tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post1311068072662492965..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: The Himation: A Quick UpdateCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-2259691003896358812013-11-13T23:47:27.499-05:002013-11-13T23:47:27.499-05:00I have wool thread (stuff I bought from Phiala for...I have wool thread (stuff I bought from Phiala for tablet weaving) and I thought about using it, but I'm less confident that wool thread will survive washing and friction (i.e., on the sleeve-ends) than I am about silk. I have to think about the trade-offs some more.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-39001475969459177072013-11-13T23:45:56.659-05:002013-11-13T23:45:56.659-05:00Chris: Thanks for the tip about silk. If I go wit...Chris: Thanks for the tip about silk. If I go with that, I'll pre-wash. Thanks.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-2382274631517317892013-11-13T21:06:27.999-05:002013-11-13T21:06:27.999-05:00There's a fair amount of surviving early-centu...There's a fair amount of surviving early-centuries-AD embroidery in silk on linen. Linen thread is usually white or natural color; apparently, if you could afford colored embroidery at all, you might be able to afford silk to do it with. (Some of the time I suspect it might have been ravelings from imported silk cloth.) There is also embroidery in wool on linen, but less of it has survived (no surprise there!).Chris Laninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574568785133002628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-33926660157441144542013-11-13T20:59:53.278-05:002013-11-13T20:59:53.278-05:00Silk is more washable than you would think -- it&#...Silk is more washable than you would think -- it's pretty sturdy stuff. Do test in advance to avoid running colors -- black and red seem to be especially run-prone. Chris Laninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574568785133002628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-80835217744238900312013-11-12T14:29:56.659-05:002013-11-12T14:29:56.659-05:00Hi, Panth! I like your idea for transferring patt...Hi, Panth! I like your idea for transferring patterns better.<br /><br />What I'm really looking for is not supplies. I can figure out how to get supplies. No, I'm looking for ideas about: 1) patterns to use, and 2) people's experience with doing embroidery, and then *washing* embroidery, worked in different kinds of threads.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-40124614006011567632013-11-12T14:27:16.403-05:002013-11-12T14:27:16.403-05:00For the embroidery, printing and sewing through bo...For the embroidery, printing and sewing through both paper and fabric as Kathleen suggested might end up with the stitches being a little loose once the paper is removed. Also, personally I think I'd find that unbearably crinkly, stiff and annoying whilst sewing. <br /><br />An alternative is to cut out individual paper motifs (e.g. correctly sized circles), use a measuring tape to pin them into the correct places and then do big tacking stitches in a cheap, fine thread to trace around them. Then, the paper motif can be removed and the embroidery done without any impediment between you and the fabric. This method also means you only need one paper motif which is traced multiple times, rather than to have the entire embroidery traced onto a long strip of paper. You could, of course, use Kathleen's method but put on tacking stitch tracings instead.<br /><br />As for supplies, I think you're in the wrong country for me to assist with that.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941566213672427040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-40256240974351797962013-11-12T13:20:26.901-05:002013-11-12T13:20:26.901-05:00Kathleen, welcome to my blog!
Thanks for the idea...Kathleen, welcome to my blog!<br /><br />Thanks for the idea; it's a good approach to getting an embroidery pattern to come out regular. I just have to find a pattern I like well enough to try it with! As I said, it's been nearly 40 years since I tried embroidery, and I'm more than a bit nervous about trying it.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-28791200104569097422013-11-12T13:17:50.708-05:002013-11-12T13:17:50.708-05:00My solution to embroidery of any kind is to print ...My solution to embroidery of any kind is to print it out (typing paper is best if you still have some, but normal copy paper works just fine), and use it as my template, embroidering right over the paper. The needle perforates the paper as you sew, so it will come off easily. Sisuile https://www.blogger.com/profile/12582245203500703570noreply@blogger.com