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Posted by bungadora on May 1, 2008, 6:52 pm
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> I've been wanting to do the Egyptian Garden by Chateliene on silk,
> which means using waste canvas. =A0Well, I decided that maybe I ought to
> test this idea out before starting, so I started an 8" piece of one of
> the butterflies fromhttp://www.crossmyheartinc.com/catalog.cgi?st=3D20&det=
ail_id=3D103.
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> I'm altering it to have one section that is over-one and another that
> is beaded. =A0The over-two at 16-count is going well, so I know that
> will work, but the over-one has proven to be a bit of a bear. =A0
> What I have found so far is:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Waste canvas doesn't like scroll bars, so you have to set =
it
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> up flat (like you would with goldwork, etc.).
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Get the type of waste canvas that uses very fine threads, =
and
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> if the pattern has over-one sections, get the type with double
> threads. =A0
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Trying to do full crosses in the over-one section doesn't =
work
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> - you wind up splitting the threads and you can't see where to put the
> needle on the second leg of the cross. =A0Do the over-one section in
> half-crosses. =A0
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 If you split a thread on the waste canvas you will never g=
et
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> that thread out w/o a fight. =A0And the fight shows.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 To fix a stitching error, you will have to unthread the ne=
edle
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> and remove the stitches that way, you cannot "unstitch".
> Since using waste canvas work best when the piece is not on a scroll
> frame, I looked into slate frames. =A0Gaack! =A0They are just a tad bit
> pricey ....... =A0
> While I was looking into them I noticed something - several use wooden
> dowels on the vertical to stitch the fabric to. =A0Hmmmm... =A0I wonder...=
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> The size of Martina's pattern is 19" X 19". =A0 I think if I take the
> size of the pattern, add 1.5 inches on each side for the size of the
> silk fabric, attach the silk to an unbleached muslim fabric and use
> that to wrap around the dowels and then stitch that to stretcher bars,
> I might be able to keep the final size, frame and all, to 27" X 27".
> That's a bit large, and it will be hard to get to the middle,
> considering I'm only 5'2" and have correspondingly short arms, but I
> think I can do thi
That's pretty big. Are you mounting it on a floor frame?
Dora
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> which means using waste canvas. Well, I decided that maybe I ought to
> test this idea out before starting, so I started an 8" piece of one of
> the butterflies from
> http://www.crossmyheartinc.com/catalog.cgi?st=20&detail_id=103.
>
> I'm altering it to have one section that is over-one and another that
> is beaded. The over-two at 16-count is going well, so I know that
> will work, but the over-one has proven to be a bit of a bear.