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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on September 8, 2006, 11:46 am
Oh, Maureen. What a wretched experience. Tia Mary graciously provided
me with an essay on how to use waste canvas. At the end of the article
it gives approaches to removing it once the embroidery is finished.
http://heritageshoppe.com/heritage/essays/wastecanvas.html
But all of that aside, it doesn't fix the current problem nor address
your anguish. I'm so sorry you had this difficulty. Are you able to
restitch some areas?
Were you stitching on blanketing (as in thick blanketing used often in
"Inspirations")? Isn't the recommendation to use netting to transfer
the design? I've never done it, but I've heard rave reviews for the
technique.
Dianne
Maureen In Vancouver, B.C. wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've come out of lurkdome to ask a question. I've never worked with waste
> canvas before, but I bought some of it about a month ago. I cut
> out a piece of blanket cloth for a bag I am making. Then I traced a design
> outline on the waste canvas, laid it on the blanket cloth, and stitched my
> design. However, when I was finished stitching, I tried to pick the waste
> canvas out via tiny scissors & tweezers. But there was no way those canvas
> threads would come out of there. The embroidery stitches I had put in were
> holding the waste canvas in place. By the time I was done with it, I'd lost
> 10 lbs. in sweat alone and my little bag was ruined because some of the
> embroidery stitches had caught on the canvas and been pulled out with the
> canvas itself.
>
> Is there a trick to using this waste canvas or did I just have my embroidery
> stitches in too tight? Any help VERY MUCH appreciated!
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