Large areas of stamping (like basketweave)

[weepingdragon]

Does anyone have any tricks for getting a large field of geometrics/basketweave without skew? Doing large areas has always been my bugga-boo, after about the 3rd-4th row my pattern does weird things and getting to line up again does not make for happy times.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

Thanks in advance

[Hildebrand]

I am no expert but I have found that really slowing down and making sure the stamp placement is exactly where I want it helps.  Also I try to stamp at a repeatable angle to a reference line, for example I have basket stamped a couple of holsters and I do 45 degrees from the vertical line at the front edge of the holster.  I use a plastic triangle and lightly scribe lines to line the stamps on, sometimes each row sometimes every couple of rows.  Also I have started using one of the round combination magnifying glass and light, this really helps with stamp placement.  I have found both slowing down and using scribed lines when there is any doubt about where to put the stamp really helps.

Todd

Edited February 19, 2019 by Hildebrand
Forgot some info