Seashells and stitching books
March 11, 2010
I continue to make progress on the tropical piece, slowly but surely. I finished the water, using 2 blue strands and 1 orange strand for wave shaped scallop stitches. Still not sure if I like it:
I am also now wondering how I am going to get the water soluble marker lines off the piece once I’m finished with it…any tips? The thought of trying to “wash” this fabric scares me! I am about 1/2 way through the seashells. I chose some colors that I thought had the same kind of tone to them (if that makes sense?): orange, pink, purple, green, and blue, and then what I did was take 2 strands of color and mix it with 2 strands of ecru:
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This is lovely !!!
Did you pre-washed the fabric ?
If you did then you shouldn’t have any problems rinsing it (the way I do mine is by filling a sink or big enough container with some water and submerge the embroider piece and letting it float repeating that motion/action for a few times -sometimes I use a hand shower/sprayer holding it very close to the piece- then place it between 2 towels to dry excess water, lay it face down on a dry towel and iron it dry).
This is awesome. Your work is so beautiful. I have the same suggestions as My 1st Bambina regarding washing it.
Oh… forgot to add…,the water soluble ink if it is not remove well, it may appear again in some spots… it has happened to me when I use to spray/mist with a water spray bottle.
It has not happen again since I started the process described previously.