Wedding Cross Stitch Items Can Make A Special Day Even Better
Julia Wigham
When making plans for your wedding day, along with the deciding which dress to get, the flowers to fill your bouquet, and making the guest list, don't forget to use wedding cross stitch to make your day special. You can create wonderful, one-of-a-kind invitations, table favors, a sampler, place settings, and a ring pillow with the many wedding cross stitch patterns available.
If a friend or family member is tying the knot why not make them a wedding card that will take pride of place in the display? Maybe you can use the colours of the bridesmaids dresses or brides flowers in your wedding cross stitch to keep everything co-ordinated.
If you find the perfect pattern, but the colors aren't right, you can make some changes without much problem. Don't change consecutive numbers because there may not be enough of a difference to tell. Instead, skip a number to get the desired effect.
Keep in mind traditional motifs when choosing cross stitch wedding patterns, such as a bride or groom, hearts, wedding rings, a wedding cake, bouquets of flowers, the wedding dress, wedding bells, ribbons and lace and perhaps a dove or two. Although, of course, not all marriages are held in a church, for those that are, the building itself could be included in a cross stitch wedding sampler.
Instead of portraying the bride and groom as people, you can do something different and show them as teddy bears, mice or even chickens. If the couple met at a certain school, you can use that school's mascot.
Wedding samplers are a great way to personalize a cross stitch project with the bride and groom's names, the date, and the location. If the pattern is very complex, you can simplify the item with the couple's initials and as a monogram.
Adding embellishments to your wedding cross stitch projects is a great way to enhance any item. Ribbon or lace, silver or gold metallic thread, small beads are all items you can add. If you want to keep the items to pass on as an heirloom or just as a keepsake, mount or frame them to enhance their elegance.
Julia Wigham is an experienced writer and co-owner of Patterns Patch
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