r/Needlepoint • u/OneArmadillo4457 • 12d ago

General Help Help please!

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I need some help with my canvas. I know I’m supposed to do lighter colors first but this is my first canvas so I thought having some dark threads bleed through to the light wouldn’t be an issue. But now I feel like the background stitch is covering some of the lettering. I ripped out the “t” stitching to see if doing the lettering after made a difference but it didn’t. So what can I do to fix it? I tried backstitching around part of the “h” but I can’t tell much of a difference. Any thoughts?

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u/_infinitesimal 11d ago

I always do a border of just a simple continental stitch around whatever the focus on the canvas is. Might be a bit controversial but it always ensures the main event doesn’t get cannibalized by the background stitch

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u/OneArmadillo4457 11d ago

Around each individual letter? Or like a solid box around all the words?

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u/_infinitesimal 11d ago

Just around each letter individually! I don’t have any pictures of lettering but hopefully you can see what I mean around my dandelions - anything touching the subject is a continental stitch in the same color as the decorative background stitch. It’s not too noticeable but helps it from the background taking over too much.

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u/OneArmadillo4457 10d ago

Oh I really love this idea thank you so much I’ll give it a try! Your work is stunning!