Thursday, August 27, 2009

BAP stitch type question

I started my LOTR map earlier this year and haven't really brought it out to play this summer (its large and the weather hot :p)

For the most part so far I've done full stitches and wondering if its too late to switch to half

Completed so far

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What it could look when done

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I could finish Frodo’s face with full and go with half from there.

Its stitched on 18ct aida, all full x’s and I'm doing two strands floss (DMC)

Any thoughts appreciated

4 comments:

  1. I say continue with full stitches. But maybe look at using half stitches in certain places that are the background???

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  2. Wow! That will look amazing when it is done!!

    I would stick with the full stitches. Personally, I don't like the coverage of half stitches. Like Donna said, though, maybe it would work in certain areas. It may make the faces pop a bit more.

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  3. Maybe you could do the map in the center in half and keep doing full in the border.

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  4. Oh my goodness! You are very brave! My mom preferred doing only half stitches (back when she still stitched). They worked for delicate designs, flowers mostly. For something as dense as this, I would stick with full Xs.

    Thanks for visiting my blog, BTW.

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