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Hi,
This program is so easy to use. FYI, MacWinStitch program for CrossStitch is no longer supported. Only Mac works.
Im Sue and I am new to the group, I purchased the $4.99 premier membership and it still isnt working for me. Have any of you had a problem?
I'll just keep posting my projects in this topic..
So I got tiret of using money on cotton thingies for make up removal, so I though, why nok make some make-up removal pads?
I have a lot of cotton yarn, so why not use it on something for myself this time:
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Hi,
This program is so easy to use. FYI, MacWinStitch program for CrossStitch is no longer supported. Only Mac works.
Shaleigh,
Oooh, so happy (and
jealous) that you've found a DMC wholesaler near you! 
Sorry you had to
drive there twice, though.
DMC is really
good quality. Many years ago I went to a booth at a trade show to
talk about kitting some of my cross stitch designs and the guy
immediately lost me when he started talking not about using a name
brand like DMC or Anchor or even Madeira, but about substituting
cheap fibers. 
I never got back to him. He lost my
business with that. I'm sure he didn't care, probably did a lot of
business with other people who weren't so persnickety, but
whatever.
I never got back to him. He lost my
business with that. I'm sure he didn't care, probably did a lot of
business with other people who weren't so persnickety, but
whatever.I'm sorry to say I get an "access
denied" message from all of those images. 
But here's a thought or
three...
But here's a thought or
three...How about changing fabric? For
something so beautiful, perhaps a more neutral color like a blue
will suffice, where two strands will work? Maybe the lighter blue
of the background (if possible), then you can ignore those
particular color stitches?
Another idea, you
could go with a darker color, like black. The caveat is black is
hard to stitch on if your vision isn't great. LOL, I did that once,
did not get very far because it drove me too nuts. But the theory
behind using a black fabric is one I got from, of all things, a
now-defunct beadweaving website. They compared using black threads
to weave darker beads together instead of white (which was simply
easier to come by) by talking about the old televisions from years
ago. The televisions had some kind of black background through
which the colors were projected, so the background would kind of
disappear with the points of light coming through. And using a
color like black thread specifically beadweaving really seemed to
help.
You could also - if you have access to
it - try one of those colors (depending on what you can get) in
linen. Linen is soooo nice to work with and my favorite is
Zweigart. IDK how all of their linens are, but one I love in
particular and have worked with when not using Aida is a nice,
soft, solid linen. I've tried off-brand linens and some are nice,
some are very coarse and I didn't enjoy stitching on the coarser
ones, unfortunately. I prefer to stitch without a hoop or frame and
I like a linen that doesn't require one.
It
looks like Zweigart is out of Germany. IDK how their stock and
prices are.
I perfer to save the 3 strands
for 11 count Aida, as that needs the coverage.
If you don't have white as a background, then less need
to worry about coverage, IMO.
Like the old
televisions, the idea of losing the background in a darker color
should take away the necessity of using more strands.
Hope that
helps!
Dave,
So glad I could help!
If you're
talking about making a pattern from a photo or artwork, you can use
our freePatternWizard. You can access that by using the top menu
and choosing pattern/create a pattern. Then in #5a you can choose
the DMC palette and in 5b you can choose, "I will choose my colors
(select to see the colors)."
If you're
talking about creating a pattern from scratch, I'm sorry to say
that every site I used to use for that purpose is gone. 
I haven't yet found a replacement. At
some point we'll be including this capability in the
freePatternWizard, but for now I'm sorry to say it's not
available.
I haven't yet found a replacement. At
some point we'll be including this capability in the
freePatternWizard, but for now I'm sorry to say it's not
available.Im Sue and I am new to the group, I purchased the $4.99 premier membership and it still isnt working for me. Have any of you had a problem?
I'll just keep posting my projects in this topic..
So I got tiret of using money on cotton thingies for make up removal, so I though, why nok make some make-up removal pads?
I have a lot of cotton yarn, so why not use it on something for myself this time:
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