Thanks for your video, it's the clearest, easiest to understand and follow tutorial I've seen and it's not too long. I've just learnt that after all these years I've been reading my fractional stitches wrong e.g. doing ¾ stitch instead of a ¼ stitch so showing the chart really helped. If anyone wants to learn fractional stitches I'll show them you're video 😊 👍🪡🧵
Thank you so much for the tutorial on 1/4 stitches - I have been doing 3/4 stitches for 1/4 stitches!!! I have numerous 1/4 stitches on the pattern I am doing and from your tutorial they are now a breeze - I like the fact that your tutorial was so up close and personal that I could actually see clearly the difference in 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4. Thanks again so much - you have made my cross stitching so much better 😍
This was not only helpful for aida, it showed us the logistics of combining quarter- and half-stitches regardless of the fabric being used, and demonstrated how symbols indicating those stitches may appear on a chart! I think it may give me what I need to get back to a UFO I've started several times in both needlepoint and cross stitch, only to abandon each one because of inexperience, blended threads, and fractional stitches. Pinning this one in my Cross Stitch folder for sure! Thank you! Edited to add: and piercing with a separate sharp point is genius!
Thank you for this great explanation! I thought a 9 minute video wasn't necessary, but once I finished, I was glad you took that much time to show us examples. This is a great tutorial.
Thanks heaps for this. I know you posted it years ago but I just (re)started and I legit thought the quarter stitch meant that I had to put the entire × in that particular part of the square and I was trying to work out the logistics. And how to not mess it up. Your video made it all make sense 😂
She explains things so clearly, she's my top fave youtuber for explanations. I watched another youtube video on fractional stitches and the symbol they showed was actually for a quarter but they stitched it as a 3 quarter so because I followed that tutorial first, I have to frog now after seeing this video lol
You are a excellent teacher, the way you show and explain how to do the stitches make it easy to follow and understand. Thank you so much, love your videos
Thank you so much! I'm a total newbie and a pattern I chose to make for a christmas present has many fractional stitches (did not realize when I bought it, lol). This really helped!!
Genius! Never thought to use a pin to pierce the center before making the stitch. Thanks so much, this video couldn't have come at a better time for me. Thanks for sharing and happy stitching!
Wow! I am really impressed with your tutorial, I highly appreciate this art. You changed my way of doing stitches! Please continue to teach the different techniques, l subscribed to your channel because you are very detailed in showing and explaining. Thank you very much.
Thank you! Been cross stitching for quite some time, but have avoided any patterns that called for anything except regular and half stitches until now. This was super helpful!
Thank you immensely for pulling the pattern into the video for reference! It really helped. And yay for the pin tip. Always love a reason to get some new stitching bits!! Off to the craft store I go!
Oh my gosh. I am so happy to see your video on what the quarter stitch looks like on the pattern and how you do it. Thank very very much. I am new to your videos.
This is a great tutorial for beginners. When I started cross stitching I had to figure it out of=n my own. I made some mistakes, but I do them fairly well now.
Thank you for the video. I feel much more comfortable now in using fractional stitches in my upcoming larger projects. Using that pin to pierce the centers - genius!!!
I almost always do my quarter stitches as 3/4 stitches. Especially as that's usually where the backstitch goes, and I feel it gives better definition or shape. I know it's technically "wrong" but just my preference! and the pin is a great idea!
Oh, hey. I already knew/know how to do fractionals - but using a pin to make that hole in the centre is a GREAT idea. I've always just done it with my tapestry needle and. ..while it works. . .I find it often POPS through - catching your finger underneath. -.- It can be a bit painful. lol The pin is an excellent idea! Thank you for sharing that. I mostly stitch on evenweave now - but hey, you never know when you'll go back to aida. (Actually, do have 1 project on aida, as it needed black fabric and thats what there was. So, yeah. :D)
I don’t think this is safe, but I use a thumbtack with a big sphere on one end so I have a place to hold it. It works, but not as well as your technique does. I really like how you showed us a pattern and how to read the pattern.
