Once you have completed your cross stitch project you will likely be ready to show it off. You now need to learn how to finish your cross stitch project. There are many options in finishing and you should choose one that looks great with your finished design. The finishing technique can also be used to create a new project from your cross stitch project, like a pillow or bookmark. The finishing technique you use should match up with the size and style of your cross stitch pattern. The following list explains some different finishing techniques.
- Pillow: You can use your cross stitch project sew together with another piece of fabric and stuffed to make a pillow. You can dress it up with braiding or cords.
- Framing: You can simply put your piece inside of a frame to use as hanging art.
- Bookmark: If you have a small project you can add cording or border around the edge and use it as a bookmark. You should add some fusible webbing to the back to make it stiff.
- Banner: Like framing, you can add border to your project and then add cording and hang it as art.
- Clothing: You can sew or otherwise affix your cross stitch project to jackets, sweaters, jeans and almost any other piece of clothing to create an original design.
These are only a sampling of what you can do with your finished project. Chances are when you started the project you had some idea about what it would end up being. Be creative and come up with your own ideas. You affix cross stitch projects to almost anything to create a one of a kind original piece.
Some things to keep mind about the projects you create include:
Care/washing: this is especially true when using additional fabrics in your finishing technique. You need to make sure that you can clean the project without running the colors of the thread or ruining the fabric.
Stretching: Be sure to be carefully when affixing your cross stitch project to other pieces so you do not stretch or distort it.
- Pillow: You can use your cross stitch project sew together with another piece of fabric and stuffed to make a pillow. You can dress it up with braiding or cords.
- Framing: You can simply put your piece inside of a frame to use as hanging art.
- Bookmark: If you have a small project you can add cording or border around the edge and use it as a bookmark. You should add some fusible webbing to the back to make it stiff.
- Banner: Like framing, you can add border to your project and then add cording and hang it as art.
- Clothing: You can sew or otherwise affix your cross stitch project to jackets, sweaters, jeans and almost any other piece of clothing to create an original design.
These are only a sampling of what you can do with your finished project. Chances are when you started the project you had some idea about what it would end up being. Be creative and come up with your own ideas. You affix cross stitch projects to almost anything to create a one of a kind original piece.
Some things to keep mind about the projects you create include:
Care/washing: this is especially true when using additional fabrics in your finishing technique. You need to make sure that you can clean the project without running the colors of the thread or ruining the fabric.
Stretching: Be sure to be carefully when affixing your cross stitch project to other pieces so you do not stretch or distort it.
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