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Hi all, I've come out of lurkdome to ask a question. I've never worked with waste canvas before, but I bought some of it about a month ago. I cut out a piece of blanket cloth for a bag I am making. Then I traced a design outline on the waste canvas, laid it on the blanket cloth, and stitched my design. However, when I was finished stitching, I tried to pick the waste canvas out via tiny scissors & tweezers. But there was no way those canvas threads would come out of there. The embroidery stitches I had put in were holding the waste canvas in place. By the time I was done with it, I'd lost

10 lbs. in sweat alone and my little bag was ruined because some of the embroidery stitches had caught on the canvas and been pulled out with the canvas itself.

Is there a trick to using this waste canvas or did I just have my embroidery stitches in too tight? Any help VERY MUCH appreciated!

Maureen

Maureen In Vancouver, B.C.

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Maureen In Vancouver, B.C.
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Oh, Maureen. What a wretched experience. Tia Mary graciously provided me with an essay on how to use waste canvas. At the end of the article it gives approaches to removing it once the embroidery is finished.

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all of that aside, it doesn't fix the current problem nor address your anguish. I'm so sorry you had this difficulty. Are you able to restitch some areas? Were you stitching on blanketing (as in thick blanketing used often in "Inspirations")? Isn't the recommendation to use netting to transfer the design? I've never done it, but I've heard rave reviews for the technique.

Dianne

Maureen > Hi all,

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Dianne Lewandowski

As Dianne posted, she has my "essay" on working with WC available at her website. I did want to post two tips that are of *prime* importance when working with Wc and can't be reiterated too often. FIRST -- be careful not to pierce your WC threads with your embroidery floss. Once you do that, the only way to remove the WC threads is to cut them right up next to the stitch that is holding it to the ground fabric. SECOND -- it's easiest (IMNSHO) to completely wash and dry the

*finished* project before trying to remove the WC threads. Washing & drying removes all of the sizing that stiffens the WC fabric and the threads are just a lot easier to remove. A lot of instructions will tell you to thoroughly wet the stitched design area and underlying WC and then remove the threads while still wet. YUCKY, YUCKY, YUCKY -- LOL

-- this leaves you with a bunch of squishy sizing stuff sliming up your WC threads and you still have to wash the piece once the threads have been removed!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary

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Tia Mary

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