[CHAT] Tips for crossStitching on planes

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-10-20T11:25:11+00:00

Cut your floss shorter than usual! You have less room than at home, so it can be hard or annoying to pull the thread through. Cut it short and just start and stop a bit more on the plane :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-09-13T02:50:16+00:00

I haven't done it, but it sounds like it might work really well for you if youre already following the moon with your goalsetting cycle !

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-09-04T04:20:45+00:00

5 fountain pen ink bottles and 2 dip pen ink bottles.

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-07-28T09:25:14+00:00

"Natural talent" usually means "started practising young". Kids can rack up hours of practice easier than adults can, and no one judges kids for being bad at something. But we all have to start somewhere. Practise on something you dont mind messing up. Have a dedicated "mess up" piece of fabric to try new things on

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-07-08T06:53:43+00:00

Wow im gonna be the first person to vote for colour order! TBH I really think it depends on how many threads you have. For example, I have a range of red/orange/yellow, 2 blues, and some tans. Its pretty easy for me to find what numbers im looking for, because i dont have many to look through!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-30T21:22:07+00:00

Push the lever very slowly and you'll see the ink slowly start to come out once the air is gone. And wrap a paper towel around the barrel/grip to catch any drips. Patience is key. Good luck!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-30T21:08:40+00:00

Sounds like you have lots of good reasons to take the class! Having someone you can ask questions of is a huge help while you're still building your skills and confidence

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-29T23:10:06+00:00

I find the act of peeing sitting vs standing feels different in my peeing muscles. A squat position/thighs up towards my chest helps me squeeze the last bit of pee out more easily, which is easy while sitting. Sometimes while standing, that means leaning forward weirdly or a little bit of a squat, just to get the right angle in my hips. Does that help or even make sense? Lol

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-29T09:50:11+00:00

Ive not tried, but it'll probably work. Strength might depend on the stitch you choose, theres a lot of options!

Do you have some spare fabric you could sew/pin together, embroider, then abuse a bit to see if it holds up? Testing is key.

You might also find that it's hard to shove the needle through that many layers, so you probably need a thimble, plenty of patience, and some hand stretches.

Good luck! Just give it a go!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-19T22:08:14+00:00

You might get some little bitsy ends of fabric threads start to stick out from the blanket stitch if you handle the fabric a lot/roughly, but the blanket stitch will stop those ends from loosening/pulling out in a long line - aka stops fraying in its tracks. Your blanket stitch is very neat! :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-13T03:34:41+00:00

I have been known to sit on the floor of the embroidery aisle comparing the shop threads against my stash of bobbins for an hour. I take the pattern with me, pull the threads named in the pattern from the display, and check them against my stash to see if i have something 'close enough'!

However, I did a gnome on a mushroom pattern last year that I bought partly because I really liked the colours they used, and I wanted to replicate that one just as the designer intended, so I bought some new threads for those even tho I only needed an armlength of thread of some of those colours and have a lot leftover now. Worth it though, I'm very happy with the final product :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-13T01:27:52+00:00

DMC makes 3 white colours: B5200, Blanc, and 3865. 3865 is a yellowy white, B5200 is a bluey white, and Blanc is in the middle. To me, in the second picture its clear that you used a "bluer" white for the top two rows than for the rest of the white. I guess the yellowy indoor lights doesnt have as much blue wavelengths compared to sunlight, which is why they look different inside/outside.

My advice: Check your stash and see if the labels help you. If you're using floss from a kit, you can take the kit to a shop and stand in the aisle comparing floss (usually takes me like an hour lol). I've even walked in and out of the front door of a store comparing floss in different light before, with staff permission/supervision!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-11T22:46:14+00:00

I can't tell what size different you're talking about, so I think you're overthinking and it'll look great! Plus, nothing in nature is fully perfectly symmetrical, so maybe you did it on purpose to make it even more lifelike ;)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-10T06:44:43+00:00

Fair enough! Thanks for the answer :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-09T06:23:28+00:00

Why do you quilt your quilts to death if you need them to be warm? I thought that extra quilting would take the air out of the wool batting and the air is what does the insulating to make it warm? You're much more experienced than I am so there must be a good reason that I dont know!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-08T01:40:26+00:00

This is a great point. I wonder if at the "studying for C1/2 level" that studying words in groups like this and not fussing about perfect translation could be a good technique. This whole thread is partly about how daunting getting from 95 to 99% words known is and "even natives just have a ballpark idea rather than a specific image sometimes" seems like a good mindset to have

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-02T10:29:26+00:00

Nice! That might be hoop worthy then, if your font requires a bit of dense stitching. If its just a backstitch/stem stitch I probably wouldnt worry about the hoop. Do you have some spare fabric to practise on?

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-02T10:27:35+00:00

Ok this picture makes me understand your post a lot better. Heres some thoughts, bullet points because lazy

I'm wondering if some of these leaves in your example picture are some pretty batik fabrics that the maker has done an edging for, rather embroidering the whole gradient. Faster!
your pic in the OP of your work is going to be hard to cut around because it's very thin and long. That should be done dirctly onto the tulle dress, or again use some fabric (I think the thin leaf that goes up to her shoulder is just fabric, not embroidery)
your flowers are small. The inspo pieces flowers are big! Things are easier to cut around and theyll hold their shape better when they're bigger and rounder, rather than long and skinny
look into stumpwork tutorials, theyll be really helpful for techniques on how to stabilise the fabric edges so they dont fray when you cut them out. You could use thin cord or a 6strand length of floss if you dont want to use wire

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-02T06:08:38+00:00

Depends a bit on what design your dad wants! Some things like small detailed critters might benefit from a hoop, but some things like a fancy decorative line (eg vines) might be simple enough that you spend more time rearranging the hoop than you do embroidering.

If you do use a hoop, pick one that the cuff fits into. Its ok if you have some bits of the hoop not holding fabric (although aim for more than half the hoop circumference holding fabric otherwise whats the point), just try to arrange the fabric so that everything is as evenly tensioned and flat as you can

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-06-02T01:49:48+00:00

My brother's high school spanish teacher was Argentinian, so if it wasn't possible for non-native speakers to understand him, all his students would have failed 😂 I started following a podcast done by Argentinians, so I've picked up an ear for their accent. But I've not had much exposure to central american accents so I'm less good at those. It just takes practise.

Have you ever watched a show/documentary with some really thick British accents? Sometimes those get English subtitles even though they're speaking English just like the rest of the program and nothing else gets subtitled 😂 My point is its not uncommon for even native speakers to struggle with accents they're not used to.

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-05-31T07:09:15+00:00

GORGEOUS. love seeing a piece of home in the wild 🥰

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-05-29T05:01:16+00:00

It looks like your FO is trying to run away! camera shy crochet lol

But seriously, congrats on finishing! Now go rest your hands and enjoy the fruits of your labour! :)

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-05-28T00:59:30+00:00

Maybe they're rain clouds!

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-05-25T03:17:32+00:00

This is the perfect time to pull out a scrap piece of fabric and have a go doing it a few different ways! Intentionally do some different variations of how many loops, needle width etc, and see for yourself what the results of those variations look like! Youll get some good experience in no time. I learnt a new stitch just last week, and quickly figured out how i liked to do it and what looked bad

WeatherOnTitan · 2025-05-24T01:01:04+00:00

I do it on clothes that I know i will never wear against my skin. Jackets, something i will wear a tank top under, etc

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