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Posted by Susan Hartman on May 26, 2007, 10:27 am
SMark wrote:
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> Anyway, going through my stash, I found this piece of linen ... It's 28 count
and
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> STIFF AS A BOARD. I mean stiff. I don't have any linens that feel that way
> nor have I ever used a piece that was that stiff. Am I being silly or this
> just the way it is sometimes?
Sometimes linen is just really, really stiff when you start, but loosens
up a whole lot as you stitch it. If it can be washed (depending on the
tea dye and also on the fibres used to stitch it), you may want to work
on it while it's stiff, and wash it afterward. Do you know if the fabric
is colorfast?
Sue
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Posted by Pat P on May 27, 2007, 10:09 am
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> I'm attempting to stitch again.
> I'm not too sure about my stitches, though. I'm working on one of those
> free graphs from Told in a Garden, the angel dressed in red holding a
> bouquet of roses. I've got to get the hang of stitching again. I'm also
> working on the Bird Tree from Goode Huswife.
> I'm really enjoying it again, just don't know about my stitches, I don't
> think I'm holding my thread tight enough.
> Anyway, going through my stash, I found this piece of linen that I bought
> at my LNS (which is still there BTW), it's a piece of tea-dyed linen for
> the There's no place like Home graph by the Drawn Thread. It's 28 count
> and STIFF AS A BOARD. I mean stiff. I don't have any linens that feel
> that way nor have I ever used a piece that was that stiff. Am I being
> silly or this just the way it is sometimes?
> Thank you.
> Sandi in Lville, GA
Sounds like it has a lot of dressing in it - maybe you should wash it before
you start stitching on it.
Pat
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Posted by ellice on May 27, 2007, 10:37 am
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>> I'm attempting to stitch again.
>>
>> I'm not too sure about my stitches, though. I'm working on one of those
>> free graphs from Told in a Garden, the angel dressed in red holding a
>> bouquet of roses. I've got to get the hang of stitching again. I'm also
>> working on the Bird Tree from Goode Huswife.
>>
>> I'm really enjoying it again, just don't know about my stitches, I don't
>> think I'm holding my thread tight enough.
>>
>> Anyway, going through my stash, I found this piece of linen that I bought
>> at my LNS (which is still there BTW), it's a piece of tea-dyed linen for
>> the There's no place like Home graph by the Drawn Thread. It's 28 count
>> and STIFF AS A BOARD. I mean stiff. I don't have any linens that feel
>> that way nor have I ever used a piece that was that stiff. Am I being
>> silly or this just the way it is sometimes?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Sandi in Lville, GA
>
> Sounds like it has a lot of dressing in it - maybe you should wash it before
> you start stitching on it.
>
> Pat
>
LOL -at the differences in our common language! Dressing - something you
put on salad, or in stuffing poultry. Sizing - probably what you mean as in
the chemical added to fabric to give it body, crispness. I had this vision
of a piece of linen covered with blue cheese dressing...
ellice
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on May 27, 2007, 11:02 am
ellice wrote:
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> LOL -at the differences in our common language! Dressing - something you
> put on salad, or in stuffing poultry. Sizing - probably what you mean as in
> the chemical added to fabric to give it body, crispness. I had this vision
> of a piece of linen covered with blue cheese dressing...
In U.S. terms it's called sizing.
Dianne
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