{"id":317,"date":"2005-11-16T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2005-11-17T02:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.52.55.152\/?p=317"},"modified":"2005-11-16T21:52:16","modified_gmt":"2005-11-17T02:52:16","slug":"stitching-bloggers-question-of-the-week-november-16-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Stitching Blogger’s Question of the Week – November 16, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s “Stitching Blogger’s Question” was suggested by Kimberly<\/a> and Lili<\/a> and is:<\/p>\n

\nHow do you feel about staying totally true to a pattern? Do you feel that you have to rip out stitches to fix a mistake or do you feel it’s acceptable to incorporate a mistake into the design?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a fun question, thanks gals! As a model stitcher, obviously I have two points of view on this question, depending on whether I’m stitching a model or a personal piece. If it’s a model, I cannot make a mistake. The designer is counting on me to accurately and perfectly represent the design that they have created so that they can market it. Imperfections are unacceptable.<\/p>\n

In personal stitching, though, I’ve made a conscious effort to take a more relaxed approach. If I make a mistake and it’s something no one will ever notice or care about, then I leave it in. For example, my Christmas Hearts Bellpull has a mistake in it – one stray cross stitch in the wrong spot. I found it after I had finished confetti-like stitching of that color through an entire stitching and had moved on to another color. It didn’t affect the design at all, so I just let the error lie and no one knows but me. I have also modified designs pretty much since I started stitching. Color changes, minor changes to the design, personalization, etc. I suppose some designers might have a problem with this, but I haven’t actually heard one state such a position to date. I think a little bit of variety and personalization of a design is a compliment (and complement) to the designer and the design itself. Besides, it makes the world interesting. Not allowing any changes to a design would be like not allowing stitchers to pick any fabric they wanted on which to stitch the design. I think most designers are about creativity and freedom of expression, as long as the chart is properly paid for and credit given where credit is due. <\/p>\n

Besides, I have enough stress in my life as it is. If every single thing that I stitched had to be absolutely perfect, I would probably stop stitching because it would no longer be relaxing for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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