I was going to email you but I couldn't figure out your email address. I'm not thrilled about leaving public messages. I am expecting my 12 Days of Christmas Santa kit any day now. By the way, you should add the word Santa to your description because Jim Shore did different chart called 12 Days of Christmas. I just started stitching this last August so I'm still learning. While looking at the part you have already stitched, I noticed the pattern has shiny gold thread in it. Is the gold thread hard to stitch with? Are there any tricks or special techniques when stitching with it?
There is some very thin gold thread in the kit, and I have a few suggestions. They don't include enough of the gold to double your strands, so the coverage is quite thin. You will also want to use a shorter length of it when stitching, maybe no longer than 10" on your needle. I actually went over my gold stitches with a very similar gold thread I had in my stash to give it better coverage. If you don't have that yourself, you could stitch the area with a golden colored floss first, then add the thin gold on top of it for sparkle. Once it's all done, backstitched and everything, I think it looks good regardless 😊
I would choose number three definitely I think that looks stunning!
Thank you, Cindy. That's a gorgeous one for sure!
I love this! What is the fabric called?
I was going to email you but I couldn't figure out your email address. I'm not thrilled about leaving public messages. I am expecting my 12 Days of Christmas Santa kit any day now. By the way, you should add the word Santa to your description because Jim Shore did different chart called 12 Days of Christmas.
I just started stitching this last August so I'm still learning. While looking at the part you have already stitched, I noticed the pattern has shiny gold thread in it. Is the gold thread hard to stitch with? Are there any tricks or special techniques when stitching with it?
There is some very thin gold thread in the kit, and I have a few suggestions. They don't include enough of the gold to double your strands, so the coverage is quite thin. You will also want to use a shorter length of it when stitching, maybe no longer than 10" on your needle. I actually went over my gold stitches with a very similar gold thread I had in my stash to give it better coverage. If you don't have that yourself, you could stitch the area with a golden colored floss first, then add the thin gold on top of it for sparkle. Once it's all done, backstitched and everything, I think it looks good regardless 😊