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Help to finish an old kit
One of the ladies at church, knowing of my penchant for cross stitch and
knowing nothing of crafting herself, asked me if I would consider finishing a "cross stitch" kit that she had purchased years ago. Indeed!!! I knew in advance it was stamped and had some candlewicking on it. The piece is actually kit number 0134, 1982, from National Paragon Corp. I understand they are no longer in business. There is no chart. There are only two colors of floss and the candlewicking, which has already been completed. It says, God Bless Our Home. God has been done in what is best described by me as a continuous satin stitch worked the width of the lettering. The stamping for the other lettering should be the same, however whoever started Bless, worked the B in a different version, although similar to the satin stitch. making the stitches go within the stamped design. Is this all clear as mud.What I'm wondering is, which set of lettering probably comes closer to being what was intended. I must say, if I have to take out one or the other (which I will have to do) I'd rather take out one letter rather than three, but I also want it to be done correctly. Please give me all the advice you can.Thank you in advance. Sylvia Blanchard Triangle North Carolina Mom to Brandon (firefighter) & Matt (plumber) Grandma to Madison Nicole (born 4-26-02) |
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I would think that you would want the stitches to cover the stamped lines,
so I would work the statin stitch over the stamped lines, rather than inside them. HTH Pat in Illinois |
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In 99% ofthe stamped patterns I have done the stitching is used to cover
the stamped part,besides if the kit is no longer available , who is going to check your work. I would do what you thinks looks best good luck The Southern Gent "Sylvia Blanchard" wrote in message ... One of the ladies at church, knowing of my penchant for cross stitch and knowing nothing of crafting herself, asked me if I would consider finishing a "cross stitch" kit that she had purchased years ago. Indeed!!! I knew in advance it was stamped and had some candlewicking on it. The piece is actually kit number 0134, 1982, from National Paragon Corp. I understand they are no longer in business. There is no chart. There are only two colors of floss and the candlewicking, which has already been completed. It says, God Bless Our Home. God has been done in what is best described by me as a continuous satin stitch worked the width of the lettering. The stamping for the other lettering should be the same, however whoever started Bless, worked the B in a different version, although similar to the satin stitch. making the stitches go within the stamped design. Is this all clear as mud.What I'm wondering is, which set of lettering probably comes closer to being what was intended. I must say, if I have to take out one or the other (which I will have to do) I'd rather take out one letter rather than three, but I also want it to be done correctly. Please give me all the advice you can.Thank you in advance. Sylvia Blanchard Triangle North Carolina Mom to Brandon (firefighter) & Matt (plumber) Grandma to Madison Nicole (born 4-26-02) |
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I agree with Mitch: there is no "correct" method. The only thing you
try hard to do is cover up the stamping. Use whatever stitches will do that. You may even need more than one, such as stem stitch as an outline, then fill with seeding, French (or other) knot. Do what you think you need to do. I'm sure the result will be lovely. Best wishes in your endeavors. Dianne mitch wrote: In 99% ofthe stamped patterns I have done the stitching is used to cover the stamped part,besides if the kit is no longer available , who is going to check your work. I would do what you thinks looks best good luck The Southern Gent "Sylvia Blanchard" wrote in message ... One of the ladies at church, knowing of my penchant for cross stitch and knowing nothing of crafting herself, asked me if I would consider finishing a "cross stitch" kit that she had purchased years ago. Indeed!!! I knew in advance it was stamped and had some candlewicking on it. The piece is actually kit number 0134, 1982, from National Paragon Corp. I understand they are no longer in business. There is no chart. There are only two colors of floss and the candlewicking, which has already been completed. It says, God Bless Our Home. God has been done in what is best described by me as a continuous satin stitch worked the width of the lettering. The stamping for the other lettering should be the same, however whoever started Bless, worked the B in a different version, although similar to the satin stitch. making the stitches go within the stamped design. Is this all clear as mud.What I'm wondering is, which set of lettering probably comes closer to being what was intended. I must say, if I have to take out one or the other (which I will have to do) I'd rather take out one letter rather than three, but I also want it to be done correctly. Please give me all the advice you can.Thank you in advance. Sylvia Blanchard Triangle North Carolina Mom to Brandon (firefighter) & Matt (plumber) Grandma to Madison Nicole (born 4-26-02) |
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What I did was first call the owner of the kit. I wanted to make sure that
there was no history to this kit. Because I knew at least two other people had worked on this previously, and one way or another, I was going to have to remove somebody's stitching, I wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to destroy precious stitching. Sometimes even if it's wrong, you need to leave it in. But there were no memories, just too many stitchers. So, I left in God, which was probably stitched using more strands of floss than I would use, but since it was God, I felt that could be appropriate. I took out the portion of the B that I thought was done incorrectly. Then I'm doing a satin stitch for all the other letters. The stamping resembled a candy cane, and the B stitcher had tried to fill in going in several different directions. While it was unique, I didn't think it was what was supposed to be there. So, now, I am actually going to complete this 22 year old project and give it a place on her new home's wall, when it was originally intended for the previous home's wall. Thanks for all your help!!! Sylvia Blanchard Triangle North Carolina Mom to Brandon (firefighter) & Matt (plumber) Grandma to Madison Nicole (born 4-26-02) |
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