Diagonal Cross Country Stitching - without crossover traveling
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- My demonstration of how I do the Diagonal Cross country method of Stitching! included are a couple of tips I find helpful.
Hope you enjoy
Happy Stitching
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Thank you for a great video! I would love to see how you secure your finished threads. I have just found out that I love the loop start but I’m not sure about finishing the thread.
Following! I had the same question. Does your frame rotate left to right?
Thank you for this. I just started a HAED and I’m flying through due to your tutorial. It makes SENSE in my brain like none of the rest have. I’m loving it!!!
That's fantastic!
You’re a natural for these videos. You explain as you go. I “stumbled” across one of your videos, and you got me so interested that this is the 3rd video of yours I watched. I will subscribe as soon as I’m done leaving my comment. You have encouraged me to try diagonal stitching once again. I move from project to project and am currently in the middle of a full coverage pattern of the Taj Mahal. It has the speed of a snail in getting the images to start revealing themselves, and I think this diagonal way of doing things will speed things up. I am very glad to have found you.
Hi! I'm so happy you found me as well. It makes me feel great that I'm and to share my method with others. Thank you for letting me know🥰
Love this tutorial. I’m now less intimidated by full coverage patterns. Thank you!
Yay, so glad I could help!
Finally, my God I never started parking because I couldn't be able with those all treads hanging. This is 👌 awesome thanks 😊.
Thank you!
Finally a method that fits my way of stitching! I use the sewing method and stitch in hand. I've done a little bit of parking but doesn't go well with how i stitch. It looks like by doing it diagonally you would naturally stitch to the end of the thread sometimes? Which is how i normally stitch when not full coverage. I'm going to be starting my first full coverage and couldn't find any videos that use my sewing method and where you stitch more stitches before stopping! With the sewing method, you get going pretty fast so this will be great!
Your tutorial has given me the confidence
I'm so glad!
One of the BEST how to videos I’ve ever seen. I would love, totally love to see more videos like this one just talk and show us little tricks or ways you do things while you stitch. I just got back to cross stitching after thirty years and I have forgotten so much. One question I have is how do you end your thread on the back, and how much tail to you leave when cutting the thread off? I would also love to see your floor stand. I’m a new subscribers and I’m going to bing watch your videos. Amy loves Toads recommended your videos and I’m so glad she did.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your words. I weave the end into the back of the stitches twice then cut off the excess. Welcome to my channel! 🥰
Thank you! This makes sense to my brain! I am a cross country stitcher. I have never tried doing a HAED or other full coverage piece. Most everyone I watch parks their threads & I just can’t see myself ever doing that. BUT this way you do cross country but can also see the picture come to life. I subscribed! I look forward to watching your other videos.
I'm so glad it makes sense for you!! And thank you for watching and subscribing!
Love watching your videos. Clear and well presented. I usually stitch in rows within a diagonal or cross country if less confetti. I dislike filling in the last few spaces. Love having that clean edge like you. I went rogue the other night and left my diagonals and started on her head in the middle of my piece.
Thank you! I sometimes go rogue as well, but with in reason 😆. I have another method I like to use that travels into the next diagonal so I dont have to finish the thread and bind it off. I'll continue with my videos if there is interest!
Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this helpful video. I can’t wait to try this method!
That's so great! I hope it works out!
Recently started doing this myself! My adhd makes confetti very hard, however, my ocd can't abide parking, lol. I, too, gravitated towards cross country, and was quite happy with it, but I'm a full coverage or bap junkie, lol. This is working great for me, and I have finally been able to make real progress and continue without massive frustration :)
That is fantastic!
Thank you for this video. Your method makes so much sense. Can you tell us how you finish off your stitches, especially a single confetti stitch?
Thank you for watching, I'm glad I was able to explain myself well. I will end it by running the thread under some stitches on the backside then cut the thread off after it's secure
Your tutorial has given me the confidence to stitch my first full coverage piece. Thank you so much!
Oh I'm so glad!
I loved watching you stitch.......snd you’re wrong, I would never get tired of watching you. I could watch for hours of you filling in your diagonal. I was a little surprised of your crossing so far over down your diagonal. Every time I start a new cross stitch piece, I vow I will make my back look as good as the front, and not cross over or down more than 3 stitches. It is such a good feeling to start fresh and new......but soon it gets to be tedious, and I cross over farther and farther and before long my backs are all crossover messes. One year I cross stitched the portraits off George Washington and Abraham Lincoln for my sons law office. I decided to enter them into the fair.......and I got blue ribbons. But I had a critics meeting that the fronts were not smooth enough and I needed to make my stitches more even. They were true. Even though the pictures looked nice, they weren’t real smooth. I figured it was because I jumped all around carrying my threads. I’m surely no pro... but you are, and your stitches are lovely. I was wondering, about how many hours it took you to fill in all that diagonal? I hope you will continue making demo’s. I really enjoyed it. Thank you!
