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Posted by Susan Hartman on January 14, 2007, 12:54 pm
Betty Azbill wrote:
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> Hi Sue, I lurk here from time to time. I love the pictures of your work and
> had to tell you that I especially like the way you have finished two of the
> items with cord. I have not seen that before and love the idea.
Thank you all! I always do finish my ornaments with twisted cord, and
have lately started doing some slightly larger pieces the same way to
avoid the expense of framing. Thank goodness for the mini-twister!
And I use cords in other ways, too...right now I'm wearing a lovely
silver pendant that DD gave me as a gift. Rather than buying a chain, I
bought three or four skeins of rayon floss to make a cord, and voila! (A
friend later put a silver clasp on the back.) I get compliments all the
time on it, and I think, "Yeah, $3 and 5 minutes...." Also did a cord
like that for wearing my Clover thread-cutter pendant.
Sue
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The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by Lucille on January 14, 2007, 1:19 pm
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> Betty Azbill wrote:
>> Hi Sue, I lurk here from time to time. I love the pictures of your work
>> and had to tell you that I especially like the way you have finished two
>> of the items with cord. I have not seen that before and love the idea.
> Thank you all! I always do finish my ornaments with twisted cord, and have
> lately started doing some slightly larger pieces the same way to avoid the
> expense of framing. Thank goodness for the mini-twister!
> And I use cords in other ways, too...right now I'm wearing a lovely silver
> pendant that DD gave me as a gift. Rather than buying a chain, I bought
> three or four skeins of rayon floss to make a cord, and voila! (A friend
> later put a silver clasp on the back.) I get compliments all the time on
> it, and I think, "Yeah, $3 and 5 minutes...." Also did a cord like that
> for wearing my Clover thread-cutter pendant.
> Sue
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> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> The Magazine of Folk and World Music
> http://www.dirtylinen.com
Your cherub is lovely. She must have been fun to do.
Another good use for cord is to finish the edge of a bellpull. I have also
attached a tassel to the point at the bottom that I made from the same
floss. It looks very nice done that way.
Lucille
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Posted by Barbara Thompson on January 14, 2007, 6:51 pm
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:54:12 -0500, Susan Hartman
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>Betty Azbill wrote:
>> Hi Sue, I lurk here from time to time. I love the pictures of your work and
>> had to tell you that I especially like the way you have finished two of the
>> items with cord. I have not seen that before and love the idea.
>Thank you all! I always do finish my ornaments with twisted cord, and
>have lately started doing some slightly larger pieces the same way to
>avoid the expense of framing. Thank goodness for the mini-twister!
>And I use cords in other ways, too...right now I'm wearing a lovely
>silver pendant that DD gave me as a gift. Rather than buying a chain, I
>bought three or four skeins of rayon floss to make a cord, and voila! (A
>friend later put a silver clasp on the back.) I get compliments all the
>time on it, and I think, "Yeah, $3 and 5 minutes...." Also did a cord
>like that for wearing my Clover thread-cutter pendant.
>Sue
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That is very nce work indeed. I like the twisted cord as well. Would
you care to share how that is done? Is the fabric stretched on a
piece of foam core first? Then the cord pinned/glued to the edges?
Is the hanging loop a part of the framing cord or an addtional piece?
Lots and lots of questions :^}
I can see myself doing that. After I had completed a small silk flower
kit, I took one each of the four colors of floss and stitched a oval
around the flower to take the place of a mat. Looked great in the
tiny square (cheap) frame I found, but I think this would have been
better.
Barbara T
This month in Elephant Butte NM, USA
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Posted by Susan Hartman on January 14, 2007, 8:37 pm
Barbara Thompson wrote:
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> That is very nce work indeed. I like the twisted cord as well. Would
> you care to share how that is done? Is the fabric stretched on a
> piece of foam core first? Then the cord pinned/glued to the edges?
>
> Is the hanging loop a part of the framing cord or an addtional piece?
> Lots and lots of questions :^}
Thanks for asking. Here's how I do my ornaments:
1.) Stitch design for front and choose appropriate fabric for back.
2.) Cut TWO pieces of acid-free matboard to the finished size.
3.) Cut TWO pieces of batting just slightly larger (1/4"-3/8" all
around) than mat board.
4.) Cut front and back fabric about 1"-1.5" (on all sides) larger than
mat board.
5.) Optional: line the linen front (and the backing) with gold or silver
tissue lame. (The sparkles can be seen slightly through the backing
fabric and give a nice "glow" to the finished ornament). If you choose
to do this, zigzag with sewing machine around the linen and lame,
joining them in one piece.
6.) Lace the front over one piece of matboard, placing batting between
mat and fabric (being careful to center design!). Lace the backing over
another piece of matboard, again with batting between matboard and
fabric. (that's for rectangular ornaments. For circular/oval ones,
gather around edge with long basting stitches, pull up around matboard
and batting, then lace gathered piece on the back.)
7.) Put the two pieces of matboard back-to-back and stitch together all
the way around. (I stitch tiny stitches all the way around in one
direction, then come back in the other direction to "cross" the first
stitch. Leave a 1" or so "gap" where you'll put the hanger part of the
cord. (center top for single hanger, on the side - one or both - for
hanger that attaches there.)
8.) Make a cord with 3-6 skeins of DMC, depending on heaviness desired.
I usually find that using two adjacent shades of colors - for example,
814 and 815 - give "depth" to the color of the cord.
9.)Push the end of the cord down into the hole you left (in the case of
Mirabilia cherub, center top). (You may need to use your embroidery
scissors to push it into the hole). Start stitching cord around edge
(whipstitch), hiding stitches in the "twist" of the cord.
10.) When you get all the way around, you can either "loop" the cord and
insert the end into the "gap" left, then sew it all together, or you can
make a fancy knot at the center, and bury the loose end inside the gap.
Depends on what effect you want it to have.
Hope that's clear. If not, ask and I'll try to clarify!
Sue
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by Karen C - California on January 14, 2007, 8:59 pm
Susan Hartman wrote:
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> 5.) Optional: line the linen front (and the backing) with gold or silver
> tissue lame. (The sparkles can be seen slightly through the backing
> fabric and give a nice "glow" to the finished ornament). If you choose
> to do this, zigzag with sewing machine around the linen and lame,
> joining them in one piece.
>
>
I stitched a couple Marbek angels on fabric with metallic gold woven in.
By stitching with 2 strands instead of 3, a bit of the metallic gold
sparkles through the stitching, giving the angels a nice otherworldly
glow. You may want to try that option, too.
I know Nordic Needle had been selling some of the sparkly fabrics, if
you need a source.
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Karen C - California
www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
WIP: baby and housewarming gifts, July birthstone, Flowers of
Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!!
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel
LTR: Fireman's Prayer (#2), Amid Amish Life, Angel of Autumn,
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> had to tell you that I especially like the way you have finished two of the
> items with cord. I have not seen that before and love the idea.