I am getting sober have been now for 270 days and thought of a way to keep me busy and I have no idea what I'm doing so I UA-camd you and so thank you for being a easy teacher you taught me bc I was looking at the full / half / quarter stitch and was lost thank you for this
I'm SO glad you demoed this today! I'm stitching a piece on 18 ct. aida that calls for 1/4 stitches. I've never done them on aida, but now will give the "pin" method a try. Thanks a bunch. BTW, I just finished reading Still Missing by Chevy Stevens, one you recommended a while back. Holy Moly, what a twisting thriller that was. I didn't even see that ending coming. Next up is the Last Mrs. Parrish. I hope it's as good as SM.
This was very helpful. I am stitching my first fancy lady and I want to do her full head first. I am now encouraged to tackle the rest of her face. It is Native American Hummingbird Maiden by Joan Elliott.
Hi Stitcherista. Im a complete beginner on croos stitch and been spending hrs trying to find a video with the right content showing How to do different symbols on aida. Yours is the closest to what i need and are wondering if you can show a continuous flow of half stitches, circles, etc. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
On the 3/4 stitch when your showing it on the pattern. How would you do the stitch right next to it in another color? I pretty sure the symbol for that color was a 3. It looks like there are two 3/4 stitches in the same box
If there are two 3/4 stitches in the same box you would choose one of them to be the dominant stitch, which ever color you want to see the most because you would do two quarter stitches one in each color but then the half stitch that makes it a 3/4 stitch is only done in one color so you need to pick which of the two colors you want to use.
Thank you so much for this! I know it's an old video, but if you see this: how do you tell on a chart which direction to sew the half stitch? I have a Dimensions pattern and there's no indication. I'm looking at the finished picture and it looks like the half stitches may be in different directions in certain sections!
@@Stitcherista That's good to know for the future- unfortunately my chart doesn't show a direction! I haven't noticed my past Dimensions kits showing the directions for half stitches either 😢 The completed image is just the small one on the front (and this is from their mini kits, so it's tiny!), so I might need to do some guesswork! Thank you- great video!
Good explanations! I had no idea about reading a pattern with fractional stitches like you showed. Hopefully because I just haven't come across those yet....not blown right over them. On the softer Aida's do you still use the sharper needle to puncture the centers?
Thank you for this tutorial. I started with stitching this week. Do you fill the three quarters stitch to a four quarters with the neighbor colour? I'm sorry for my English.
I have a question about fractional stitches.......I have this pattern and in one square they have a symbol in the lower left corner and then the same symbol in the upper right corner that kind of mimics a diagonal........so it's two symbols in one square.....so would they each be a quarter stitch?
Great video, I'm doing Nantucket Rose and the square is crossed by the backstitch and on both side is a different symbol, would that be a 1/4 stitch or 1/2 stitch?
Literally just finishing a project where I should've been doing 3/4 stitches but I didn't know how so I just did full stitches and I'm currently doing the back stitch to cover it up - doesn't look too bad but man I should've googled it at the start 😂 thanks for the video, I'll know what to do next time! 🥰
I came across your vid & so happy I did. In your pattern there are squares with 4 symbols in 1 square. Are those 1/4 stitches? In my pattern they call it petite stitches
I stitch on aida also, and I do make fractional stitches almost the same way as you do, I didn’t think of using a pin, I just poked my needle into the middle of the square, I’ll definitely use a pin from now on. I have a pattern that calls for 2 over 2 on 28 count linen or even weave, I was planning on using aida, but some small parts are over 1. Do you have any advice?
SusiesFancies 1 over 1 is much easier on linen or evenweave than aida. A few fractional stitches on aida are not too troublesome but a section of 1 over 1, I would decide personally to stitch that chart on evenweave or linen.
I got a bit of an issues, In the pattern I got it only say white tread somehow has to be 1/4 stich and or 1/2 stiches, when I check the pattern I do not see any indications where they have to be into the square....otherwise great video 👍
Well, I wish I had seen this before, very, very helpful. I have a question for you, I learned to start my cross stitch from top left, down to bottom right. Then up right down to bottom left. I’ve noticed that everybody does it the other way around. Am I totally doing it wrong? Please try to answer. I’d really like to know. Thank you.