Thank you so much, so sweet of you to say! I do carry my threads down far, but it doesn't bother me. I'd rather do that than start and stop again for another couple of stitches! And once it's framed no one will see the back, and long as it doesn't affect the front I'm happy to carry on!
This has been brilliantly explained. I've been looking for exactly this as I'm embarking on my first (nearly full) solid-stitching project (and largest ever) soon with lots of 'confetti' stitches for gradient's which I've never done before. I have Pattern keeper and would not be able to do without. Definitely going to use this approach. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your stitching!
I enjoyed watching your cross country stitching. I stitch similar to you.
This was so helpful. I do cross country stitching but work from the centre out. I love the way the diagonal works. Plus I love listening to your voice.
Thank you, that's so sweet of you! I love how the diagonals look!
This stitching method made total sense to me. I will try it with my first HAED project
I'm glad I was able to share! Good luck!
Thanks. I learned more than any other full coverage.
Happy to help!
Thank you for a great video. After lots of searching how to stitch diagonally, cross country but controlled, no hanging threads. This I’ll help me loads your technique.
I'm so glad it's helped!
I love this method. I’ve recently started my first mini HAED and was struggling to find the right method for me. I started just doing cross country as I’m not a fan of parking threads but I’m definitely going to start using this method. So much better.
Yay! I'm so glad you think so!
This method makes so much sense. I can't do the parking method as I just got totally mixed up with all the threads. But I will be trying this method. Thank you so much.
I wish you luck!
OMG! You are the answer to my prayer. I’m working on a full coverage and totally frustrated. Tried parking but that was a disaster. The threads were a nightmare. So now I’m ready to get back to it. Thank you thank you!
Jeanne.
Oh yay! I'm so happy you like my method!
Lol I tried parking and it developed to this kind of cross country stitching in the parking columns. Glad I'm not alone
Yay!
Wow pure perfection!! Thank you soOo much!!Having just started up stitching after 28 years…and felt so overwhelmed thinking about stitching anything bigger than 5x7! Your awesome!! Tfs and for the wonderful content! Hugs - christine
Glad it was helpful! I'm so happy you are stitching again! Isn't it wonderful!
Very interesting. I had not seen this method plus a digital pattern! I just started cross-stitching again after 40 years. I will definitely try this on the next large pattern I do. Wish I had known this in the past! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Just found this video. I started a new project the other day and wanted to do the diagonal stitching. I started doing the parking but it was driving me mad. Couldn’t stand all the loose threads. Decided last night that I was going to continue with the diagonal but do cross country on the diagonal exactly the way you are doing it. Thank goodness it’s not just me going mad. Hated the parking threads. Love this method it has made me sooo happy to find this video.
That's so great!
Love the blue dots for gridding!
They are the best!
I just got a massive 80cm x 100cm cross stitch that is very confetti heavy and I'm also a cross country stitcher. I'm definitely going to be trying this method. Thank you!
That is awesome!
I watched a bunch of videos about the parking method, but all the hanging threads was killing me. And the one stitch and then switch colors too. I'm a cross country stitcher and I loved how um combined the two methods. I'm definitely going to try it! Thx
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much for this video! I wanted to like diagonal stitching, but I didn't...until I watched your video. Now I love it!
I'm so glad! 🥰
Thank you so much with sharing your knowledge, I am a beginner and this method has made things very clear, I can now move ahead without confusion.
I'm so glad I could be of help! I hope it works out for you!
I recently discovered this video. Thank you !!! It inspired me to continue on my first full coverage piece that I had almost given up on. Your method is the best I have found so far.
I'm so glad it's been helpful! Good luck on your first full coverage!
Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you. I would love to see some stitch alongside, your stitching is beautiful x
Thank you! I never thought about a stich along! I'll have to see what others do, music in the background?
So long as it's not the horrible relaxing music lol. Drives me mad, I prefer chit chat 😊
Thank you for this video. I think it is nice to have that 10 count space completely filled in. I need Todo something different from what I am doing at this point. Love your video. I just found it. Have a terrific week.
Thank you!
First video where I felt we were on the same page.(Pardon the pun). I just couldn’t settle on what felt comfortable. Looking forward to the next video you spoke of and how to make sure I don’t miss it. You’re a natural! Find it hard to find you typing in Thread the Needle……
Thank you so much!!!
