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At Seminar 2019, Cynthia Thomas introduced us to Stitch Manipulation in a 1-day class. It was lots of fun and I posted a couple of my favorite diagrams from class back in August. I’ve been playing with designs on my computer but haven’t had time to stitch any yet.
In the meantime, I just found a chapter in Needlepoint and Beyond 27 Lessons in Advanced Canvas Work by Edith Anderson Feisner entitled Variations in which she describes varying a stitch by size, by direction, by proportion, and by combination. In fact, she stitched a small landscape in all white using all variations of only cross stitch. I realize now that my design only changed by direction and by size of a straight stitch.
I wonder if Cynthia read this book too and developed it into a class!
Has anyone tried this technique?
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I will have to check out the book. I think I came up with the idea myself with reinforcement from a Tony Minieri class. It’s much easier to do on the computer than with pencil and paper. If I have problems working out an area on a canvas, I will sometimes take a picture and use Paint to figure out what stitches look good there. It can get addictive and you can come up with different ideas without ripping.
Comment by Cynthia December 1, 2019 @ 11:41 pmIt’s a good book. I’d like to find time to do her exercises. Yes, I love working it out on the computer! Love your classes!!
Comment by melitastitches4fun December 1, 2019 @ 11:45 pm