A lot of the pictures I share of the cross stitching are either just after I finish stitching for the night or before I start stitching in the morning. Because I stitch in hand mostly, often the fabric is wrinkled and crumpled and, bad blogger that I am, the fabric is often spread out on my lap for the photo.
I had mentioned to Vince that if he would cut me a small piece of plywood, something about 12″ square, I could cover it in batting and flannel and have myself a “wall” on which I could pin the cross stitching and hold it flat to get a better photo.
Yesterday while digging for Winds of Autumn, I found a mini board I had purchased from Florine Johnson years ago. I had admired her chicken patterns and, of course, I ended up buying a ton of them and never made any of them. I’m not sure if the board was for ironing with the fusible, or for carrying pieces from the work table to the sewing machine. Obviously, I never used it for its intended purpose. Yesterday I covered it in batting onto which I can pin wrinkled cross stitching in progress and pin it to where it looks a little better, then position it to take advantage of whatever lighting is available.
It will fit right beside my stitching chair and stay out of sight until I need to use it. Something else to add to my little corner. 🙂
Yesterday while I was digging everywhere trying to find the missing booklet, Vince said “You have SO MUCH STUFF!” Wait just a minute, mister! My stuff doesn’t compare to his stuff! But I wasn’t going to start that discussion with him. Later, I was looking for something on Vonna (Twisted Stitcher)’s website and saw a picture of her studio and she was joking about something her husband had said . . something like “It takes a lot of stuff to be Vonna”.
I think it takes a lot of stuff to be a crafter, especially when there’s quilting, knitting, cross stitching and whatever else we may throw into the mix.
Cindy F says
It’s nice that you want to make a “better” presentation when you show your current project but personally I’m fine with how you show yours as you work. I really get the “lots of stuff” cause that is me. I think I’ve tried just about every craft under the sun and kept most of the supplies…after all, who knows if I’ll go back to it? Glad I kept my cross stitch stuff! lol But I have to say…my husband has more stuff than me too! 😀
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Can you imagine having all the stuff we have and having husbands who do NOT craft and can’t understand the need for everything we have? 🙂 I have a couple of friends whose husbands would totally go nuts with all the stuff I have around, but there are wives who would have a problem with all the stuff Vince has around so we’re lucky we found each other.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Thanks. For me, showing it as is works but sometimes I look at those pictures and think . . that looks pretty bad so we’ll see how it goes using the board.
Tracy says
—I have to admit that I was impressed by Denise’s staged photo of her work last week ;). My husband made the same comment about my stuff recently too. Crafters need stuff, not lots of one thing, but lots of different parts.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
That was a great photo she posted. I’m not much into staging but I always think I’ll do better but know I won’t.
Helen Glover says
Judy how did you adhere the batting to the board? I have a piece of foam board and want to make a tray (can’t remember what you call them) to carry my quilt blocks from cutting area or design wall to the sewing machine. Just wondering the best thing to use….maybe elmer’s glue? Thanks for sharing this.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I used a staple gun but my board is wooden. If I were using foam board, I’d just use T-pins or flower head long pins. That’s what I use on my design wall and it’s foam board.