Hey this is the best tutorial I have found Thank-you. I have 2 colours im one square. One symbol in left bottom corner and one in top right. Is that just 2 1/4 stitches to the middle and then a gap im the other two corners?... Thank-you xxx
First time to do crosstich with the last supper but,i dont know how to do the pattern.. All i know is to make cross stich so hard to follow all the pattern. Its makes me feel dizzy..coz its shows so many pattern ..can you help me pls?
The only advice I can give is to watch my many cross stitch videos. If you go to the last video I posted on my channel, I have some video links in the description box that explain how to start a cross stitch project.
How can I follow your cross stitch 101 classes 1 after the other so I can learn along with you. I’ve been watching your vids for days now & love them all!! I’m obviously one of those people who like to complicate seemingly simple tasks! 😂 Thanks Danielle!
i think you done a great job showing the stitches. however, i am new to cross stitching and i would like for you to contact me if you can use the pattern again where is transitions from one kind of stitch to another. use that same area but hook the different stitches together like you are actually making the hat. your video has been very helpful. i am still kind of confused and 2 half stitches going one after the other. thanks johna
Thanks for your video, it's the clearest, easiest to understand and follow tutorial I've seen and it's not too long. I've just learnt that after all these years I've been reading my fractional stitches wrong e.g. doing ¾ stitch instead of a ¼ stitch so showing the chart really helped. If anyone wants to learn fractional stitches I'll show them you're video 😊 👍🪡🧵
Thank you so much for the tutorial on 1/4 stitches - I have been doing 3/4 stitches for 1/4 stitches!!! I have numerous 1/4 stitches on the pattern I am doing and from your tutorial they are now a breeze - I like the fact that your tutorial was so up close and personal that I could actually see clearly the difference in 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4. Thanks again so much - you have made my cross stitching so much better 😍
This was not only helpful for aida, it showed us the logistics of combining quarter- and half-stitches regardless of the fabric being used, and demonstrated how symbols indicating those stitches may appear on a chart! I think it may give me what I need to get back to a UFO I've started several times in both needlepoint and cross stitch, only to abandon each one because of inexperience, blended threads, and fractional stitches. Pinning this one in my Cross Stitch folder for sure! Thank you!
Edited to add: and piercing with a separate sharp point is genius!
Thank you for this great explanation! I thought a 9 minute video wasn't necessary, but once I finished, I was glad you took that much time to show us examples. This is a great tutorial.
Thanks heaps for this. I know you posted it years ago but I just (re)started and I legit thought the quarter stitch meant that I had to put the entire × in that particular part of the square and I was trying to work out the logistics. And how to not mess it up. Your video made it all make sense 😂
Can't believe my luck... perfect explanation of fractional stitches on the first click. Brilliant thumbnail! Thank you 💚
She explains things so clearly, she's my top fave youtuber for explanations. I watched another youtube video on fractional stitches and the symbol they showed was actually for a quarter but they stitched it as a 3 quarter so because I followed that tutorial first, I have to frog now after seeing this video lol
You are a excellent teacher, the way you show and explain how to do the stitches make it easy to follow and understand. Thank you so much, love your videos
Absolutely excellent video. Very clear explanation with dark thread and zoomed in! Thank you!!!
The best explanation for fractional stitches. Thanks 😊
Thank you so much! I'm a total newbie and a pattern I chose to make for a christmas present has many fractional stitches (did not realize when I bought it, lol). This really helped!!
Great examples. Thanks for suggesting the needle for the quarter stitches. That makes it SO MUCH easier.
This is great, Danielle. For those folks who are new to cross-stitch, it will help them so much. Betty Ann
Genius! Never thought to use a pin to pierce the center before making the stitch. Thanks so much, this video couldn't have come at a better time for me. Thanks for sharing and happy stitching!
Wow! I am really impressed with your tutorial, I highly appreciate this art. You changed my way of doing stitches! Please continue to teach the different techniques, l subscribed to your channel because you are very detailed in showing and explaining. Thank you very much.
