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Overstitch
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 9:28 PM
Posted by Kendra
I'm fairly new to cross-stitching. The project I'm currently working on has a list of backstitching instructions, but then the last instruction says "Overstitch all windows in 822." What does "overstitch" mean? Thanks for the help!
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    Reply from Judy
    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:35 PM
    Kendra I've never seen that in a chart. Can you tell us what chart your stitching, maybe that would help? Go to top
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      Reply from Kendra
      Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:52 AM
      Sure! It's by Ronnie Rowe Designs: The Governor's Palace "Colonial Gardens" Williamsburg, Virginia. There already instructions to backstitch around all the windows with one strand in 844, then stitch (I'm assuming they mean backstitch around the window panes) inside all the windows in 844. Then comes the overstitch instruction. I guess if they look ok after I do what I understand, maybe I can just skip it :) Go to top
      • Reply from Judy
        Friday, June 21, 2013 12:39 AM
        That is a beautiful design but I couldn't see the windows closely enough but I'm wondering are there shutters or something over the windows? I ask because may that is what they mean by over stitch, you know you stitch those over the stitching already there and they are more like lines then regular cross stitches. I'd be happy to try to help if you would like to type the instructions for the over stitch but I can't promise anything. Go to top