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Pattern's back

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:52 am
by blooddha
Hi,
I was wondering if some people would post a picture of their pattern's back (cross stitch) ? I'd like to see compare my work's back with people's, to see if i'm doing well or not :)
Thanks !

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:00 am
by nintandrew
here's a part of the back of my "epic pokemon pattern" project:
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Basically, if you can get the back of your stitches to be up and down as much as you can, your set, and as you can see in mine, I HATE to tuck my thread so I " jump" across the fabric and leave thread hanging when I'm done with it so I can sttich over it later, and not have to tuck it in.
Hape that helps! :cool:

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:47 pm
by riotpatch
Nintandrew, that would drive me crazy!
Anyway, my works do not have the neatest backs ever but there is definitely a difference between a piece with a lot of colours:
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and one with a lot less:
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Zelda is clearly a mess as colours are more sporadic.

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:44 am
by nyami
I dont see how you dont cut your thread >.< I always loop my extra hang thread back into more stitches so I get frustrated and cut it out!

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:29 am
by jeala
D: D: D:

Holy crap. All your project backs look so nice! I'd probably get laughed at for how horrible mine are. :sorry: (I'm glad to see others 'jumping' across to use the same colour. I never got into going through a row just to get to where I needed to be.)

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:54 pm
by nintandrew
You should post yours too jeala, it can't be any worse than my mom's (I hope she doesn't see this), plus on my project, I usually do the colors with the least amount of stitches last to help keep me from misscounting, and those stitches are usually far apart so I have to "jump" plus I usually end up stitching so tight its' a chore to get the needle through the backs.
I like this topic. :cool:

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:33 am
by EdzMasterChief
I love a neat and orderly back to all my projects.
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Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:11 am
by nyami
wish the backs to my projects looked that good! you can see spike as a whole!

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:27 am
by Quizzled
I like a neat back too :D I think it is about the enjoyment of a craft rather than the neatness :grin:

Re: Pattern's back

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:46 am
by DWgrrl
every ones patterns ont he back are so neet, mine are messy... :(