The Latest - Dork Stitch! Needlework. Black-lupin (Is now a Trekkie) on deviantART. Sprite Stitch Board! • View topic - Layton request. Cross Stitch Finishing: Overcast Backstitches. Several of the Funk & Weber Designs Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy cross stitch bookmark pattern models are two-sided. They don’t have to be, of course; both sides can be stitched and finished alone. However, if you want a two-sided bookmark, this tutorial demonstrates one finishing method.
Step 1Stitch front and back designs on fabric. Backstitch over 4 threads around the perimeter of each with size 8 pearl cotton. Trim front and back pieces 1/2 inch beyond the backstitching. Step 7Finish whipping all the backstitches, joining to the backstitches where you started. How to make a cross stitch bookmark. I love cross stitch, but it wasn't always that way. I grew up hearing stories from the women in my family about the fear they endured as children when being taught the art.
If it wasn't perfect, they were in trouble. Luckily, that didn't happen to me - my family were very patient when teaching me cross stitch. But samplers and pictures of animals have always had echoes of punishment in my mind. The craft also seemed quite irrelevant to my life. That was until I came across radical cross stitch in 2002 when I was living in Berkeley, California. You can also make whatever picture you want, from Harry Potter to Barack Obama.
As cross stitch is the art of saying something in a matter of stitches, I thought I'd use it to make a bookmark - a great way to say something while sitting in silence, reading a book. What you need What to do 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Are you a fan of cross stitch, or is it a craft best left in the past? Subversive Cross Stitch | mind your fingers.