I have no photos or scans - however I have learnt something. I had kept a pile of used Colour Catcher sheets because they had interesting colour patterns. The thought was maybe I could use them for embroidery. Definitely not a proposition for hand embroidery. A real pity as the mottled dye effect was just perfect. I tried some Portuguese Stem Stitch. The needle tore the fabric unless the stitch was enormous and probably would still have done so if I had pulled the stitch. I had joined two sheets with a machine zigzag seam and that was not a problem so maybe I won't throw them out yet as machine embroidery may work. Not sure but worth a try.
Today it occurred to me that there was a nice piece of grey woollen felted fabric that could be useful for a sampler. Unfortunately it is too thick for the hoop I am using. I need to try some cretan without a hoop and see how it goes.
I have also remembered my stash of hand-dyed fabric that I acquired by virtue of an international dye swap 8 or 9 years ago. While some was used to make fabric boxes twelve months ago there are quite a number of interesting pieces still in the cupboard, just begging to be used.
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3 comments:
argh, I'm keeping color catcher sheets for embroidery too. Find it is an easy way to dye some fabrics :-)
I'll soon try hand and machine embroidery on them and tell you what I get !
Vero
They come out of the wash and look so attractive, don't they? I just can't bear to throw them away - hope FME works - hopefully they will be stiff enough to use without a hoop - the zigzag down the middle would have taken some disguising.
Vero I also meant to say - I look forward to what you produce
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