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Posted by ellice on May 20, 2008, 8:43 am
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>> Il Mon, 19 May 2008 22:47:54 -0500, Keith Barber ha scritto:
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>>> Has anyone ever done blackwork on t-shirt material? I thought about using
>>> waste canvas, but was wondering if anyone had tips or suggestions.
>>
>> DMC France has a new product, Toile Magic (Magic Fabric): a special
>> waste canvas that can be washed away at
>> 40°C.http://www.dmc.com/majic/pageServer/1v010002cw/fr_FR/Magic-Guide-Fabr...
>>
>> It would be interesting to know whether DMC Usa will sell it or not.
>>
>> Ciao, Stefania
>> --
>> L'angolo di Stefania:http://www.angolostefania.it
>> Novità: kit di ricamo
> I have a piece of such a `Flimsy sort of cloth`, which should be
> ironed on back of wanted cloth , and than it can be soaked in water
> and it dispapears ,,, No idea what it is`s called ... mirjam
It's probably water soluble stablizer - Sulky - makes a variety of these.
It's used a lot in quilting, and in some fine garment sewing. Stabilizers
are not completely unlike interfacing. But, they're used generally behind
embroidery, or something with weight which is applied to a fabric. Heavier
ones, for heavier work - especially seen on the back of things which have
been machine embroidered. The water soluble stuff is good when you need the
extra stability to do some precision sewing, but then can be washed away so
just the actual fabric remains.
Ellice
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Posted by Tia Mary on May 20, 2008, 9:00 am
Keith Barber wrote:
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> Has anyone ever done blackwork on t-shirt material? I thought about using
> waste canvas, but was wondering if anyone had tips or suggestions.
>
> __
> Keith Barber
> anerien@comcast.net
I've done a lot of stitching on garments -- t-shirts, sweatshirts and
various things made of woven fabrics. When doing ANY type of stitching
on ANY type of knit, I **ALWAYS** use a firm stabilizer on the underside
of the fabric. In all cases, when stitching a design that is counted, I
have used waste cloth of some sort on the face of the fabric AND a
stabiizer on the underside of the fabric. If I am doing a design that
is not couted, then I will only use the stabilizer on the back side.
As someone else pointed out, knits are really stretchy and it is
almost impossible to get decent results without use of a firm stabilizer
on the underside. I also use some sort of hoop and it's totally
impossible to get a knit into a hoop and hot have it get all wonky if
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you don't use a stabilizer! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Posted by Keith Barber on May 20, 2008, 9:22 am
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> I've done a lot of stitching on garments -- t-shirts, sweatshirts
> and
> various things made of woven fabrics. When doing ANY type of
> stitching on ANY type of knit, I **ALWAYS** use a firm stabilizer on
> the underside of the fabric. In all cases, when stitching a design
> that is counted, I have used waste cloth of some sort on the face of
> the fabric AND a stabiizer on the underside of the fabric. If I am
> doing a design that is not couted, then I will only use the stabilizer
> on the back side.
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions, I am now looking forward to
giving this a try.
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on May 20, 2008, 10:27 am
If it's embroidery that can be done "in hand", then I have found a
stabilizer is not necessary on knit fabrics.
A stabilizer, however, is not what Stefania was talking about. She was
referring to a wash-away waste canvas.
A designer in "Inspirations" magazine used waste canvas on a hand knit
item. So, there's many ways to work with knits.
Dianne
Tia Mary wrote:
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> Keith Barber wrote:
>> Has anyone ever done blackwork on t-shirt material? I thought about
>> using waste canvas, but was wondering if anyone had tips or suggestions.
>> __
>> Keith Barber
>> anerien@comcast.net
>
> I've done a lot of stitching on garments -- t-shirts, sweatshirts and
> various things made of woven fabrics. When doing ANY type of stitching
> on ANY type of knit, I **ALWAYS** use a firm stabilizer on the underside
> of the fabric. In all cases, when stitching a design that is counted, I
> have used waste cloth of some sort on the face of the fabric AND a
> stabiizer on the underside of the fabric. If I am doing a design that
> is not couted, then I will only use the stabilizer on the back side.
> As someone else pointed out, knits are really stretchy and it is
> almost impossible to get decent results without use of a firm stabilizer
> on the underside. I also use some sort of hoop and it's totally
> impossible to get a knit into a hoop and hot have it get all wonky if
> you don't use a stabilizer! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
--
Embroidery Discussions at http://www.heritageshoppe.com/smf
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Posted by ellice on May 20, 2008, 11:51 am
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> If it's embroidery that can be done "in hand", then I have found a
> stabilizer is not necessary on knit fabrics.
>
> A stabilizer, however, is not what Stefania was talking about. She was
> referring to a wash-away waste canvas.
Stefania didn't, but I did, and I imagine that's what Mary was remembering.
Personally, though without your amount of experience, I'd be uncomfortable
embroidering a large area on a knit such as a t-shirt, without some kind of
stabilizing. Just a small motif in hand is of course another story.
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> A designer in "Inspirations" magazine used waste canvas on a hand knit
> item. So, there's many ways to work with knits.
Seems we all agree on that.
Ellice
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> Tia Mary wrote:
>> Keith Barber wrote:
>>> Has anyone ever done blackwork on t-shirt material? I thought about
>>> using waste canvas, but was wondering if anyone had tips or suggestions.
>>>
>>> __
>>> Keith Barber
>>> anerien@comcast.net
>>
>> I've done a lot of stitching on garments -- t-shirts, sweatshirts and
>> various things made of woven fabrics. When doing ANY type of stitching
>> on ANY type of knit, I **ALWAYS** use a firm stabilizer on the underside
>> of the fabric. In all cases, when stitching a design that is counted, I
>> have used waste cloth of some sort on the face of the fabric AND a
>> stabiizer on the underside of the fabric. If I am doing a design that
>> is not couted, then I will only use the stabilizer on the back side.
>> As someone else pointed out, knits are really stretchy and it is
>> almost impossible to get decent results without use of a firm stabilizer
>> on the underside. I also use some sort of hoop and it's totally
>> impossible to get a knit into a hoop and hot have it get all wonky if
>> you don't use a stabilizer! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>>
>> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
>> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
>> their whiskers!
>> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
>
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>>
>>> Has anyone ever done blackwork on t-shirt material? I thought about using
>>> waste canvas, but was wondering if anyone had tips or suggestions.
>>
>> DMC France has a new product, Toile Magic (Magic Fabric): a special
>> waste canvas that can be washed away at
>> 40°C.http://www.dmc.com/majic/pageServer/1v010002cw/fr_FR/Magic-Guide-Fabr...
>>
>> It would be interesting to know whether DMC Usa will sell it or not.
>>
>> Ciao, Stefania
>> --
>> L'angolo di Stefania:http://www.angolostefania.it
>> Novità: kit di ricamo
> I have a piece of such a `Flimsy sort of cloth`, which should be
> ironed on back of wanted cloth , and than it can be soaked in water
> and it dispapears ,,, No idea what it is`s called ... mirjam