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Thank you, Jeanne. I was hoping you'd come by and clear that up. I know
just enough about citing sites to be a little bit dangerous. Well. More like useless. I did want our serious embroidery folks to see Wendy. I don't embroider much any more but I do love to watch Wendy. Polly "J*" wrote http://www.wendyschoendesign.com/ try this one, i took the 's' off designs in the link. j. "amy in CNY" wrote... Polly, I tried your link to Wendy Schoen's page, but i ended up in a baby shower site. go figure. I did print out your lovely directions for Redwork. I, too, was confused on the subject of the threads. Are they placed one strand next to each other in opposite directions and sprayed? I think last time I did embroidery, I used 2-3 strands right off the skein. amy in CNY "Polly Esther" wrote: Now we're all in trouble because we get into 'if memory serves' but I think I learned that from Wendy Schoen who designs the pattern line Petite Poche and you can see her really lovely work atwww.wendyschoendesigns.com Wendy studied at some incredible academy in London as well as probably everywhere else. So. Yes, Susan. I think you get really fine results from having one go one way and one the other. Might be one of those YMMV things. Polly |
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Doesn't much matter how you place them when you 'strip' them, Amy. The
object of the game is to have one thread going in one direction and another thread (or two) going in the other when you thread your needle. You can inspect the cut ends and see that one will look sharp and the other end kind of fluffy. There wasn't any spray starch here when I did the bird's beak stitches so I tried Niagara Easy Iron non-starch spray. It worked very nicely and maybe bugs won't be attracted to it. I could ask. Polly "amy in CNY" wrote Polly, I tried your link to Wendy Schoen's page, but i ended up in a baby shower site. go figure. I did print out your lovely directions for Redwork. I, too, was confused on the subject of the threads. Are they placed one strand next to each other in opposite directions and sprayed? I think last time I did embroidery, I used 2-3 strands right off the skein. amy in CNY |
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Thank you! that site is lovely. i adore the fleur de lis pattern, it
just jumps out at you. ahhh, ok. i was using a filament for some embroidery, but this tecnique seems easier. Is it ok to use sizing instead of starch? amy in CNY |
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I just don't really know the purpose of giving the floss a spray; might be
to make it smoother? It's been a long, very long time since I learned to 'strip' it. Why don't you give a piece a dose of the sizing and make a test? Could be it will be even better . . . or dull . . . or stiff. Only one way to find out. And oh my yes, Wendy is fine. I haven't used any of her patterns but did benefit from her teaching and I do use some of her baby clothes patterns. "amy in CNY" wrote in message ... Thank you! that site is lovely. i adore the fleur de lis pattern, it just jumps out at you. ahhh, ok. i was using a filament for some embroidery, but this tecnique seems easier. Is it ok to use sizing instead of starch? amy in CNY |
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I wonder if the "spray" is to help hold the ends of the threads
together? I use "Thread Heaven" which comes in a little blue box and is a silicone based (?) replacement for beeswax. It helps strengthen the thread as well as smoothing it and helping those ends stay together when you thread the needle. G When I learned to do embroidery, back in the dark ages, we separated the strands we wanted to use from the plyed floss by "pulling" down the length of the cut floss. I learned to "strip" the floss when I took a smocking class, and it is soooooo much easier to separate what you want. However, we were taught to keep all the strands going in the same direction and to find the "grain" of the thread. It does feel smoother in one direction than the other when you hold it between finger and thumb and pull it through. That plus the Thread Heaven have really improved my hand embroidery. G Don't do as much of it as I have in the past, but may be getting back to it soon. Just remember: What ever works for you, and gives you the results you want is "right". Have fun, Pati, in Phx On Jul 15, 7:07*pm, "Polly Esther" wrote: I just don't really know the purpose of giving the floss a spray; might be to make it smoother? *It's been a long, very long time since I learned to 'strip' it. *Why don't you give a piece a dose of the sizing and make a test? *Could be it will be even better . . . or dull . . . or stiff. *Only one way to find out. *And oh my yes, Wendy is fine. *I haven't used any of her patterns but did benefit from her teaching and I do use some of her baby clothes patterns. |
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You could always run the thread through "Thread Heaven". It seems to tame
almost any thread, including some dreaded metallic in cross stitch! -- Susan quilting as usual...... http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I just don't really know the purpose of giving the floss a spray; might be to make it smoother? It's been a long, very long time since I learned to 'strip' it. Why don't you give a piece a dose of the sizing and make a test? Could be it will be even better . . . or dull . . . or stiff. Only one way to find out. And oh my yes, Wendy is fine. I haven't used any of her patterns but did benefit from her teaching and I do use some of her baby clothes patterns. "amy in CNY" wrote in message ... Thank you! that site is lovely. i adore the fleur de lis pattern, it just jumps out at you. ahhh, ok. i was using a filament for some embroidery, but this tecnique seems easier. Is it ok to use sizing instead of starch? amy in CNY |
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