Bjarne,
Thank you for answering my questions even though you are away on holidays.
In regards to the frame moving on the table, screwing it down would make it
most difficult to turn when necessary. I thought of perhaps glueing felt to
the bottom and placing it on a table with a board covered
Bjarne,
O.K. I have it now. You don't have to move the whole frame, just the circular
part--still a pain.
As Claudine suggested, I will clamp my frame to the table. Mine did not come
with clamps but they are easy enough to find in a hardware store..
And it's floche #16 for the whitework and
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
Laurie,
The link to tambour bead embroidery was great and many thanks for other
suggestions. Am off to check my back issues of Threads to see if I hopefully
have some of the articles
Charlene Roberts
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Bjarne,
I had to painstakely sit and embroider
every single day, also even when i got home from my real job
Given your talent, it somehow does not seem fair that you are not doing your
craft full time but out there sluggin' at a full time job and coming home tired
to work at your passion.
Bjarne,
As always, your work is so amazing .
the tambour embroidered dress that almost killed me
I continue to struggle in my effort to learn to tambour. I took a course but
that did not seem to help. I thought it was supposed to be fast but I have not
found it to be fast. In fact, if I do
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
Fran,
For the type of shades I covered I sewed on the lining first. The lining was
not done in multiple sections but perhaps only 2 sections which I worked with
pins to create the shape and then sewed the two seams. When you bring the top
and bottom over to the right side to stitch, those
Fran,
Why not baste after pinning?
Baste if you feel you need to. It's not for me if it can be avoided. Pins are
my basting.
This shade has two layers of material, do you use two layers?
I had to run upstairs and take a look. Yes, the two remaining shades that I
own both have actually 3
Fran,
The wires are covered with twill tape and that is what you pin the fabric to.
Cut the seam allowances with extra fabric according to the grain line of the
original remaining panel. When I do it I have pins lined up all the way along
the twill tape maybe 1/2 apart--adjusting as you go.
I want to put a lining in a tricorn hat. It will have a drawstring to help
with sizing. Has anyone seen an original to know if the linen lining should be
natural colour or white?
Charlene Roberts
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To Bjarne,
from Dawn:
I've spent WAY too much time this morning enjoying that site. What a great
Christmas gift!
You're able to post on h-cost aren't you? Please tell Bjarne thank you from
me. I can only read the posts. Every time I've tried to post myself it's an
exercise in
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