cross stitch on tulle??

I would think you'd have to have a great hoop and some rather thick, light thread or ribbon to make that work. Tulle doesn't have a lot of body, compared to the things that one usually uses for cross stitch, but I would think that if you used some very interesting ribbons as thread, you could get a rather cool effect.

Elizabeth

It just occured to me, too. Back before I knew anything about quilting, I pieced a quilt top using remnants from a fabric sculpture store. I used tulle on top of another piece of fabric and pieced them as once square, because I didn't know that I shouldn't. I hand quilted much of that top, so the tulle wasn't a problem.

Elizabeth

Could you put the tulle over an even weave material and cross stitch through both?

Mavia

Hmmm...isn't tulle hexagonal? That might make it a bit tricky to translate a design accurately. You could, however, go with net embroidery:

Funny, everyone already got the good thoughts in. I was thinking ribbons too. I've woven ribbon into a tulle bag - looked good.

Wish I had the time to play with crazy quilting... C

What I have done inthe past is layers different colors of tulle on top of another fabric and then stitched through that. Depending on the thicknesses of the tulle, you can get a nice changing-color type of display that is complemented by some stitching.

Tulle can be easily worked upon. If you go to my site

open the exhibition 'Mapressions Loci" the city map of Zalafe ,,, is made mostly with tule. On the head part i sewed several layers one on top of the other and than cut out until the wanted color of that part. on the Body of the Dress , i sewed /emsbroidered the tule first with a machine Zigzag , [ the 4 step one ] than added a lot of hand stitichery over the tule NOT using it`s threads/lines as guidelines for my embroidery . mirjam

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Oh---I've seen some very lovely small pieces that did that. The tulle obscures the underfabric and the effect is very nice. Dawne

I didn't look closely enough and my bit of fabric (blush!) so I hadn't realized that it was hexagonal. Ooops.

As for your link - I've never seen that sort of thing before - looks pretty good! And since I don't have to do very much it might be feasible. Thanks for the link!

Allison

That's a good idea. Thanks!

I have another project underway where I am trying to use ONLY layers of sheer fabrics....so I have some beige tulle which does the nifty colour changing effect that you talk of. I am using bigger pieces of fabric than for my challenge piece so the effect is different.

But.... I could use an intense colour under my little piece of white tulle so the colour would be toned down and then I could embroider on top of that...hmmmm...gonna think some more... thanks.

Allis> What I have done inthe past is layers different colors of tulle on top

You have some interesting pieces there. Gives me more ideas! Thanks!

Allison

Thank you . mirjam

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