Thank you for showing how to do this stitch. Now I get it because of your excellent lesson. Much appreciated ❤
Thank you! Been cross stitching for quite some time, but have avoided any patterns that called for anything except regular and half stitches until now. This was super helpful!
Finally a video that shows this method clearly! Good job on this one!
Wonderful video!! Exactly what I was looking for. Needed help with the quarter stitches. Really great clear explanation!! Thank you!
Thank you immensely for pulling the pattern into the video for reference! It really helped. And yay for the pin tip. Always love a reason to get some new stitching bits!! Off to the craft store I go!
Oh my gosh. I am so happy to see your video on what the quarter stitch looks like on the pattern and how you do it. Thank very very much. I am new to your videos.
This is a great tutorial for beginners. When I started cross stitching I had to figure it out of=n my own. I made some mistakes, but I do them fairly well now.
Thank you for the video. I feel much more comfortable now in using fractional stitches in my upcoming larger projects. Using that pin to pierce the centers - genius!!!
THANK YOU!! I had complicated these in my head so much, I just needed to see someone do it. ❤️
Thank you Danielle I have crossed Stitched for years and I never thought of using a beading needle.
I almost always do my quarter stitches as 3/4 stitches. Especially as that's usually where the backstitch goes, and I feel it gives better definition or shape. I know it's technically "wrong" but just my preference! and the pin is a great idea!
pro tip: you can watch series at KaldroStream. Me and my gf have been using them for watching a lot of movies recently.
@Mohammad Liam definitely, been watching on KaldroStream for years myself :)
Thank you so much for the tip with the pin to pierce the middle of the square. I'll definitely try that out:-) tfs and happy stitching ~ big hugs Jane
Great tutorial, Danielle! Love the pin pierce tip. Thanks so much. This will come in handy as I stitch on Aida.
You seriously cleared those quarter stitches up for me. Thank you so much for doing this!
Great video! Straight to the point & clear (not blurry)!😊
You have a great way of explaining how to do this! Thank you.
Oh, hey. I already knew/know how to do fractionals - but using a pin to make that hole in the centre is a GREAT idea. I've always just done it with my tapestry needle and. ..while it works. . .I find it often POPS through - catching your finger underneath. -.- It can be a bit painful. lol The pin is an excellent idea! Thank you for sharing that. I mostly stitch on evenweave now - but hey, you never know when you'll go back to aida. (Actually, do have 1 project on aida, as it needed black fabric and thats what there was. So, yeah. :D)
I don’t think this is safe, but I use a thumbtack with a big sphere on one end so I have a place to hold it. It works, but not as well as your technique does. I really like how you showed us a pattern and how to read the pattern.
Thank you so much! Now I understand how to do my chart.
I am getting sober have been now for 270 days and thought of a way to keep me busy and I have no idea what I'm doing so I UA-camd you and so thank you for being a easy teacher you taught me bc I was looking at the full / half / quarter stitch and was lost thank you for this
Congrats on 270 days sober!!!
Thank you so much. This was the best description I have seen.
I have always hated doing that stitch ! Also love your nails .
I'm SO glad you demoed this today! I'm stitching a piece on 18 ct. aida that calls for 1/4 stitches. I've never done them on aida, but now will give the "pin" method a try. Thanks a bunch. BTW, I just finished reading Still Missing by Chevy Stevens, one you recommended a while back. Holy Moly, what a twisting thriller that was. I didn't even see that ending coming. Next up is the Last Mrs. Parrish. I hope it's as good as SM.
Joan Clarke oh the last mrs Parrish is awesome
Took the mystery out these stitches for me. I have two patterns that uses these stitches and haven’t finished them.♥️
Really useful. Thank you. I was stuck. You really helped me out of a dilemma.
Thank you for this video....I was very confused about these diff stitches....gonna save this one to my favorites to refer back to...❤
1/4 stitches are no longer difficult for me to do! Love piercing the center with a pin! Makes 1/4 stitches so easy! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. It makes it so much easier when you explain it
Thank You so much!
Very good teacher!!
