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Posted by Trish Brown on July 4, 2008, 6:52 pm
MargW wrote:
> M.Safier wrote:
>> The loop start is wonderful and I use it when I'm feeling
>> perfectionistic about my back sides (the embroidery ones!!). But
>> here's a question to you all.
>> Say you have a chart with sky with stars or snowflakes consisting of a
>> single XS (and I mean lots of 'em)-Do you really start a new piece of
>> thread for each one? I do, sometimes; other times I say "the hell with
>> it"!! And I guess you could say depends on how easy it is to see
>> through the fabric..
>> I have seen photos on commercial booklets in which it was very obvious
>> the stitcher jumped from star to star without ending off each
>> time....amazing for a model.
>> Love to get your input!
>> Sister (& fellow) American stitchers---> have a safe & sane Fourth of
>> July..
>> Marilyn In North Bend, OR
>>
>
>
> I've done both, but when I was model stitching and wanted to have
> nothing showing, I used a technique that I learned in a class taught by
> Shay Pendray.
>
> Take a tiny stitch at the location of the single x, then stitch your x
> over it; finally, run you thread under the back of the stitch several
> times and snip off. I've never had one come loose, and I've even used
> this method for stitching beads. Note: this doesn't work with slippery
> rayon which can come loose from even the best stitching unless you can
> run it under a number of stitches.
>
> MargW
For slippery rayon, I use a single thread and leave a tail about half an
inch long at the start. I stitch the first leg of the cross twice
(making two 'plies') and then the second leg twice, cutting the thread
to leave a second tail of about half an inch. Finally, I use a pair of
fine tweezers and a tiny crochet hook to tie a reef knot with the two
tails. Depending on the piece and whether the background is white, I
might either run the two tails under the neighbouring stitches (the
crochet hook helps here) or simply tighten the reef knot and cut the
tails short. If you were feeling really nervous, you could plop a little
bit of glue on the back of the stitch to hold it.
I know lots of people would faint at this method, but it works for me! ;-D
--
Trish Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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