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Bugs
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 10744
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 11:13 am Post subject: cross stitch |
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wellington womble wrote: |
Bugs, I can do cross stitch, therefore you can. It's easy, you just follow the map and put a coloured cross on each square with the right symbol on (Just like painting by numbers, but with pictures, so its even easier) the holes are already in the fabric, so you sew with a darning needle (you can't even prick yourself!) |
Listen to this womble, she spouts sense (sometimes ).
I haven't managed to fully solve the christening present conundrum but I did manage my first ever successful needlework project, from a little kit I bought...a letter E with little vine leaves going up and down it...the kit had the cloth, a needle, and thread, plus a map for all the letters of the alphabet and directions for how to do it, and I put the letter in the front of a frame type card, and am chuffed to bits with myself for completing something. Something a three year old could do, true, but that's not the point. I meant to take a picture because I'm so pleased with it...
Anyway, the conclusion is, cross stitch - good. Don't worry though, I'm not going to be churning out teddy bear photos for you all to admire |
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wellington womble
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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cab
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wellington womble
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Bugs
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nora
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Bugs
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nora
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mochyn
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 05 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Nora: wahability depends on how colour-fast the thread is. If you have any left over try damping it and then squeezing between white cloth or paper. If no colour comes out, then wash the finished piece in luke-warm water, by hand, sort of squashing it up and down in the water with the gentlest soap you can find, such as Ecover hand-wash liquid.
Dry it flat, away from direct sunlight and then press with a warm (not hot) iron under a cloth.
If I have a second I'll try to post the pin cushion I've just made for the Pincushion class at a local show: just a remnant of cloth and thread remnants, so no cost! The backing is a scrap of corduroy from something else, and the stuffing is off-cuts of fleece form the washable menstrual pad idea! Da-daaa: cross stitch can be as cheap as you like!
Look out for endsd of thread and cloth in Oxfam-type shops: if I se any, I buy them. Much cheaper than buying new every time, and as I do my own designs I don't need specific shade numbers. |
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