When working with large patterns, sometimes multiple pages, how does everyone keep track of their place, especially what line they ate stitching? Between work, kids, pets, and life in general I know I set my projects down several times a day or for a few days at a time. When this happens I sometimes struggle to find my place in the pattern again.

While going thru all my xstitch stuff, i found a storage system i no longer use.

I have 4 4-binders, each holding stitch bow plastic insert pages and individually numbered stitch bows. The binders are 3 ring, American standard size. There are enough stitch bows and insert pages to hold a full set of regular DMC floss.

The insert pages do not fit nicely in the binders. They are made for European-sized (A4 paper) 3-ring binders. So the insert pages do not move easily in the rings of the American 8.5 x 11 binder.

BUT WAIT !! THERE'S MORE !!

Included in the above are a few unused plastic insert pages; packages of number stickers,1 full set + partially used sets; and between 75 -100 stitch bows. I have no idea how i came to have so many stitch bows.

So please reply to this post if you are interested in these items. Replies will be put in a container for the High Lord, Ping, to choose. I would like to be reimbursed for UPS shipping, preferably through Pay Pal. If you are in the far north suburbs of Dallas, we can make arrangements to meet to do the hand-over if you prefer

(I tried to add pictures but i'm not sure it worked. So please go here to see everything: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qp0pCXiPSqg-HLAM2JZ9Oj6cmMgipmSS?usp=sharing )

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hi everyone! apologies for these basic questions but i'd love your input on 2 things:

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1. what is the best/easiest way to 'design' the text for the announcement? In the PDF, there are sample letters but I'm not sure what the best way is to play around with them and use them. With my other cross stitch projects, I've been able to open the PDF in Preview and then 'highlight' the boxes once I've stitched them to keep track. This PDF does not allow highlighting of individual boxes on Preview, otherwise I would definitely do that.
2. In the finished product, the eyes and faces with backstitching seem a little...intense (pufferfish?) but I'm not sure what I could change to make it look a bit better. thoughts?

I have never used any design software, but I just downloaded ministitch based on this sub's FAQ/resources...should I try that?

P.S. I posted about this piece a couple months ago because I started too far rightward- so I used some of the anti-fray solutions people suggested and started over. very thankful for this sub :)

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Pattern is DannisPattern on Etsy.

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Bought DMC C310 on Amazon because I couldn’t find it locally. I paid $5 for it too

I want to stitch something for a good friend of mine as Christmas/birthday gift. Since I want to gift it, I want the finished piece to be perfect, so I'm wondering about which fabric and fabric color I should pick, since I'm afraid plain white might look too boring? The pattern itself features very light sections. This is the pattern I want to do: https://boosty.to/ms_studio/posts/635a058b-7fe3-4d31-9203-69e5a78ff84d

Wanted to stitch to distract myself from life after getting home, when this little one sprinted in and less than a minute later was sleeping(wish I could sleep that quick) on my stitching arm.

You'd think she'd prefer her own house with a log fire going instead of no heating-i'll never understand cats :)

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I don’t know if this is allowed. But I wanted to start a new project…. And then I found out that I actually had al the colours… I think that is an actual miracle.

Nice housewarming gift for my partner’s s mum who’s an avid birdwatcher. Pattern from Christmas edition of Crossstitcher 1996.

Self drafted this project as a quick gift for my boyfriend! I sent him this little poem I made up in a text and he replied that he wanted it framed, so here he goes! He was so surprised and loved it, even with my home done framing job :)

A little gift for two girls, do you think the names at the bottom need to be backstitched to stand out more, or leave it?

Pattern adapted from WildBluebellPatterns on Etsy 💛

I have long hair and molt like no one’s business and swear I spend so much time just pulling threads of my own hair out of my work 🙈

Working with some tan Aida this time. Splicing together my own pattern using a floral monstera leaf frame from CrossStitchTraveler.

Also struggling with the fact that I want to be stitching, but I need to read a novel and work on homework for this term…school is getting in the way of stitching 😤

So, I’ve started trying to stitch a brainless piece during conference calls, and I’m looking to find a clip-on light for my 8x8 Q-Snap. Hopefully something super lightweight so that it doesn’t get too heavy to hold the Q-Snap.

Note: I also use magnifying glasses with a built-in light, but it’s not really sufficient light based on the rest of the lighting available to me in my work space.

Does anybody else use this set-up? Love to hear recommendations from the cognoscenti. (Hey, SAT word!!!)

I'm working on my [f]irst project and I'm running into questions..... should I focus on one color like I'm doing? Or go line by line starting from the top row? How do you manage all the threads if you do that?

If I have the peach where it is and then another spot below the needle minder, do you cut and tie or reach across the back of the aida without cutting the floss?

Apologies if this post isn't allowed. I'm really new and it's breaking my brain to try and figure this out properly.

Needs a date adding, and soaking and framing. A gift for a friend, whose little girl had a heart transplant earlier this year. The Floral Anatomy set is on Etsy. It has 4 patterns in total.

Hoping to be done before the end of fall!