“General rules of composition, like the rule of thirds, symmetry and leading lines, are just as relevant to stitch design” Hello dear readers! As you may be aware, I’m working on a book – The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch,coming out next year from Search Press – and I’ve spent quite a lot of time lately trying to share the vague bits of wisdom that have stuck to me over the years.
One of the topics that’s been on my mind is design and what makes for good design in the context of cross stitch and needlepoint. When I started out, I didn’t know much about this stuff, so I read a terrific book called Design Basics Index,explaining the fundamental principles and showing why certain things don’t work.…
