I was reading martha Beth Lewis' stash organizing article in the December 2006 issue of Just Cross Stitch. Under miscellaneous items to store she mentions pink hair-setting tape. What do people use this for in embroidery? The only thing that immediately comes to mind might be to secure fabric edges while stitching.
--Charlene
Not for fabric edges. But, a lot of Npers use it when having multiple threads in process. The ones that are not being used at the moment can be coiled up, off to the side, and taped on the top of the canvas. I think it's much more common in NP to have several threads going, rather than snipping and restarting. I've rarely used it in XS type work, but occassionally. However, once I was told to bring some to a class for a NP project, I was addicted. It doesn't leave residue, and can really help. Frequentely if doing something where you're laying thread, and then couching over, or some decorative embroidery - you'll work one thread, then work the other - in the meantime you could have a big tangle. So, easy to coil it up smoothly and tape a little X of pink tape to hold it down - like little pin-curls on the canvas.
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