Oh, this is fabulous! Exactly what I needed to know. Very well explained!! Thank you so much! ❤
Always good to see how someone els do it. I loved the idea of the pin.
Thank you for explanation☺ was great to understanding how going quote stitch
This was very helpful. I am stitching my first fancy lady and I want to do her full head first. I am now encouraged to tackle the rest of her face. It is Native American Hummingbird Maiden by Joan Elliott.
This is awesome! Thank you, Danielle! 💜
I am working on a Disney's Cars cross stitch that has a lot of quarter stitches. It has been challenging.
Thank you and thanks once more as this is the only fabric I use!
Thanks for this Danielle. I've always had so much trouble w the fractionals on Aida and that's all I use is Aida 😊
Thanks so much for this video! I was so confused by partial stitches, not anymore 👌👌
Thank you for this! So helpful! Also I love your alice in wonderland nails!
Thank you so much!! I have a pattern but its shows half, and you show it in your video the example of half, thank you for showing
I’m doing a sunflower fractal but when I do my 9 squares it says to start my other one under the 10 th.
Thank you for showing me how to do this. I have got a pattern with two different colour corner stitch, how do I do that?
It should be the same concept as doing this. You follow the direction of the stitch.
Thank you for the education, very much appreciated!
Wow! So helpful. Just what I needed. Thanks!
Hi Stitcherista. Im a complete beginner on croos stitch and been spending hrs trying to find a video with the right content showing How to do different symbols on aida. Yours is the closest to what i need and are wondering if you can show a continuous flow of half stitches, circles, etc. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
On the 3/4 stitch when your showing it on the pattern. How would you do the stitch right next to it in another color? I pretty sure the symbol for that color was a 3. It looks like there are two 3/4 stitches in the same box
If there are two 3/4 stitches in the same box you would choose one of them to be the dominant stitch, which ever color you want to see the most because you would do two quarter stitches one in each color but then the half stitch that makes it a 3/4 stitch is only done in one color so you need to pick which of the two colors you want to use.
Thank you I learnt a lot from your vlog I’m new to cross stitch .
Thank you so much for this! I know it's an old video, but if you see this: how do you tell on a chart which direction to sew the half stitch? I have a Dimensions pattern and there's no indication. I'm looking at the finished picture and it looks like the half stitches may be in different directions in certain sections!
You follow the direction that the stitch is showing in the square. Some will have different directions probably depending on what you are stitching.
@@Stitcherista That's good to know for the future- unfortunately my chart doesn't show a direction! I haven't noticed my past Dimensions kits showing the directions for half stitches either 😢 The completed image is just the small one on the front (and this is from their mini kits, so it's tiny!), so I might need to do some guesswork! Thank you- great video!
Thank you for a very easy to follow instruction video.
This was so helpful, thank you!
Good explanations! I had no idea about reading a pattern with fractional stitches like you showed. Hopefully because I just haven't come across those yet....not blown right over them. On the softer Aida's do you still use the sharper needle to puncture the centers?
Mari Whitmer on the softer aida, like picture this plus I don't use a pin to pierce the center. You can do it just with your needle.
I recently discovered PTP aida. It's gotten back using aida now.
Thank you for this tutorial. I started with stitching this week. Do you fill the three quarters stitch to a four quarters with the neighbor colour? I'm sorry for my English.
You can do that. Normally in the patterns where I do three-quarter stitches the other quarter is filled with a backstitch line, like outlining skin.
Thank you for your tutorial it really helped me understand.
Thank you for this video! I think I can do these now!
I have a question about fractional stitches.......I have this pattern and in one square they have a symbol in the lower left corner and then the same symbol in the upper right corner that kind of mimics a diagonal........so it's two symbols in one square.....so would they each be a quarter stitch?
Yes they would each be a quarter stitch.
Excellent! Thank you
Great video, I'm doing Nantucket Rose and the square is crossed by the backstitch and on both side is a different symbol, would that be a 1/4 stitch or 1/2 stitch?
It would be a quarter stitch on either side.
@@Stitcherista thank you for the quick reply.❤
Thank you, this was really helpful for me
Great video ! Thanks so very much .
