fun or hard
has anyone completed this and how many pages is the pattern. I am going to be getting but just got done with a pattern with 15 pages and that took me over a year.
Posted by: Boop on 07/25/15
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Hi Boop,

Thanks for your message. This is one of our designs. It is 24 pages.

I have stitched many of these designs myself and have seen many tips and tricks people use to stitch these type of designs so I am listing some below and I can help you with any queries you have.

We try to make our patterns as easy to read as possible. Alot of people do photocopy patterns at a larger size to make them easy on the eyes or they make a photocopy just to use as a personal use only working copy, which we are fine with. I use a lamp with a magnifier on it to see the pattern easily, best investment I have ever made, as when I get a chance, I mostly stitch at night.

You will notice alot of colour changes with these style of patterns.

We suggest to make it a little less daunting for you to just concentrate on 1 page at a time and each 10 x 10 square at a time. Stitch all the stitches of the same colour in that 10 x 10 square or nearby before changing to the next colour. As the pattern is totally filled you will not see your cotton travelling behind the fabric a small distance. If you are stitching one stitch at a time of each colour this would be very annoying.

Many customers also stitch these in a cross country style so they stitch as many stitches as they can of the one colour in the same area, before changing colours. Some use highlighters on the pattern to mark stitches done if you have trouble following the stitches you have completed. I personally use a yellow highlighter on the pattern to mark the stitches of one colour I am going to stitch on a page and then after I complete those stitches I uses a blue highlighter to go over the yellow ones stitched and then I know I have completed them. Then I move onto the next symbol and colour. Just using highlighters seems to help break up all the symbols and make them easier to see.

Hopefully this information will help.

If you have any further queries please let me know.

Thanks and Best wishes
Tereena Clarke
Artecy Cross Stitch
by: artecy on 07/25/15
REMEMBER -- don't dwell on how many pages in a pattern. I just finished a pattern that was only six pages. The stitch count was 139 x 139. I have another pattern that is 110x110 stitches. It is all on one page. More pages means larger squares and better clarity.

by: NANCYE G on 07/25/15
And sometimes "hard" is what makes it FUN! The more challenging, the more "removed" I become. Other times I just want to get some color on a piece of fabric....No thought, no consideration, just moving a loaded needle til it isn't! :)
by: VCESS on 07/26/15