Okay , tapping the knowledge base here . In an old Classic Inspirations magazine there's a cellular wool blanket embroidered with bunnies - I'd quite like to do this for a lady in work who's daughter is due her first baby at the end of June . I want to use fleece though as the blanket - is this feasible ? How difficult is it to embroider on fleece ? Look forward to answers. Jan
I assume you mean "polar fleece" - I'd just try using waste fabric as your guide.
Cheryl
It's not difficult if you use a good quality fleece. It does stretch a little bit, but that's fairly easy to accomodate.
jenn
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One assumes you mean polar fleece. I think this should work ok. You'll probably need to use nice sharp chenille needles to get through, and the fabric won't "give" as much as wool. If you find it difficult to get your needle and thread through, change to a larger needle size.
Give it a test drive as Cheryl suggests, but I think it should work.
Yvette Stanton
I have not found it difficult to embroider on fleece, but I have only done simple things on fleece using (mostly) stem stich and perle cotton. I would be worried that some of the detail and smaller fibers would get a bit lost in the fleece, but I haven't tried it. I'd get a bit of the fleece you'd use and see how it works. Fleeces can vary quite a bit. Some of the "tighter" ones might work just fine, if you can find them.
Best wishes, Ericka
I have had no problems working on fleece and as Jen mentioned use good quality fleece as the cheaper ones are thin and stretch terribly. A good sharp needle slightly bigger than the floss of choice . I have used rayon, pearl cotton and even metallic braids. I have a fleece doodle cloth that I try out stitches, threads and motif sizes on. You can stabilize the fabric to keep it from stretching with one of those dissolvable stabilizer fabrics I would think. I tend to work in hand on fleece or use a very small hoop as it helps me control the stretch. I do not stretch the fabric on the hoop as I would with say linen. I have never tried cross stitching on fleece however just embroidery. Ruby
The question of surface embroidery on polar fleece was asked about a year ago and I did a sampler of stitches - including the common wool embroidery stitches such as long granitos.
I used a cheaper fleece (not the true polar fleece) because that's all I had on hand.
I had NO TROUBLE whatsoever doing any type of stitching on it. It's a little easier to trace/mark because there's not so much fuzzies as on some of the wool blanketing. I didn't need to use unusually large chenille needles. The needles whizzed in/out like they're suppose to. No drag.
If you've never done any wool-on-wool or other fiber on wool blanketing, then you need to remember to loosen your tension a bit so that the stitches lie on top, but not so loose that they flop around. :-) This will vary depending upon the stitch you're using. Since you already are familiar with embroidery, you'll know when you get it right.
Good luck with your adventure! I would take a scrap of fleece and do a trial run to get the feel of it first.
Dianne
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