Literally just finishing a project where I should've been doing 3/4 stitches but I didn't know how so I just did full stitches and I'm currently doing the back stitch to cover it up - doesn't look too bad but man I should've googled it at the start 😂 thanks for the video, I'll know what to do next time! 🥰
Great video. Good explanation😅
I came across your vid & so happy I did. In your pattern there are squares with 4 symbols in 1 square. Are those 1/4 stitches? In my pattern they call it petite stitches
Yes, those are 1/4 stitches.
Thank you so much! I finaly get it.
I stitch on aida also, and I do make fractional stitches almost the same way as you do, I didn’t think of using a pin, I just poked my needle into the middle of the square, I’ll definitely use a pin from now on. I have a pattern that calls for 2 over 2 on 28 count linen or even weave, I was planning on using aida, but some small parts are over 1. Do you have any advice?
SusiesFancies I have a video that shows how I stitch 1 over 1.
Stitcherista I’m sorry, I meant on aida. Since a regular stitch is considered over 1. I might just have to get a piece of linen :(
SusiesFancies 1 over 1 is much easier on linen or evenweave than aida. A few fractional stitches on aida are not too troublesome but a section of 1 over 1, I would decide personally to stitch that chart on evenweave or linen.
Thank you, this realy helps! What is a petite stich? Is that the same as a quarter stitch?
That is a good question. I have not heard it called a petite stitch.
I got a bit of an issues, In the pattern I got it only say white tread somehow has to be 1/4 stich and or 1/2 stiches, when I check the pattern I do not see any indications where they have to be into the square....otherwise great video 👍
Thank you very much! I was struggling with a pattern and now i have it all clear =)
Well, I wish I had seen this before, very, very helpful. I have a question for you, I learned to start my cross stitch from top left, down to bottom right. Then up right down to bottom left. I’ve noticed that everybody does it the other way around. Am I totally doing it wrong? Please try to answer. I’d really like to know. Thank you.
You are not doing it wrong. Some people do it that way. As long as you stay consistent with doing it that way you will be fine.
Stitcherista oh thank you very much. You make me feel much much better because I’ve done some very big things. You are very kind
Thank you so much!!
Very well explained. Thank u 🥰
How do you know which way to do the half stitches?
It is usually bottom left to top right.
@@Stitcherista thanks
How to read a cross stitch pattern and select different colours
Thanks for the help !
Hey this is the best tutorial I have found Thank-you. I have 2 colours im one square. One symbol in left bottom corner and one in top right. Is that just 2 1/4 stitches to the middle and then a gap im the other two corners?... Thank-you xxx
Yes, you can do two 1/4 stitches.
Thank you so much! This video helped me so much
Thanks so much. Great video.
First time to do crosstich with the last supper but,i dont know how to do the pattern.. All i know is to make cross stich so hard to follow all the pattern. Its makes me feel dizzy..coz its shows so many pattern ..can you help me pls?
The only advice I can give is to watch my many cross stitch videos. If you go to the last video I posted on my channel, I have some video links in the description box that explain how to start a cross stitch project.
@@Stitcherista thank you maam.. And god bless.
Great tutorial thank you
Thank you so much.
thank you so muuuuuch!!!
Thank you!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you... Now I know
Hi how do you do a petite cross stitch please x
I don't know what you mean by petite cross stitch.
Do you mean tent stitch? I don't have a video on that. But there are tons on UA-cam.
Muito obrigada 👏👏
How can I follow your cross stitch 101 classes 1 after the other so I can learn along with you. I’ve been watching your vids for days now & love them all!! I’m obviously one of those people who like to complicate seemingly simple tasks! 😂 Thanks Danielle!
Actually looking for all the videos of your “Sweet Tea & Fireflies” project.
i think you done a great job showing the stitches. however, i am new to cross stitching and i would like for you to contact me if you can use the pattern again where is transitions from one kind of stitch to another. use that same area but hook the different stitches together like you are actually making the hat. your video has been very helpful. i am still kind of confused and 2 half stitches going one after the other. thanks johna