Waste canvas experiment pics on RCTNP

Hi! As requested, I have finally gotten around to pics of my waste
canvas on silk experiment. I purposely made the frame as big as the
Chateliene (sp?) piece I actually want to do on the silk fabric in
order
to determine if I can get to the center.

I set up the frame this way - first I stitched the silk to the
unbleached muslin backing, and then stretched the pair onto the frame.
After that, I stitched the waste canvas to the silk. I did not iron
the waste canvas first, and do think I should have. Even after 3
months, it still holds the folds and slight warping it had when it
came out of the package.

The silk is an Italian silk of an off-white color with a weave that
resembles rain coming on a slant. You can see a little of that on the
second photo. The threads used are Soie D'Alger from Access
Commodities, DMC, and Kreinik's #4 braid.

What I have found so far is that it is hard to see the over-one
stitches in the center, and so I did tent stitch instead of
cross-stitch for them as I kept splitting the canvas threads. The
regular size crosses are much easier to do. A soft-twist silk like
Soie D'Alger fills in very thoroughly, and so you have to be careful
on the second leg of the cross because it's harder to see where to put
the needle. The stitches are not quite as perfectly regular as you
would get on a evenweave, but are still very close.

However, I really like how the #4 gold braid by Kreinik works on the
waste canvas - it looks smooth and doesn't form those nasty lumps. I
guess the 3 layers of material keep it from kinking.

I will post more as I continue working.

Fran

On 7/9/08 10:25 PM, in article
, "Fran"
wrote:

Hi! As requested, I have finally gotten around to pics of my waste
canvas on silk experiment. I purposely made the frame as big as the
Chateliene (sp?) piece I actually want to do on the silk fabric in
order
to determine if I can get to the center.

I set up the frame this way - first I stitched the silk to the
unbleached muslin backing, and then stretched the pair onto the frame.
After that, I stitched the waste canvas to the silk. I did not iron
the waste canvas first, and do think I should have. Even after 3
months, it still holds the folds and slight warping it had when it
came out of the package.

The silk is an Italian silk of an off-white color with a weave that
resembles rain coming on a slant. You can see a little of that on the
second photo. The threads used are Soie D'Alger from Access
Commodities, DMC, and Kreinik's #4 braid.

What I have found so far is that it is hard to see the over-one
stitches in the center, and so I did tent stitch instead of
cross-stitch for them as I kept splitting the canvas threads. The
regular size crosses are much easier to do. A soft-twist silk like
Soie D'Alger fills in very thoroughly, and so you have to be careful
on the second leg of the cross because it's harder to see where to put
the needle. The stitches are not quite as perfectly regular as you
would get on a evenweave, but are still very close.

However, I really like how the #4 gold braid by Kreinik works on the
waste canvas - it looks smooth and doesn't form those nasty lumps. I
guess the 3 layers of material keep it from kinking.

I will post more as I continue working.

Fran

You have taken my breath away.

Cheryl

wrote:
Hi! As requested, I have finally gotten around to pics of my waste
canvas on silk experiment. I purposely made the frame as big as the
Chateliene (sp?) piece I actually want to do on the silk fabric in
order
to determine if I can get to the center.


Please, could you tell me how to get to RCTNP? Could I also post
pictures of my work there? Is it linked to this group or do I need to
login separately?

Thanks,
Shanti.

Thanks,
Shanti.

You need to go tohttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCTNP/and then ask to
become a member, be sure to say you came there from rctn and you'll be
in. * rctn is the Open Sesame lol

I've said Open Sesame, and I'm waiting for the door to open. Thank you
very much for the link.

Shanti.