Gridding Your Cross Stitch Fabric | A Beginner's Guide

In this week's video, I'm sharing how you can prepare your cross stitch fabric by gridding! You can cross stitch faster, try full coverage projects, grid on aida or evenweave, use a pen or floss/thread and easily try gridding for cross stitch to help make your stitching experience even more fun! This is a great tutorial for beginners as I demonstrate step by step exactly how you too can give gridding a go today!

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Thanks for visiting my channel, I hope you enjoyed the video! I founded Caterpillar Cross Stitch in 2015 when I tried desperately for months to find a modern baby sampler my mum could stitch for new baby Felicity that would fit in with her simple, contemporary nursery. I love cross stitch, running, baking fruit cakes, drinking gin, eating salted caramel ice cream and most crafts!

See you soon and happy stitching! Sally x

[lindacastro]

I hate to be negative, but this would be more helpful if it showed how to start gridding, with 'blank' fabric (i.e. fabric that didn't already have gridding on it). It took me a little while to figure out where to start - how far from the edges, but it's been a long work day and I'm just looking for something where I don't have to think too much lol

[heathercameron]

I know I’m lame but I would have loved to see you start the cross stitch off just because I’m a bit on the slow side but also have ADHD and my brain goes everywhere. Cross stitch is so helping me learn to focus. It’s been amazing.

[abinermal]

Great tutorial! I only have one little quibble: Don't use anything else on your gridding but DMC or any cross-stitch specific thread! I used some very old threads from my mother's old sewing kit and they stained the fabric! I ended up having to stitch my design, and then went back and stitched A sky over it to make the finished design an Edgerton edge piece, it wouldn't wash out!

[Brynja]

Today my very first caterpillar cross stitch order ( also my first bigger project ) arrived, so this video comes just at the perfect moment 🤗

[clareprior]

What a fantastic tutorial, really clear and to the point. I feel fairly confident now in giving gridding a go on my next large project. Thank you 😊 I'd love to see a tutorial on parking threads, I think that's what it's called. Xx

[elizabethgilbert]

Thank you so much. You explain it better than anybody else.

[ssmith]

Oh thank you for this, I was wondering how to do it. Very helpful and I will definitely try it when I’ve finished all my WIP’s!! 😄

[mammabirdsworld]

Oh I wish someone had taught me about gridding years ago! Definitely going to try this out next time, many thanks!!

[georgette]

Very helpful video. Appreciate your clear explanation of how to do gridding.

[jenfielding]

Thanks for this, I have been doing cross stitch for many years and this is the best gridding method I have used. I tried the preprinted grids but as I do such fine work, like blackwork, I am not convinced the lines have entirely washed out. See? You can teach old dog new tricks.

[katiemartin]

This video is really helpful, I'm about to start a massive project where there are big chunks of the same colours. So this is really helpful. ❤️👍

[heleneckard]

Thank you for this video! I’m about to start a Long Dog sampler and want to grid. This is so very helpful❤️

[laurasinkins]

This was super helpful Sally! Thank you so much.

[josiejimenez]

This helps me avoid mistakes. Thanks for the tip!!!

[solarwinds-]

Love Love Love. Great for full coverage.

[lucia-zc]

That's look very tidy. I am going to try. One suggestion, the central section of the fabric should be gridded in a different colour in order to identified the centre.

[beckyacosta]

08/10/2023. Have you done a more recent tutorial on gridding? Maybe on linen? And putting in the middle vertical and horizontal grid lines first?

[NurtureNourishReplenish]

Thank you so much for this! I had never heard of this before, and it is going to help me so much!

[zulanova]

I'm gonna try this on my fabric, it's my first time doing a cross stitch that's not a kit, and it's very exiting but I'm also scared to mess up, I hope this'll help, and I hope I'll be able to get the grid out after I'm done, I'm quite messy in the back of my cross stitches..

[rebeccaslade]

Thank you for this tutorial. I have started hello sunshine and have already made some significant personalisations!😉 would you recomend gridding now before i go any further?