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)

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

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)

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)

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)