Great explanation, I enjoyed watching. I had a question but found the answer in one of your reply’s to someone else who had the same question! I’ve been using the parking method but I feel the same as you do regarding it. I haven’t yet tried this method you showed here on this video, but sure looks much easier to me. I’ll definitely be trying it soon! Thanks for sharing. ❤
Oh that's good! I'm glad you got your question answered! I hope you like trying it out!
Thank you for demonstrating your stitching method, explanations were clear and easy to understand . I am going to try this tonight!
I hope you have success with it!
Just found this video. I am encouraged!
Oh I'm so glad!
This is the method I settled on too after trying so many other methods. Great video!
Thats great! Thanks!
This video was super helpful, thank you! It's love to see a follow up to it with the alternate method.
Thank you! I'd love to continue to share!
I believe this method is good for HAEDs with so much confetti like SSMC and using a single loop start and end too...Thank you for sharing.
Yes, works great for confetti heavy pieces!
I am going to try this method. I bought my first full coverage from Artecy and I am going to try this.. I just got pattern keeper.. im so excited! I found videos on how to use pattern keeper so im really happy for that.. thank you for sharing this!
That's great! I wish you luck!
Thank you for taking the time and making this video. It really helped to see it. I would be really interested in a video showing diagnal working into the next box if u have remaining thread.
Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed the video. I will make another one for sure to show my carryover travelling method.
Thank you for your video. Find many helpful tips. Can not wait to try your method
You are welcome! Hope it goes well!
Thank u for this video. I like this way of stitching & I’m anxious to give it a try.
That's great!
I just came across your video and am quite impressed. I had no idea about page lines. Will be following you and going back to your beginning. Thanks for the excellent tutorial. 👏👏
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying!
I love this! I’ll be starting my first HAED soon and do NOT want to park all those threads, so this is so much better!
That's great to hear that you want to try this method! I wish you luck!
Thank you very much for doing this video. I found it really interesting to see how the diagonal stitching works.
You are welcome! I'm glad you liked it!
THANK YOU! This was a great video and made sense to me. I’m so glad I found your video it has made me want to get back to my HEAD 😀
I'm so glad I could help! I hope to put out more!
Great explanation of your method Vani. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Pam!
I luv this method!!! All those dangling threads would confuse me!!
I've tried so many times! I never last long with parking! I love this method, glad you do as well!
My first time watching you and I enjoyed the video very much. I’ve had trouble staying in the diagonal but this method could work for me. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching! I hope it works for you!
Thank you for this and your other two tutorials on diagonal cross country. I’d been struggling with my full coverage. I like stitching on the diagonal, don’t mind parking in general and like the ease of cross country for a thread. My issue was how to merge these sometimes disparate methods and feel like I was making progress. Since implementing your method I’ve added 1% to my HAED in under a week. I also realized I have a lot more completed than I thought. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome! That's fabulous! I'm so glad it's helping you!!
Wow! I get it. I'm gonna save this video. You did an awesome job explaining this. Thank You! I just subscribed 🤗
Oh yay! I'm so glad!
This looks awesome! I'm going to try this for my next big project. Thanks!
Yay! You are welcome!
Yes would love that still trying to find what works for me.
Hope you find something that works for you!
Hi. Just watched your video and love the neat way it’s looks to finish a diagonal line. I have watched other videos on the same subject but yours seemed very clear thank you for making it
I like the neat diagonal lines too!
Well done! The only thing I had a question about was how you end a thread. You did answer my other questions at the end. I think I will give this a try on my next full coverage piece.
I knew I forgot to mention that! I end them at the end of the diagonal by weaving it under stitches in the back
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I also prefer cross country (I like the *idea* of parking but my ADHD doesn't 😅) but I also don't like going long distances across the fabric. It looks great doing it on the diagonal and being able to see it in action like this makes so much sense.
Your are welcome! I'm glad it helped!
Thank you so much for sharing the method, you did an amazing job. Take care
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the tips, will try this when I start my next full coverage. Would love a stitch with me, its so relaxing watching you stitch! 🙂
I'm happy to share in the hopes it provides others with help! I am curious, if I were to do a stich with me, do you like the section where the video was fast with music in the background or with me stitching at normal speed and me talking? I few have asked for stitch with me and I'm curious as to what people like.
@@threadtheneedle I have only really wanted stitch with me's where people just chat, but watching any stitching is relaxing 🙂
@@threadtheneedle i love stitch alongs with the person talking. Looking forward to your next videos. Have plenty to catch up on until you post again
I'm going to try this method! Thanks for a great tutorial!
