How do you ‘non-hoopists’ who use a rotation system handle it (as it seems to be lot easier if you are in good terms with hoop)? Do you have several scroll frames? Do you use Q-snaps or maybe something completely different? Or do you just have one or two big projects and others are small enough to be kept in hand while stitching?
I have one large scroll frame (I think it is about 9" x 24" - holds a Mirabilia comfortably) and one smaller frame (6" x 12", maybe? a 9" x 12" piece of fabric fits nicely, anyway). Once the frames are "occupied," I don't take stuff off until it is finished (although there have been exceptions to that....). If I need a break from a bigger project, I will use a hoop....but I don't have any big hoops. I can't get decent tension with a hoop bigger than 6 inches in diameter. So if I use a hoop, it is generally for an ornament or other small design. And I don't leave fabric in the hoop after a stitching session, either, so I could have ZILLIONS of hoop-sized projects going!
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I have one large scroll frame (I think it is about 9" x 24" - holds a Mirabilia comfortably) and one smaller frame (6" x 12", maybe? a 9" x 12" piece of fabric fits nicely, anyway). Once the frames are "occupied," I don't take stuff off until it is finished (although there have been exceptions to that....). If I need a break from a bigger project, I will use a hoop....but I don't have any big hoops. I can't get decent tension with a hoop bigger than 6 inches in diameter. So if I use a hoop, it is generally for an ornament or other small design. And I don't leave fabric in the hoop after a stitching session, either, so I could have ZILLIONS of hoop-sized projects going!
I'm being good and continuing with "Once Upon a Time." I wish I had a digital camera so I could share her here! All the blue confetti stitching in her skirt can drive me nutty, though. I can tell that the finished effect will be incredible, it just gets so tedious. I do one stitch, look at the chart, count, count again, make another stitch....ugh. (It probably doesn't help my speed any that I'm trying to watch the Amazing Race or Law & Order on TV while I'm stitching, either!) I end up getting frustrated and switching to another color -- some of the purple in her surcoat or the red in her sleeves. Ah well, a length of floss stitched is a length of floss stitched, no matter the color. And it makes my little ort jar so much more colorful!
I got mail yesterday....some Just Nan charts from eBay. For less than $5, I got "My Fair Ladybug", "Swan Lake" and "Primrose Path" AND the required charms - pretty good deal, I thought! These little designs are so delicate, and they'll be great travel projects for

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Congratulations on winning your ebay bids - those designs are really pretty and I'm sure quick to stitch up. Love that instant gratification!
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