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Olwynmary wrote:
Sometimes, pieces I have been working on for a long time look like a crumpled rag by the time I finish, but I rest serene in the knowledge that once it is finished and laundered, it will look beautiful. Just don't worry about the wrinkles until every last stitch has been put in . .. I really smiled a big smile when I read this. Embroidery - no matter what kind you are doing (ok . . . the exception is Japanese and other meticulous fastidious embroideries) often look absolutely horrible by the time you're through stitching. Once washed and pressed (face down) the embroidery comes alive - shining gloriously. The ground is pristine. The threads looking fresh and plump. Embroideries look doubly bad if you use that washable blue pen. That particular color blue just screams around either white or colors, and you wonder why on earth you ever started. I pre-wash if the fabric shrinks LOTS. On unknown fabrics, I often wash a test swatch just to see. But most fabrics we purchase has minimal (if any) shrinkage these days, so the advice above is good, particularly with some embroideries like padded whitework, French quilting, early methods of candlewicking wherein you NEED the fabric to shrink up. I've been so tickled to see you posting. Dianne |
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