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Does anyone have any tips on how I can start my Cross Stitch Design business fom home? I'm thinking of starting my own home business soon using my own cross stitch designs, which I can produce quicker than I can cross stitch them. Does anybody have any tips I could use to start it? Or do any of you do this kind of work from home or know someone who has that might be able to give me some good tips?? And what about having/using a website to sell my work on? Any tips on starting it too since I don't have a website yet but I would like to use one for this. And what about copyrighting my designs for both the website and the booklets that I would be selling my designs in?? Can anybody provide info on that or where I can learn more on it? I'm half deaf so phone use will be a major problem (which is where the website helps) and I can not work full time due to a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) I suffered when I was a child, which caused my deafness and hearing loss. Any tips and info would be helpful and muchly appreciated on these. Thanks. No spam please just honest answers. I'm American.
can I reduce the stitch count of a design? Is there a software program that can reduce the stitch count of a design that has been reduced to fit a specific hoop size? I should have stated I'm talking about Machine Embroidery
Counted Cross Stitch design software? Want good advice on the best counted cross stitch design software to get. Price moderate. Do not need photo imaging capability. Want to design samplers. Thanks.
Can you make a job or career out of doing cross-stitch designs? I do cross-stitches and have always wondered if I could do my own design and get paid for them. But I do not know how to go about it could anyone explain step by step what I should do it would be most helpful thank you. What companies could I send them to?
Can anyone recommend cross stitch design software? UK.? I thought I might buy some software.CD Rom kind of thing for me to design my own cross stitch pieces. I have seen advertised at a very affordable price 'Jane Greenoff's Cross Stitch Designer' CD Rom. Does anyone know if it is any good? Or are there better ones out there? I would like the software to help me choose the threads including the DMC/Anchor thread numbers. I would like to be able to play with my designs to get the best look, so easily moving parts of the design about the page would be vital. Thanks for the info - but I know what software is out there as I have searched myself. I would like to hear from people who can actually say whether a particular CD ROM or piece of software will be good for my intended use. I don't want to spend the money if it's not going to help me.
Need free Star cross stitch design (please help)? I'm trying to put something together for someone and might end up doing more than 1. I need a free professional looking star about 30 x 30 stitches or so. PLease only answer if you have or know of one on a site. I've looked through a few sites and can't seem to find one. Thank you for responding in this matter.
Looking for a spider web quilt design for hand stitching? I am hand quilting a Halloween Quilt and am looking for a pattern for a spider web design to stitch. I have searched and searched, but I can't seem to find a template or pattern or anything to go by. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks I guess I should say I want to stitch a web design into the quilt. I want that design to be what holds all three pieces together. Thanks.
Anyone know where to find this cross stitch design/kit..? I'm trying to find Dragon Ride by Teresa Wentlzer... it's for a friend who adores her work for christmas. I cant find it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated. So far I only found an Italian site and a Japanese site that wouldnt sell it to me.
Lost cross stitch design? i was working on a 'hang in there kitty' cross stitch, when my puppy took it upon himself to eat the instructions. Does anyone know where i could get another copy of the instructions? http://www.eksuccessbrands.com/dimensionsneedleworks/Products/Hang_on_Kitty_16734.htm
How do i make my cross stitch design smaller? This is the pattern http://www.flickr.com/photos/23769279@N05/3318418211/ I don't have enough time to make it this big.. I have done it before and it took up alot of time.. and this time I have only around a week. I hope someone can help me on how to make it smaller.. maybe just half the size. I know there is sizes on the page but that just makes the picture smaller, not the design. Thanks everyone :)
Do i need to get permission to turn web photos into cross stitch designs? I love doing cross stitch and i have found some beautiful photos on the web and i would love to stitch them.I have a computer program that can turn any photo into a chart and print it off to stitch or sell the charts but do i need to ask permission to do that or can i just save the picture?
Cross stitch design? The pattern uses beads. It does not give you a color thread to use when applying the beads. The space only has a number relating to the specific bead on the guide. eg..XXX5XX 5xxx6nnn7mmm etc.
Can a tailor take out stitches design on a pair of jeans? I have a pair of American Eagle jeans that fits perfectly, the only thing i hate is the eagle stitches on the backpocket of my jeans, which i would much rather prefer to be blank instead. Can a tailor do that? is it a simple job?
Can I sell cross stitch projects that the pattern is copy righted? I have recently started to design cross stitch bookmarks but have used the letters and patterns from different sources and have just combined them. for example used letters from one company and the main picture from another pattern source. I want to be able to sell these at craft fairs and places similar. I just want to make sure that if i sell these items that I don't get in trouble with copyright infringement.
Cross Stitch My Own Design? I want to be able to cross stitch my own *simple* designs onto non-graph fabric. (Like pillowcases and tote bags.) How would I go about doing this?
Where can I get a plain Christmas stocking to cross stitch on? I am looking to buy a plain Christmas stocking that you can cross stitch on the white top part of the stocking. I don't want a huge kit that will take days, I just want to do cross stitch designs on the top part. Does anybody know of a place where you can purchase these online?
Crochet Bubble Stitch Designs? How do I write a pattern for a bubble stitch design that is part of a larger project? This link is an example, although I would be looking to design a simple flower instead of a clover: http://www.getcreativeshow.com/Crafting_Sewing_Conference_Center/craft_sewing_seminars/crochetworkshop1.htm Specifically I'm wondering how one would write a pattern incorporating the bubble stitch for just a small design. Any suggestions or guidance would be appreciated! Thanks!
