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Posted by anne on June 8, 2007, 9:48 am
To avoid wrinkles and/or gaps between the cotton ground and the cotton
backing that often occur when I make fabric sandwiches, I used steam a
seam lite to attach the layers to each other. Now I'm having real
problems getting the needles especially the crewel and chenille ones
through the fabrics. Last night, I resorted to pulling a large eyed
needle threaded with silk ribbon through with pliers.
I'm not about to abandon this project and could use some advice about
what to do now as well as ways to avoid similar difficulties in the
future.
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Posted by Lucille on June 8, 2007, 9:56 am
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> To avoid wrinkles and/or gaps between the cotton ground and the cotton
> backing that often occur when I make fabric sandwiches, I used steam a
> seam lite to attach the layers to each other. Now I'm having real
> problems getting the needles especially the crewel and chenille ones
> through the fabrics. Last night, I resorted to pulling a large eyed
> needle threaded with silk ribbon through with pliers.
> I'm not about to abandon this project and could use some advice about
> what to do now as well as ways to avoid similar difficulties in the
> future.
> --
> another anne, add ingers to reply
Would it be easier to do the ribbon embroidery just through the top layer
and do the quilting through all the layers with heavy thread that you
could hide under the embroidered part?
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Posted by anne on June 9, 2007, 8:47 am
Lucille says...
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> Would it be easier to do the ribbon embroidery just through the top layer
> and do the quilting through all the layers with heavy thread that you
> could hide under the embroidered part?
Yep, yep, yep, you're right.
Here's what happened: I wanted the subtle colorings on the ground
instead of just a traced black and white but couldn't find a business
that would print an enlarged version of Di van Niekirk's Ribbon
Embroidery and Stumpwork design on cloth so I did it myself on two
sheets of printable fabric. Because there are stumpwork wire pieces and
someone told me or I read that another piece of fabric 'should' be used
on such projects as a stabilizer, I first attached the design to the
backing with strips of narrow steam a seam. As I stitched, little
bubbles appeared so I detached the other side and reattached it with a
sheet of steam a seam.
I've had such a good time working this piece that I ordered another book
and preprinted design directly from the designer in South Africa. They
should be here any day now.
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> backing that often occur when I make fabric sandwiches, I used steam a
> seam lite to attach the layers to each other. Now I'm having real
> problems getting the needles especially the crewel and chenille ones
> through the fabrics. Last night, I resorted to pulling a large eyed
> needle threaded with silk ribbon through with pliers.
> I'm not about to abandon this project and could use some advice about
> what to do now as well as ways to avoid similar difficulties in the
> future.
> --
> another anne, add ingers to reply