Laurie, Thanks for the tambour tips. I agree with you that it is very beautiful and worth the effort to keep trying.
I had read that it was much faster than chain stitch embroidery and therefore was very surprised to find that it was not an easy thing to learn. Perhaps it is faster in that you don't have to rethread the needle as often. It seems to work better using tightly twisted threads but I still keep getting caught in tiny threads from the fabric. Is not catching the background fabric just part of the technique that takes time to perfect? >To prevent unraveling huge areas by accident, every few inches, tie a knot on the back side. As I am new at this, I am guessing that you would have to turn the work over and create a knot using the ball of thread????? Charlene Roberts _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
