Embroidery "Victorian charm": schemes, features and recommendations

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Victorian charm cross stitch kit by Dimensions is made on navy blue Aida18 canvas and contains 38 shades of cotton floss. The work is considered quite difficult and suitable for experienced craftswomen. The size of the finished picture is 20 x 43 cm. The kit also includes a clear color symbol scheme and a needle, the threads are located in a convenient organizer.

A sign associated with embroidery

Among needlewomen, this embroidery is quite well known, it even has an alternative name - "Witch's House". There is a sign of "Victorian charm": if you embroider this picture, living conditions will definitely improve in the family. That is why, despite the rather high cost of the kit and the complexity of its implementation, it is very popular among cross-stitch lovers.

For a wish to come true, before making the first cross, you need to clearly imagine the future home - where it is located, what it looks like, how many rooms there are, howthey are decorated and what it smells like. The more detailed the picture, the higher the chance of getting what you want. You can even draw a project of a future apartment or house and, threading a needle, think about it, mentally go around the rooms and start embroidery. The most important thing here is the attitude and belief that the sign of embroidery "Victorian charm" will work.

Self-selection of threads for embroidery from Dimensions

Dimensions kits, including Victorian charm embroidery, use self-produced floss, which are not commercially available. The colors of this line are not duplicated by other manufacturers. They are made by J&P Coats, not DMC as many needlewomen believe. There are often cases when the threads in the set are not enough. Or the craftswoman wants to save money and pick up floss in order to use the printed Victorian charm pattern, and not buy expensive embroidery. But it is very difficult to do so.

Even if you take the tables with color translation, allowing you to use floss from other companies, the difference may be too big. Therefore, it is undesirable to embroider sets from Dimensions by self-selection. Finding a Victorian charm embroidery scheme is not difficult, but choosing threads so that the result even remotely resembles the original in color is an extremely difficult task. Rather than making such an effort, it is much easier to purchase a ready-made kit.

Features of Chinese sets Dimensions and differences from other companies

After the change of ownership of Dimensions, the production of sets from the USA was transferred to China, which, according to many needlewomen, affected the quality. The floss has become different to the touch, smoother, and their color is brighter than that of their American counterparts. The set has a thread organizer that was not there before. Because of this small detail, cross-stitch lovers prefer to purchase Chinese kits so as not to distribute the threads.

At present, American kits are practically not found on sale, therefore only experienced needlewomen who have previously embroidered pictures by Dimensions made in the USA can compare the quality. On the network, you can also buy fakes for Dimensions sets with a similar scheme, but from other companies. In some cases, the scheme is not attached to them, and the drawing is applied to the canvas in white, because the blue of the sky is achieved with the help of floss. But such sets are several times cheaper, and many needlewomen prefer their original ones.

Preparing for work

On the dark blue canvas, which is present in the Victorian charm cross stitch, there is no marking, which complicates the process of completing the picture. The use of a conventional water-soluble marker for marks in this case is not suitable, since the markings will not be visible, and the tailor's pencil is poorly washed off the canvas. Therefore, to facilitate the work, it is best to divide the fabric into squares in advance using ordinary white threads. This is a rather long and painstaking process, but still it will significantly simplify the work andwill help to avoid mistakes, due to which you will have to unravel the result and waste your precious supply of threads.

The picture can be done on a hoop, but it will be more convenient to use a special frame for embroidery - this will avoid deformation of the picture and prevent the canvas from stretching. It is necessary to stretch the material on the machine evenly, otherwise the crosses will lie unevenly. It is usually advised to grow the canvas to the size of the frame, but you can stretch the material with cotton or silk threads.

Working with the scheme

It is advisable to scan and print a copy of the "Victorian charm" scheme so as not to spoil it with notes, making it unreadable. The kit is provided in English. To understand what the various symbols mean, some words will have to be translated. For example, the serial number and name of a certain color is the color name, a full cross is indicated by the phrase cross stitch, and a half cross is indicated by the phrase half cross stitch. The word backstitch ("backstitch", or reverse stitch) is known to almost all experienced embroiderers.

Self editing schema

Dimensions sets, including "Victorian charm", are distinguished by a large amount of "backstitch". The reverse stitch often takes several times longer than the main embroidery. But the result exceeds all expectations. Many needlewomen also prefer to refine the scheme on their own: they move or completely remove cats, changing them to dogs or other animals, add them to the platenear the house their initials, "illuminate" the dark windows on the top floor or change the number of levels of the building. Lamps in the windows can be embroidered with other threads, and flower pots can be added to the window sills. Some needlewomen use a special luminescent floss for stars in the sky, which glows in the dark.

Special attention should be paid to the color of the door: it is best if it is red - in the teachings of Feng Shui, this color is considered the most favorable. The red door helps not only to improve the atmosphere in the house and attract the energy of success, but also to get a promotion. Such touches allow you to better imagine your future home and quickly realize the dream of your own home.

How to get started so that the omen works

On the forums of embroiderers, there is often a recommendation - to start embroidery "Victorian charm" from the fourteenth lunar day. Why on this particular day? According to one version, it is ideal for invoking the desired and opening the doors to the future. If you start some important business on this day, you will be able to finish it in about six months. Therefore, it is considered favorable in order to start embroidering such a complex set as the Victorian Charm. The lunar calendar will help you choose the right day, in which days start counting from the new moon.

It is believed that you can not perform several "subject" embroideries at once, you should focus on only one. The set must be liked by the craftswoman, and the process must be a pleasure, and not be a burden. The best choice for workmoments when nothing will distract from needlework. Light, unobtrusive music helps, bringing with it positive emotions, but not a TV or other distractions. One more piece of advice: don't just rely on an embroidery kit, you need to make an effort and act to make your dream come true, and don't count on a magical and easy realization of what you want.

Embroidery "Victorian Charm" with beads

Firm "Skarbnitsa natkhnennya" produces sets for cross stitch and beads. They are not too expensive, they are composed of calibrated Panax beads, printed canvas and a needle. You can also embroider with beads "Victorian charm" according to any other pattern with a printed pattern. But then the material will have to be selected independently. Work with beads, if it is done neatly and from high-quality material, looks more voluminous than embroidery with ordinary threads, shimmers beautifully in various colors and will decorate any interior.

How to finish the work and decorate the embroidery

After the work is finished, the finished embroidery must be removed from the loom or hoop and washed in warm water with the addition of a mild detergent. This will wash off the markup if it was applied, and the crosses will align and become brighter. If the marking was done with threads, they must be removed before washing. After the finished work dries, it should be ironed with a not too hot iron from the inside through a wet rag, and then taken toframing workshop and choose the right design. Brown frames will look especially good - they are combined with the color of the canvas and do not distract attention from the picture. Blue and light blue frames are best used with passe-partout.