HOW-TO Videos: Cross stitch (part 2)

Today, I will post the second part of the video series on cross stitch. Last week, we show here the basic stitches in cross stitching: cross stitch, half cross stitch, and quarter cross stitch. The next two videos demonstrate two more of the basic stitches: back stitches and French knot stitches.

How to Cross Stitch: How to Do Back Stitches in Cross Stitching
Back stitches are used mainly to outline your pictures to make them more fancy looking and show up nicer.
How to Cross Stitch: How to Do French Knots in Cross Stitching
This video shows how to wind your thread around the needle in order to form a knot, the so called French knot.
Once you become akin of the basic cross stitches, it is time to start your own cross stitch project. The videos that follow will help you decide on what cross stitch pattern to use depending on your experience as a stitcher, they show you what ways to use in order to transfer a pattern into your grid paper, they even show you how to customize and personalize or design your own pattern. The series concludes with the last video that shows what to do once you have finished your cross stitch project.
How to Cross Stitch: Types of Cross Stitch Patterns
What patterns to use when you are a beginner or a professional stitcher.
How to Cross Stitch: How to Design a Cross Stitch Pattern
This is a video showing how to design your own pattern. Any picture and pattern that you like can be easily transferred to a grid paper. Use the grid paper to trace the pattern, draw it and then fill it with the cross-stitches and the colors that you like.
How to Cross Stitch : How to Use a Transparency for Cross Stitching
Another simple way to copy a pattern is to use transparency paper. Check this out.
How to Cross Stitch: How to Make a Cross Stitch Pattern from a Photo
This video actually shows how to customize a ready to use pattern in order to make it wider or longer or whatever suits you.
How to Cross Stitch: How to Personalize Your Cross Stitching Pattern
Some ideas on how to embellish and personalize your cross stitch by sewing on beads and little charms. Don't forget to put your initials so that the people you're going to give it remember who made it for them.
How to Cross Stitch: How to Frame a Cross Stitch Pattern
This video explains what to do once you finish your cross stitching project. How to wash it, iron it, and finally frame it, in order to enjoy it for years to come.

Please share your thoughts about cross stitch. Do you like this embroidery technique? If you do like this technique and want to share your work in this blog you can send me an email with images of your creations and a small description right here!

KP

Thank you Expert Village for the videos!