Ask any successful business endeavor about the kind of paper that have stick to them through thick or thin and you will get one answer and this would be A4 card and paper. There is not one single business or company that was able to survive without having to use an A4 card and paper.
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Why Choose A4 Card and Paper
My stitching for Super Bowl Sunday was to start working on the Ladybug. I love ladybugs, always have (but then I’ve never lived in a place with major infestations of them. This one is the Two-spotted ladybug, but there are many other kinds, not all of them red.
The red is stitched in Criss-cross Hungarian, above, using Silk & Ivory. I find the rhythm of this stitch very comforting and I like that it stitches up fast.
The head and spots are stitched in Basketweave using black Silk & Ivory, but I wanted the spots to look very round. Round is a problem in needlepoint. Jessicas make things round, but have far more texture than I want here.
The solution is to use Whipped Backstitch, above. You can make the outline thick or thin and the wrapping turns everything into a nice round shape. Since I didn’t want the outline to be too obvious, I used Mandarin Floss for it. I’m trying to decide if I want to do the same thing for the gold dots once I get there.
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Related posts:
- Blog Stitching — Starting a Project
- Why Outline?
- Blog Stitching – Making the Initial Decisions
- Round Pegs in Square Holes
- Salvaging Stitching Disasters in the Making
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Blog Stitching — Needlepoint a Ladybug
