Fabric Help Needed

Hi Maureen,

Couldn't think of a good way to describe it myself, but as usual Google comes up with the goods:

's photos of it in use, and instructions on how to use it. HTH,

Yvette Stanton

Author of "Elegant Hardanger Embroidery" and "Mountmelllick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature"

Hi Maureen,

I have some waste canvas on hand, think it's 14 ct. If you just need a small piece let me know and I would be happy to mail it to you.

take care, Linda

I know that I can get it at Lewiscraft. Basically, you lay it over your fabric, stitch your design and then thread by thread pull out the waste. This is how I learned to cross-sitch.

Addie

"Maureen In Vancouver, B.C." wrote in message news:oBtke.1459733$8l.631833@pd7tw1no...

Thanks a bunch everyone. I'm sure I've seen that fabric someplace before, now that I see it on the web page Yvette. Now I have to go buy some just on the principal alone! lol I didn't think it would be Aida! Michael's was the one place I didn't check because I was in there a few days ago and the needlework dept. is all but gone and the shelves disassembled. I found a sales clerk and asked her not to tell me they were going out of needlework supplies and she said they had such a huge demand for needlework now that they were revamping the whole department and enlarging it to 3 times it's original size. So I'll go back there in a week or so and see what they have for waste fabric. I don't know what count I'll need because I don't know for sure what I'm going to stitch. I'm thinking of a ying and yang symbol embroidered for a mousepad cover just to get the hang of it...and to hide this ugly gray mousepad! lol

Maureen

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Not sure if this will help, but it looks a lot like white needlepoint canvas, usually has stripes of single blue strands running in one direction.

Caryn

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

"Maureen In Vancouver, B.C."

Real waste canvas was always hard to find around here, so I tried other weaves. Aida came out best, that small hole in the close weave forces one to make precise stitches. But be aware, pulling out the threads is can be time consuming using aida.

Grea (Netherlands)

From: "Maureen In Vancouver, B.C." Could those of you who explained how to use waste fabric to me, please be kind enough to explain to me exactly what it is? ..........

I have a Waste Canvas Info Sheet you might be interested in. Dianne has graciously put it up at her web page...

. Click on the ESSAYS button and you'llsee it in the right column. WHAT will you be stitching on? working on knits (t-shirts,sweatshirts, etc.) is quite different from workin on woven fabrics(quilts, tote bags, etc.). Waste canvas is not expensive and comes inlots of various sizes. I have some in 14, 18 & 20 count. You can alsouse any evenweave if you cant find WC in the count you need. Look at al the info that has been posted and then give me a hollerif you have any questions. I have used WC on all osrts of differenttypes of items and fabrics and will be happy to help. CiaoMeow >^;;^< PAX, Tia Mary

One note I learned from previously working with waste canvas - wet and pull out all the waste canvas threads BEFORE you put in any backstitching or outlining - those types of stitches tend to be snugger and so it's much harder to pull the waste threads out from underneath them.

MelissaD

F.James Cripwell wrote: