I recently cobbled together something in a pinch that worked. I was appliqueing an embroidery onto silk velvet, and because of the shape of the garment and the position of the applique, it had to be framed in order to be managed. I wasn't at home so didn't have access to my supply of stretcher frames (what I have always called a slate frame, which was a new term to me) So I went out to the local WalMart and bought a really cheap wooden picture frame and a box of large head thumb tacks. I wiggled the tacks through the weave (I found out the hard way this particular fabric liked to pull if not treated nicely) and tacked the garment into place on the frame just barely hard enough to work on, making sure the tack didn't press into the pile too much, pinned down the applique, worked then removed it from the frame after I was finished. Yes, I had a few pinholes, but they are fading now that I am working on something else on the garment and the fibres are slipping back into place. Not optimal, but it accomplished the goal.
Kathy Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert (Fieldless) On a rose Or barbed vert a lion's head erased gules. It’s never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot Tosach eólais imchomarc. - Questioning is the beginning of knowledge. http://www.sengoidelc.com/node/131 Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
