Couching cords

I have yet another question [insert an emoticon here]

I'd like to use a cord created with my handy dandy cord doohickey to create a
handbag on a piece of freestyle embroidery. I'm stumped about how to deal with
the ends. If I bury them under the cord, those areas are lumpy.

Help please

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anne wrote:

I have yet another question [insert an emoticon here]

I'd like to use a cord created with my handy dandy cord doohickey to create a
handbag on a piece of freestyle embroidery. I'm stumped about how to deal
with
the ends. If I bury them under the cord, those areas are lumpy.

Help please


Knot the ends into tassells?

Depending on how stiff the cord is, flatten it slightly and slip it
between the outer fabric and the lining. Use some hand stitches to
attach the ends to the lining to keep it from fraying.

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Ellen Winnie n7pyk-at-amsat.org

Ellen had two good ways to deal with cord ends.

Another: Leave long enough ends so that you can wind them into a
circle. Adds a little "pizzazz". But that only works if it works on
your project.

Dianne

anne wrote:
I have yet another question [insert an emoticon here]

I'd like to use a cord created with my handy dandy cord doohickey to create a
handbag on a piece of freestyle embroidery. I'm stumped about how to deal with
the ends. If I bury them under the cord, those areas are lumpy.

Help please


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http://journal.heritageshoppe.com

Another: Leave long enough ends so that you can wind them into a
circle. Adds a little "pizzazz". But that only works if it works on
your project.

Thanks all. I had envisioned something along the lines of a braided rug using
the not very bulky cord made out of floss. When I pinned the cord to the
fabric, I didn't like how it looked so went with plan c -- a weave.

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