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Crazy...

How many pages some patterns have. For over two years I have wanted to stitch Elizabeth Savilles. About this time last year, I actually thought I would. What's the hangup you ask? Over 12 pages of pattern! I've never been one to like charts that were not all on one page...I want to see it at a glance. Call me crazy...page after page is just too daunting.

After seeing Laurie's lovely finish of this sampler, I contacted her and asked her how she tackled the pattern. She doesn't seem to have a problem with "multiple page" charts and suggested I try making mine into one page. While setting on the patio in the breeze, I did just that. I don't know which was crazier...piecing together the pages outdoors or the size of the end result?! Then today while visiting with a fellow stitcher, I discover she doesn't mind stitching from multiple pages either. How crazy is that?
Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to "forge" ahead on my error filled stitching, "Spring Tyme" Sampler is complete and "Ann Carter"...well, she is going back into the basket for awhile...she's driving me crazy. So with cool rainy weather in the forecast, perhaps it's time to begin Elizabeth.
"I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane."

Comments

Beth said…
I think multiple pages can be daunting - as I'm left handed and I stitch using reading the chart upside down, I'm not one to say anything about anyone else's foibles! Love Primitive Spring!
April 14, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Karen said…
Your "single" page is too funny... but if it works for you why not!

Love your Spring Thyme finish...just too cute.
April 14, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Andrea said…
Um, mutlitple pages, not a fan. I'd rather see the whole thing on one page. I just got Ann Grant last week, yep, multiple pages. Oh well. I see tape in my future. Whatever works, right?
April 14, 2011 at 12:18 PM
barbara said…
Multiple pages give me a brain hiccup, too. I also tape them together.
April 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Kim said…
I have always been a 1 page girl myself!!! lol But I am working on a four page pattern right now (Isabella Johnstone) and it is coming along just fine. That shaded overlap area really does work! I am wanting to do some larger Samplers, and they seem to have alot of pages...Good Luck!
April 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Deb said…
I was always a one page girl myself, but then I got into doing some Scarlett Letter charts and they were huge, so I've gotten used to working on one page at a time and actually like it better. I guess it just takes some getting used to.
April 14, 2011 at 3:31 PM
BitsAndPieces said…
Really sweet piece of stitchery, Joy. Love your darling rabbit with the daffodils. Is he made of iron?

Sandy
April 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM
Laurie in Iowa said…
Congrats on forging ahead and finishing your Spring Thyme sampler. It's such a sweet sampler.
YGG... so glad you're going ahead with Elizabeth Savilles. You now have a bedspread sized chart to work from... but you can see the entire chart.
IMHO everyone should do what suits them best... as long as those needles keep moving.
April 14, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Melissa said…
Joy, your Spring Thyme sampler looks wonderful. Who can tell there's an error? Not moi.

I had problems with Elizabeth Saville and put it aside. I will restart brand new one day with new fibers. The multi page did bother me but that was about 2 or 3 years ago and now I am more familiar with doing that. With Elizabeth though I am going to sketch a "map" with a grid that tells me which page goes where and I think that will help me "navigate".

Have fun with Elizabeth! (Starting top left if I remember correctly!)
April 14, 2011 at 8:10 PM
Sharyn said…
You made a great start on Elizabeth today, Joy! Bet you are even farther with an evening of stitching during the rain!
Your Spring Thyme piece is lovely!
April 14, 2011 at 10:21 PM
Nan ~ Threadwork Primitives said…
I love it:) I would have to do the same thing. It looks so much more do-able as one page.
Your spring thyme looks so sweet.
~Nan
April 15, 2011 at 7:19 AM
primitivebettys said…
Joy, you do lovely work. Thank you for stitching & sharing. I'm headed over to my blog to post ~*Friday Finishes*~ now. Have a beautiful day!

Smiles,
Betty
April 15, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Kimmie said…
Spring Tyme turned out great!!!!! Good job!

I'm at a complete stitching standstill. I think it's all the school projects, baseball practices, and sometimes nice weather. I can't concentrate. LOL
April 16, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Dora said…
Spring Tyme is beautiful and you always find the best frames!
April 16, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Nancy said…
I don't think that multiple pages bother me. I think that I'm an extremely good "compartmentalier". :-)
April 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM
Siobhán said…
I'm working on Scarlet Letter charts that have multiple pages. I'm better with them than big charts with teensy tiny symbols. I need to see it all together, though, especially when the symbols overlap. Elizabeth will be worth it, though! I was searching through my stash and came across the threads I'd ordered for my Elizabeth three years ago. Gulp. I NEED to stitch it!

Love your framed piece! Beautiful.
April 19, 2011 at 5:12 AM
marly said…
I don't like the multiple pages, mostly because I don't use a hoop to stitch one area at a time. I stitch all the way across, line by line, which is a pain! The larger symbols are a plus though. I would like to try doing a page at a time...one day....maybe it wouldn't be as tedious.
April 20, 2011 at 3:03 PM
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