You are welcome!
I love cross country but make so many mistakes. Wanted to try parking because that seems to give less mistakes, might give this a go.
Good luck!
Great tutorial! It was very informative. Happy stitching!
Thanks so much! 🥰
Thank you so much for this video. This method seems to work for me much better. Loving this!
I am so happy it is working for you!
I have been trying the parking method and had the same issues with thread fray and it seems to take an hour for 100 stitches (SUPER SLOW for me). Excited to try this method and see if it helps more. Thanks for a great video :)
Oh I'm so glad you are going to try it! I hope it went well for you?!
Excellent demonstration!
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Great job. I think I an do this. Thank you. Mary
You are welcome!
I love this method! I am working on my first full coverage piece. I started diagonal squares with parking and then slowly transitioned into something very similar. I don’t like all the loose threads hanging about!
That's great! Me too and I tried so hard to hard to like parking!
Loved your video, makes sense to me. I have subscribed. Thanks.
Awesome, thank you!
Hi thanks for your video it is very useful for me, one thing I saw was how far you took the thread at the back to do another stich isn't that wasting alot of thread, thanks again Elaine 😊.
Hi Elaine, yes it can be alot of wasted thread, but I don't mind. I would rather that then starting and stoping after just a couple of stitches.
Great video. I found it really interesting. Definitely do more xx
Thank you!🥰
What an amazing tutorial. I wish I had followed this with my HAED! But I will definitely use this next time. I look forward to more tutorials x
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! You know, you can switch methods part way through a page or project, I have done it on many occasions! Maybe I'll do a video showing that!
Just rewatched this. So helpful. I have started diagonals from the bottom left corner but am finish that my diagonal is getting too long so Ian getting confused when I have to move the screen view down. I suppose I need the stick within my page more. :)
I go only as far as I can manage. It's better that way, you won't struggle, unless you have a large frame!
Very interesting and I really am considering trying your method. Thank you for the idea of high lighting all the same stitch in yellow and returning with pink when finished. I use the paper method, due to not really being comfortable with pattern keeper. Using my smart phone with it, which doesn't work well with a photograph.
The paper method always works well with the two highlighter method, just means a little extra time finding the symbols to highlight. I did it for many years before going hightech!
Love the tutorial! You did great. Clear and very understandable 👍
I'm trying this now on my new supersized project from Geckorouge!
Thanks for sharing with us 🙏
That's great! I'm glad I could share!
Finally, a video that explains exactly what I've been looking for. I'm so glad that I found your channel and this video. Like you, I love cross country but I wanted to give parking a try. I just can't do it. It's not my thing and it takes forever to stitch just a little square. Your method is perfect and from now on I'll be stitching that way. The thing is that I like to stitch my projects from the bottom right corner up, so I have to figure out the diagonal stitching.
Do you recomend starting like you did on this video? My concern is that if I start from the bottom and work upwards, lines will show. Any suggestions?
Thank you so much!
Hi!
I'm glad my video helped! I don't think you should have any problem starting from the bottom up. Sometimes I do that as well and it should in theory work the same way. Lines shouldn't appear. Bare in mind lines have a lot to do with your stitching tension, the reason working in a diagonal helps is the X's create a staircase effect on the small scale and blur the lines. Good luck!
@@threadtheneedle :)
Hi, this was a very informative video.
Thank you!
This is a great video. Thank you
You're welcome!
This is great.
I have always been a cross country stitcher and have always had a place where I miscounted, and also the bulky back.
I absolutely agree that the parking method would overwhelm me.
I am not a multitasker.
Thank you so much for this video.
Is it possible to use this method with a project that isn't full coverage?
Hi! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.
I don't see why it wouldn't work. Same concept, and I think it would help me even more to keep things straight in my head as I'm stitching!
I loved watching this video and a new diagonal way of stitching. I am looking forward to starting my first full coverage piece and think I will do “ Stormy Night “ by Mystic Stitch. Looks like lots of colour changes tho.. Greetings 🇨🇦
You can do it! That's why I like the diagonal cross country, good for confetti stitching, and with all those color changes!
What do you do with threads you only used for about 2 stiches in the start of the diagonal? Do you let them hang on the back? Do you cut them off? In that case, how do you know what color it is? Do you put them back on the numbered flosskeeper? This method is so good and clearly explained by you, that I immediately will try it. Thank you for sharing!
I finish the threads in the back by weaving them under existing stitches in the back, and then I put them back on my bobbins to be used again! So glad you liked the video and I was able to help!
