They don’t use enough threads, or too many threads, or it’s too plain or too glitzy, or there are too many stitches, or . . .
The solution to all of this is to buy a custom Stitch Guide. With one of my guides, you’ll get something that suits you — your tastes, your stitching level, and even your stash. Written by a stitcher for stitchers, you’ll get something that you can use when stitching with the cat next to you on the couch, in the car, or on your commute.
Best of all, the cost isn’t much more than an already prepared guide. And isn’t having one you’ll use worth it?
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