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Noob question: Does anyone have any tips for stitching on black aida? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

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I'm working on this new piece on black aida and I'm making pretty slow progress just because it's difficult to see what I'm doing.

I'm sitting by a pretty bright light and working over a brightly colored tray and that's helping some, but I wondered if anyone knew any other tricks to working with darker fabrics?

The only thing I'm finding online is people saying to use a light box, but I really don't want to invest that much if I can help it

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[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t stitch, but could you put a white grid down that can be unstitched after?

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That would definitely make it easier to keep track of where you are... I've never tried using a grid before, I'll have to try it!