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ok embroidery fols
.....I am hooked on Jenny's great patterns and my final art pieces all look great on the outside---but how the heck do I make the side with the knots look good? Most books do not address proper methods for knotting etc.... I am backing all my pieces with neat material to hide the backside!!!!
Any advice would be welcome............
Posted at 11:33AM, 10 March 2008 PST
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well of course the really good embroidery fussy people would tell you not to knot but I suspect that is not what you want ot hear
soo...here are my best tips for keeping the back neat:
When jumping weave your thread through existing undersides of stitches so it follows their line to get to the next spot
Try some strategizing when you start to see if you can pick a spot to start from that will lead you to a place close to where you start your next line with that color.
I make my first knot on the thread tight and trim it close or try to weave the ends into my subsequent line then when I tie off the line I stitch under some existing stitching and the go under one more time and thread through the loop so the knot is super close and small.
That's it but the most important thing I think is not to make huge jumps without weaving and especially not when your thread is darker than your fabric.
Originally posted 8 months ago.
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rectangel edited this topic 8 months ago.
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Thanks for asking that question, and for the answer!
I needed that part about not making huge jumps on the back--I hadn't considered that there was a way out of that.
Posted 8 months ago.
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I agree with the above comment about following underneath the stitching you've already done, I do it all the time... Also, I do plan out where I'm going on my pattern first, a kind of mental map of where I'm going so that my stitching is close from color block to color block... I am one of those people who doesn't knot. When I first start a piece, I leave a tail of thread off the back holding it for the first few stitches, when I'm done with that thread or color I go back and rethread the tail end and stitch it underneath the rest of my stitches. It stays nicely secure.
Posted 8 months ago.
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I've seen a few Q&A's about this lately, I was also having trouble.
From one of the other threads, I found a great technique that's helped me a lot on my most recent project. It can be found here:
primrosedesign.blogspot.com/2007/03/stitch-school-new-beg...
It's so logical I can't believe I've never thought of it before.
Also, on www.needlenthread.com/ mary always demonstrates how to start and finish the back off in the video library of stitches , for every type of stitch.
I thought I'd show the back side of my recent Sublime project here:
as well as the waste knot, I use iron on craft fusing to protect items that are likely to be washed frequently like pillow cases and tea towels. It covers all manner of knotting and floss failures!
Here's the back & front of one of my tea towels I'm working on too - the thicker sections are where i've stitched back in.
Hope it helps - Although if it's just for presents for family and friends they shouldn't care how the back looks, if they do tell them to get 'knotted'... sorry couldn't avoid the pun.
Originally posted 8 months ago.
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shelsta78 edited this topic 8 months ago.
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thanks for the advice! I will try these methods.
Posted 7 months ago.
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