Tag: Crazy Stitching Habits

Crazy Stitching Habits #24

There are downsides to all of them, but if you ask me, I prefer plastic. I’ve have wooden hoops tear at the fabric because of a splinter, and metal has rusted and gotten rust on the fabric. I know some people complain that the color in the plastic can leach into the fabric, but I’ve never had that happen. Whatever way you want to go, the moral of the story is to never store your project on a hoop!

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Whenever I go to start a new project, I always take my thread list and go through my thread boxes to see if I have any of the colors I need before I make my list to take to the store. And without fail I’m almost always missing every single color I need! I’ve started buying extra skeins just to have them around for the next time I kit a project!

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Someone mentioned this the other day and I had to agree! Sometimes I see things and I think, “wow, that would make a great finished piece!”

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I was stocking buttons at work today, when I came across one that said “Hook 310.” And I said, “310 is DMC Black!” to myself. I converted numbers to DMC thread colors in my head!

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You run to your local craft store every time you hear of a new cross-stitch magazine coming in!

(Some of those magazines are expensive, but you can only get them in-store because they’re imported from the UK! So I spend a lot of money on them anyway… especially if it’s got a chart I want!)

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No one understands why you have jars of bits of thread scattered around your home…

(Ort Jars are some of my favorite decorations!)

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Sometimes you can get so frustrated by your stitching that you yell at it as if it’s going to help fix your frustration. (You may even swear a bit or toss your stitching across the room!)

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You need a special pair of embroidery scissors for every project. (That’s the excuse you use as you gradually get more and more adorable embroidery scissors.)

(I have an obsession with embroidery scissors. THEY’RE SO CUTE I LOVE THEM. <3)

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It can be difficult to get into a good stitching groove. You’ve finally gotten comfortable and you’ve hit a good pace and speed, getting big squares of stitching done at a time. You haven’t even needed to frog once. And then… you feel the urge to go. Do you stop your groove to get up at the risk of losing your motivation and drive? Or do you keep trucking for as long as physically possible?

The big question many stitchers face in their lifetime: to pee, or not to pee?

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The state of your house is abysmal due to all the time you spend stitching. Dishes are piled up in the sink, the laundry baskets are overflowing, the carpets need vacuumed and the floors desperately need swept. The counters are cluttered and there’s barely any space to walk.

It’s time to reluctantly put away the stitching and clean up the house. Don’t be discouraged! Remember: once the house is clean, you can stitch again! Hopefully that’s enough motivation to get you through the things that take away your stitching time.

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