Hi Charlene,
I just went down shopping in one of the embroidery shops here on Madeira,
and i found out the thread.
I use (for the whitework) DMC no. 16 it comes in 10 grammes skeins.
For the regency dress i made i used the ordinary multicolloured strands, and
i used 2 strands of thread.
Hope this helps.
Bjarne
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From: Paul and Charlene
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 8:31 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] tambour embroidery--more questions
Bjarne,
My tambour frame arrived from Lacis and that has brought up some more
questions. I find it slippery and think I need to put something on the
bottom of the wood stand to keep it from moving around when I am working.
When you are working on a piece of fabric that is large when you are
tamouring around the dress hem, do you pin or baste the rest of thefabric to
keep it from getting in the way?
Do you turn the frame when doing the flowers or do you just get used to
tambouring in any direction without moving the frame?
I tried experimenting with many different kinds of threads. I found it is
important to have the right needle(I used the largest needle) size to
prevent snaging the threads. I also found that tightly woven threads work
best. My best attempts have been with sewing thread size 50. I would like
to use a thread a bit thicker so that it shows up better. You said you used
DMC threads. Could you tell me which size and the name of the
DMCthread--there are so many? I tried #12 crochet cotton and that seemed to
work somewhat ok.
Thank you Bjarne.
Charlene Roberts
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