How To Cross Stitch On Clothes Without Waste Canvas

Slightly larger than your pattern.

How to cross stitch on clothes without waste canvas. With the charles croft cross stitch fabric featured below you tack the canvas onto the fabric of choice and cross stitch your design. Adding a cross stitch motif is a fun way to personalize a garment and is especially fun if you have kids and would like to add a cute character to an otherwise boring plain t shirt. All you need to do it mark the outside edge only. Place your waist canvas where you want your design to be.

Items needed for cross stitching without waste canvas. It helps you to keep those stitches close together and tidy. I choose to do this with both a sharpie and a ballpoint to really see what im doing in the next stage however fabric pens work well too. Pull the thread all the way through leaving a bit of the loop at the bottom.

Begin your cross stitch. So the first step is to get a piece of aida and start marking out your pattern. Cut a piece of the waist canvas. In order to cross stitch onto a piece of regular fabric you would use a piece of waste canvas.

Count on your pattern the number of grid spaces to the first stitch typically the centermost stitch and insert your needle from the bottom. Its possible that some brands of waste canvas have the blue lines every 10 spaces rather than every 5 especially if its for a smaller count of waste canvas like 18 count. If you find this tricky you could always use the tiny holes where the double threads of the waste canvas meet instead of the larger ones. Use a running stitch to baste on the waist canvas.