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#*^&#&# Railroading
OY THE PAIN!!! I really, truly hate to railroad. The only thing worse
is having to lay my threads :-(. I have started the Autumn Bleeped (the first of a series of four I will do) from Country Crossroads and there is a lot of satin stitching. I spent hours changing the floss from DMC to silk -- mostly Rainbow Gallery with some of the Dinky Dyes. The DD is variegated (this is the stuff I am going to need more of) and because it's so pretty, I felt I should force myself to railroad so that the threads lay nicely right next to each other. I have now decided that I don't really need to do this -- LOL! It takes absolutely FOREVER and is a total P.I.T.A. to do when working with silks! Fortunately, the satin stitches are all 2 stitches wide and are in long rows or kloster blocks so the fact the I am not going to railroad anymore isn't all that noticeable. It's not bad enough that trying to railroad the floss is a P.I.T.A. but I'm using the banding fabric called for on the charts -- with many thanks to my stitchin' buddy Janet because she bought me FOUR yards of the stuff last Christmas. It's very pretty, white 16 ct. aida but -- there's *always* a but isn't there -- those rows of 2 stitch wide satin stitches (and satin stitched hearts as well) are done in the holes where they belong and also in between the holes!!! The chart calls for you to pierce the blocks of threads and put stitches in between the holes! I never took a close look at the chart -- just made a note of the fabric that was recommended! I would have much preferred to do this on even weave banding and NOT had to mess with trying to pierce the aida thread blocks and try to get my stitch placed smack in the middle. Of course, that's near impossible because this aida banding is made with three *&$#$%#^%)% threads per row. VBS -- ahhhh the trials and tribulations -- LOL! It's a good thing the banding is so pretty. Anyway -- I have decided that there is no way I will continue to try to get those satin stitches railroaded while I am trying to pierce the threads in each row! HMMM -- I'll have to see if I can find the charts so that you can get a look. OK -- here's the Autumn bell pull http://www.calicocrossroads.com/he/c...cfm?Category=3 It's very pretty but the colors are a bit to soft for my decor. Instead of doing the letters in an ecru, I am using Dinky Dyes #33 Desert Sands. I've changed the letters of all the seasons to one of the variegated Dinky Dyes fibers; the Winter design (done in BLUE -- YUCK) has been changed to a red flower and the letters are going to be done in Waterlilies "Holiday" which is a variegated red/green combo. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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#*^&#&# Railroading
there's *always* a but isn't there -- those rows of 2 stitch wide satin
stitches (and satin stitched hearts as well) are done in the holes where they belong and also in between the holes!!! The chart calls for you to pierce the blocks of threads and put stitches in between the holes! I never took a close look at the chart -- just made a note of the fabric that was recommended! I would have much preferred to do this on even weave banding and NOT had to mess with trying to pierce the aida thread blocks and try to get my stitch placed smack in the middle. Of course, that's near impossible because this aida banding is made with three *&$#$%#^%)% threads per row. VBS -- ahhhh the trials and tribulations -- LOL! It's a good thing the banding is so pretty. Anyway -- I have decided that there is no way I will continue to try to get those satin stitches railroaded while I am trying to pierce the threads in each row! HMMM -- I'll have to see if I can find the charts so that you can get a look. OK -- here's the Autumn bell pullhttp://www.calicocrossroads.com/he/category_results.cfm?Category=3 It's very pretty but the colors are a bit to soft for my decor. Instead of doing the letters in an ecru, I am using Dinky Dyes #33 Desert Sands. I've changed the letters of all the seasons to one of the variegated Dinky Dyes fibers; the Winter design (done in BLUE -- YUCK) has been changed to a red flower and the letters are going to be done in Waterlilies "Holiday" which is a variegated red/green combo. CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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#*^&#&# Railroading
there's *always* a but isn't there -- those rows of 2 stitch wide satin
stitches (and satin stitched hearts as well) are done in the holes where they belong and also in between the holes!!! The chart calls for you to pierce the blocks of threads and put stitches in between the holes! I never took a close look at the chart -- just made a note of the fabric that was recommended! I would have much preferred to do this on even weave banding and NOT had to mess with trying to pierce the aida thread blocks and try to get my stitch placed smack in the middle. Of course, that's near impossible because this aida banding is made with three *&$#$%#^%)% threads per row. PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary Sorry about the empty post. My mouse went the wrong way and I hit send. Next time look for 22 count Hardanger, go across 2 for the crossstitch and 1 for the 1/4 st if you have any. It works much better. Frances |
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#*^&#&# Railroading
Tia Mary wrote:
I would have much preferred to do this on even weave banding and NOT had to mess with trying to pierce the aida thread blocks Use a smaller needle for fractionals on Aida. Why do you think I love 28 Petites? -- Karen C - California www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf Finished 7/10/07 -- Dance of the Roses WIP: The Teacher, Bethany Angel, Pooh & Crew, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Design page http://www.KarenMCampbell.com/designs.html |
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Karen C in California wrote:
Use a smaller needle for fractionals on Aida. Why do you think I love 28 Petites? Unfortunately, the small satin stitched hearts are done in #8 perle and the large ones are done in Caron Impressions. Both fibers are pretty heavy to put through a sz 28 needle. Besides, if it was too easy, what would I have to kvetch about -- LOL?!?!?! CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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'Nez wrote:
Sorry about the empty post. My mouse went the wrong way and I hit send. Next time look for 22 count Hardanger, go across 2 for the crossstitch and 1 for the 1/4 st if you have any. It works much better. Frances If I had bothered to actually *look* at the chart, I would have seen that the satin stitches were piercing the aida thread blocks. I would have then found an even weave banding to use. I've learned my lesson -- next time I work on banding, I'll double check the chart to make sure I can ***easily*** use the stuff recommended!!!! CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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On 8/27/07 9:21 AM, "Tia Mary" wrote:
Karen C in California wrote: Use a smaller needle for fractionals on Aida. Why do you think I love 28 Petites? Unfortunately, the small satin stitched hearts are done in #8 perle and the large ones are done in Caron Impressions. Both fibers are pretty heavy to put through a sz 28 needle. Besides, if it was too easy, what would I have to kvetch about -- LOL?!?!?! CiaoMeow ^;;^ Not to state the obvious, but have you done so much that you really don't want to switch to even-weave banding? Personally, I'd just go back to laying the threads. I have found that with silk especially, Thread Heaven helps to keep things laying well, a bit more easily. And if I have to do a lot of laying, I definitely put the piece in a frame and stand - of some sort (my Baby Z gets a lot of work) so I can use both hands to use the laying tool easily. Or, if in hand, I use a trolley needle (only when I'm wearing glasses). Anyhow - I feel your pain. I'm doing the sample motifs for the "Motif Madness" class which I'm teaching in a few weeks, and it's all laid and twisted. Good luck with your piece - enjoy the kvetching. Ellice - going back to lurking (very swamped with a bunch of obligations right now, and school just started) |
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