What is your favourite advanced needlework stitch? I am working on some new needlework designs and am interested in making use of some advanced counted-thread stitches. Some of the designs are on canvas, others are on evenweave, and one is on linen. I would really appreciate hearing from avid stitchers - what is your favourite complex stitch (or combination of stitches)? References would really help! By counted thread stitches I mean such things a Gobelin stitch, Rhodes Stitch, Needleweaving, things like that. These stitches can be used in embroidery, samplers, canvaswork, counted thread, etc. The ANG has some GREAT stitches online, I'm just trying to get an idea for new compilations that people actually like! Thanks.
CREATIVE CRAFT HELP NEEDED!!! How do I make this Cross-Stitch "Cross Design DIY Lucky Bag"? I find the cross-stitching part a little confusing, but what's reall bugging me and making me really annoyed is HOW TO MAKE THE BAG itself...I'm totally not understanding the instructions. Does anyone no what the instructions are telling me to do???? Here's the instructions..please Zoom in to the fullest 100% (Original) http://www.flickr.com/photos/11298239@N07/3616057827/sizes/l/ And here's what they want me to make http://www.flickr.com/photos/11298239@N07/3616081241/sizes/l/ And here's an example of the fabric they give me...EXCEPT, you see how this fabric has 4 folds (pannels or whatever)..the one I have has only 3. http://i5.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/ee/ag/c8f1_1.JPG PLEASE HELP ME
How do you become a published Cross Stitch Designer.? I love designing my own cross stitch patterns and family and friends think I am very good at it. What should I do now to protect my designs from copywriting, and get them published.? I would like to put together my own website to sell them but am not sure about the legal side of this. All help would be most appreciated
trying to make my own counted cross stitch pattern.? i would like to be able to take any picture from my computer, finely grid it without making it blurry, to make a cohesive pattern to creative my own unique counted cross stitch designs. i'm VERY poor, so i need this to be free, and creative. any sources are appreciated. thank you in advance! i need the grid to show as much detail as possible! i don't have an overhead projector. it would have to be done on the computer only, perhaps using a program such as paint to alter pictures?? CAN THESE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS BE PURCHASED AT A STORE? I HAVE NO CREDIT CARD. IF SO, WHERE SHOULD I LOOK?
What do people think of cross stitch-would you like to try it but think its uncool? I'm developing a modern cross stitch site where users pick designs to make their own giant samplers with their own messages and themes. What sort of images do you think would be good to use as designs, for example instead of old fashioned sampler images I have used modern day issues such as nuclear power stations and guns. These designs can then be completed using the craft technique of cross stitching to make up and image, its nice to mix old craft style with modern images. Any idea and input from crafters, non crafters, creatives, thinkers etc would be so useful. Thanks in advance. I'm Hannah by the way, who makes things :)
How can I machine sew or hand sew this type of design into clothing? http://www.epworldwide.com/sf_j_01.jpg I have a singer sewing machine and I was wonder what steps to take to sew a this type of design into my clothing. I don't want the same design but i do want the single stitched line and I don't know the steps to do it. Also, would it be easier just to hand sew it? The design I want is a name.
Does anyone have any tips on how I can start my Cross Stitch Design business fom home? I'm thinking of starting my own home business soon using my own cross stitch designs, which I can produce quicker than I can cross stitch them. Does anybody have any tips I could use to start it? Or do any of you do this kind of work from home or know someone who has that might be able to give me some good tips?? And what about having/using a website to sell my work on? Any tips on starting it too since I don't have a website yet but I would like to use one for this. And what about copyrighting my designs for both the website and the booklets that I would be selling my designs in?? Can anybody provide info on that or where I can learn more on it? I'm half deaf so phone use will be a major problem (which is where the website helps) and I can not work full time due to a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) I suffered when I was a child, which caused my deafness and hearing loss. Any tips and info would be helpful and muchly appreciated on these. Thanks. No spam please just honest answers.
Cross stitch pressing? Hi there! Okay, I'm doing a square cross stitch design, and at the moment its in an oval frame to keep it tight. But eventually when its finished I'm going to want to frame it, and when I remove the oval, there's going to be the oval crease in it. So how can I combat this? Do I just continue stitching inside the oval until I can't anymore, remove it, do the rest of the design and then iron it afterwards? In the instructions it has got how to press it, face down with the iron on medium, but I just thought I'd double check so I don't make a mess of it in the end. Thanks a lot in advance! :)
Prison Break Cross Stitch? Hey guys, i'm REALLY REALLY in love with the show on fox, "Prison Break" and it just came to me, i wonder if there are any prison break cross stitch designs?! Does anyone know anywhere online i could get these patterns? anything at all to do with prison break, in cross stitch! Thanks so much!
Photo to cross stitch chart conversion? Has anyone done one of these in the past. Which company or software did you use? What count of fabric did you stitch it on and how many colours of thread were used in the design. Interested in any views you have on this subject thanks.
what color fabric should I use for this design? I am going to take a black and white picture my friend drew and turn it into a cross stitch pattern for her birthday or xmas. If the whole design is going to be black and white What should the background fabric color be. I am lost I know if I use white It might be to much but I can't think of anything other than white to use. any suggestions will be thankfull. thanks in advance here is the link to the picture I am going to make http://codyclause.deviantart.com/art/Open-40755787
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