Hmmm...starting with your last question, it would depend on how you are working. If you want the chain on the front as in chain stitch embroidery, then yes, you'd turn the work over to make a knot on the back. If you are using tambour to apply beads, then you're probably working with the hook on the back/top and the thread with beads on the front/bottom. With the beads, an occasional knot is really important.
I don't really do much chain stitch embroidery, definitely no large fill areas of it, but I suspect that the faster of the two just depends on who is doing it. Again, practice and developing muscle memory will bring speed at either one. Getting a rhythm going is not necessarily easy at first, but once you can find a rhythm, speed will come. Tambour can be worked off of a spool, so no needle threading necessary, which would save a little bit of time. Laurie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul and Charlene Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:44 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year 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 [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
