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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on July 10, 2008, 9:57 am
On 7/9/08 10:25 PM, in article
0e324042-ef4e-47ea-a471-23cc06dd93eb@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, "Fran"
> Hi! As requested, I have finally gotten around to pics of my waste
> canvas on silk experiment. I purposely made the frame as big as the
> Chateliene (sp?) piece I actually want to do on the silk fabric in
> order
> to determine if I can get to the center.
>
> I set up the frame this way - first I stitched the silk to the
> unbleached muslin backing, and then stretched the pair onto the frame.
> After that, I stitched the waste canvas to the silk. I did not iron
> the waste canvas first, and do think I should have. Even after 3
> months, it still holds the folds and slight warping it had when it
> came out of the package.
>
> The silk is an Italian silk of an off-white color with a weave that
> resembles rain coming on a slant. You can see a little of that on the
> second photo. The threads used are Soie D'Alger from Access
> Commodities, DMC, and Kreinik's #4 braid.
>
> What I have found so far is that it is hard to see the over-one
> stitches in the center, and so I did tent stitch instead of
> cross-stitch for them as I kept splitting the canvas threads. The
> regular size crosses are much easier to do. A soft-twist silk like
> Soie D'Alger fills in very thoroughly, and so you have to be careful
> on the second leg of the cross because it's harder to see where to put
> the needle. The stitches are not quite as perfectly regular as you
> would get on a evenweave, but are still very close.
>
> However, I really like how the #4 gold braid by Kreinik works on the
> waste canvas - it looks smooth and doesn't form those nasty lumps. I
> guess the 3 layers of material keep it from kinking.
>
> I will post more as I continue working.
>
> Fran
You have taken my breath away.
Cheryl
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