Thank you for the explanation! I am definitely going to try this. I am currently doing diagonals but make myself use up the thread, even if I go into another diagonal. It is confusing me though. I've tried parking but hated it. I am going to try this and also draw the diagonal lines on my fabric so I don't lose my spots. Thanks again!!!
If you want to carry your thread, keep an eye for my next demo video!
@@threadtheneedle Lol! Just got to that part of the video where you mentioned that. Can't wait to see that demo. Thanks again for taking the time to explain your method.
Ya lo he averiguado, muchas gracias.
Great video
Thank you!
Thank you for your instructional video. I found it very helpful. Question, what do you do with the thread on the back if you’re going to use it in the next section? Doesn’t it get tangled up?
Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I don't' leave it hanging in the back if I am going to continue on, I just carryon into the next diagonal stitching area. I'll share that method soon. As for this method, I finish the thread off at the back by weaving in the threads under existing stitches. Hope that helps!
Helped me alot thank you!
Oh I'm so glad!
Yes please more videos. :)
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Love this! Thank you!
Thank you!
Love this method! I'm a cross country stitcher but my backs are so messy! And I'm forever missing solo stitches here and there, they get lost among the confetti. I love the order of this while still letting me travel to finish my threads! Thank you. Can we see the back of this possibly?
I'm so glad it's working out for you. Hmmm I think there's a video or two where I show the bank. I might again! My backs are messy, but it's ok!
Really helpful, could you please say what you do at a page end. Or do you just ignore page edges because you can with Pattern Keeper? Does it then make the diagonals unmanageable because of their length?
Hi! Pattern keeper is a great help with page lines, so I do travel over frequently. my q snaps are large enough that I can finish a diagonal on a traditional page with a few stitches carrying over. I will try and explain in my next video!
You make an awesome teacher and I can't wait to see your other instructional videos. You are so clear and easy to follow! I can't do parking method either, the strings hanging down drive me nuts and I'm always getting caught in them. I'm a cross country stitcher per page but this seems like a method I would really enjoy, at the same time it gives you a goal each time you stitch. My next stitch I start I will try this method. I've never grided my work before, and when I went out to buy a pen at Walmart a year ago the package said that once you wash the fabric the pen could re-appear a few days later, so I was scared to buy it, I had one years and years ago that did this exact thing. Have you bought your pen recently at Walmart?
Thank you so much! I really enjoy this method, the sense of accomplishment, being able to see a portion of completed pic. I have to say I don't remember when I purchased the pen, but it was been a very long time and I have bought a few over the last few years! I'll never had any issues with it returning, I also didn't read the finer print where it said that. Maybe to a test with it?
@@threadtheneedle Yeah, I might pick one up this weekend and give it a try on a scrap aida cloth I have just to see cause I'd really like to try gridding with a pen, it would be so much easier, and I don't like using fishing line. Hope you have a great week and thanks for the reply!
I love this
Thank you!
Great tutorial! Pattern keeper question: when you highlight a symbol, can you get the app to highlight that symbol only within the diagonal? Or do all all the squares with that symbol get highlighted?
Good question! Unfortunately you can't! However being able to draw the diagonal lines, it's easy to visualize your work area
Wonderful tutorial..recommended by Lisa at Lost In Stitches. I’ve wanted to start a HAED and might have the confidence to try now. Love that you stitch on Aida as I don’t think I could stitch on 25 count Lugana as many of their patterns suggest. Did I miss, though, what you do with your threads when you change colors? Do you leave them dangling on the back? Really lovely stitching. Suzette
Never mind, Vani, I am watching your next video and you explained it. 😊
Glad you got your answer! If you have any other questions please let me know!
Have just 😊found your great video but am still a bit puzzled about how you carry the thread down the back eg if you have only a few stitches at the top and a few at the bottom of the diagonal - have you got that thread just lying loose on the back all the way down?
Hi, Yes, I carry the thread all the way down to do that stitch, and that thread in the back will be stitched over!
Pondering my first full coverage & have been looking for ways to stitch it in an organized fashion. Your method makes so much more sense to me! Forgive a silly question but...what are page lines or column lines in the stitched work? Why would they show up in the stitched work? Thank you!
Just found the answer in your follow-up video! Thank you!
hi, this is a great video. I have a fairly large project full coverage and it is all over the place! I am into a few pages now, but now I want to try this and I'm wondering if it would be very noticeable. Would people see that I changed the stitching? I like this idea the best so far, Yes, I am very new at this full coverage thing. Plus it has been over 20 yrs since I picked up a needle and floss... Thank you for this video and information. :)
I think you should be fine to try it. What method are you using now? Sorry for the late response!