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More Cross Stitch StitchesReady for some more cross stitch stitches? The simple “X” and back stitch have been gracefully mastered? Well here’s a few additional cross stitch stitches used in making basic cross stitch designs. Since they are just as simple as the standard basic cross stitches and back stitches, learning them will be just as easy!! Once again, I am right-handed, so all of my instructions and examples are right-handed. Left-handed stitchers need to adjust the instructions and directions to whatever is most comfortable for them. Just make sure to maintain consistency in your direction and your stitches throughout the entire project. Half Cross Stitch Stitches
(My half stitch - sometimes called a 3/4 stitch) The half stitch is as simple as that. Half of the “X”. You form one half of the “X”, to the right, or to the left. That’s it! Not to try and make things tricky, but I do my half stitches a little different. In addition to the long half of the “X”, I also do the short quarter stitch of the other side. The above picture should explain what I mean.
Example: You come up in the bottom left corner of your square. Go down in the opposite corner, top right. (This is where a traditional half stitch would stop.) Then come up in the top right corner, and go down in the center of your square. Make sure you cross the thread of your first stitch when going down into the center and secure it underneath your quarter stitch. I use this method rather than the traditional way because I like my designs to look completely “filled in”. I don’t like the look of the open space that the traditional way leaves. (Some patterns will actually call this a 3/4 stitch, which I guess, outside my little world, is what it really is.) I call traditional half stitches, shadow half stitches. That’s because I only use them when trying to get a shadow or lighter, softer effect in my design. Shadow Half Cross Stitch Stitches
This is what I call them, to differentiate between these and my regular half stitch. (The cross stitch pattern will probably just call them half stitches, but remember, you are in my world right now.) These are the stitches I use to get a softer, lighter look, or a shadow effect around the outside edge of my design. These are just simply doing one half of the “X”.
Example: You come up in the bottom left corner of your square. Go down in the top right corner of your square.
See how the stitches are used for a shadow effect in the above picture? This is what I use them for, and this is why I call them shadow half cross stitches. Quarter Cross Stitch Stitches
A quarter stitch is a quarter of one line of the “X”. It could be in any corner, of any square.
Example: Come up in the bottom left corner of your square. Go down in the center of your square. These are very simple stitches. You can come up in any corner or your square and just go down in the center of the square. By using different corners, you have four (4) different quarter stitch options. (Top left quarter, top right quarter, bottom left quarter and bottom right quarter) French Knots and Colonial Knots Click here to learn more about French Knots Click here to learn more about Colonial Knots Couching Click here to learn more about couching These are the basic “advanced” cross stitch stitches you will use for most of your cross stitch patterns. Any specialty stitches that a pattern requires will be explained in the pattern. Any special instructions needed to complete those stitches will be included, as well. Some designers will include interesting and different stitches to make their patterns unique. They make sure that anything unusual in their pattern is explained in great detail. I have a couple of patterns that required some interesting and unique stitches. I've not used those stitches again with any other cross stitch patterns. The designer included very easy to understand, detailed, instructions on how to do each unique stitch. So not to worry, once you get these basic stitches down, you’ll be crossing up a stitching storm!! Return to Cross Stitch Return to Hand Embroidery Stitches ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Want to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Return to Embroidered Gifts
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