Hello everyone. Once again, I'm asking for your suggestions. The natural wood was my first choice but dark wood grain did not look good with this dark linen, in my humble opinion. So I chose a brown crackle finish for it (although it doesn't look bad on the light primer). Since this is my first hornbook type thingamabob hickey, I'll tell you how I plan to mount it, and you tell me a better way.
I do not want a trim around it so the corners must be mitered. I will stitch them into place, trim and Tacky glue for extra hold. I plan on a thin layer of cotton batting beneath the stitchery, no pouf, just for softness. The inside board is not a thick mount board but a thin mat since I want it sort of flat. When I finally get the corners right and the entire piece is fixed on the mat, I will use E6000 in a few spots to glue to the hornbook type thingamabob hickey. No plans for tacks around the piece, no trim ....but ... should I trim it and pouf it? Floss cording in the linen color, thin hemp cord, chenille? I think I'm doing the actual prep and attach OK, but how do you think the final finish should look? What do you do? Should I put a hole for hanging in the handle? Any suggestions or help would be welcomed. I would like to have the offer listed this Friday.
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8 comments:
I don't have any advice for you Marly, but I can't wait to see the finish!
I'm with Kristen, I have never done anything like this. I do look forward to seeing your ideas. Sorry for being no help at all.
I think a simple cord in the same color as the fabric would look great.
I would not use any glue for the stitching piece. Lace the back and pull tight by lacing close together. When mounting a stitched piece to a hard surface use stitchers mounting tape. This is a heavy duty double sided tape that is almost two inches wide. Simple lay strips on the finished piece you want to mount, peel off the back, then stick it to your hard surface. I have never had a piece come undone when I used it.You can purchase a large roll at a needlework shop such as Shepherd's Bush. They ship everywhere. It is the best stuff. Very safe for stitching. E600 has chemicals in it that will harm the stitching over time. I have to sign as anonymous so I will put my name here. Hope this helps, Michele Davis.
I think you have to place your stitching over a piece of cardboard and stick this to the wood with double sided stickytape special for fabric use. Never use a ordenary glue for your stitching -this will damage the fabric.
To hang your peace just use a cord tight to the handle.
Good luck with the finishing. Hope it this was a idea for finishing your stitches.
Greetings Truus from Holland
Here is a link to my blog showing the hornbook my husband made for me. http://viewthree.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/stitching-and-dyeing.html
I backed my stitching (bag method) so it could be washed later if needed and just used 4 brass drawing-pins to hold it in place. As you can see he added a hole so I could hang it up.
well I'm the oddball here. but then what else is new? I use Aleene's white tacky glue for my projects like this. it dries flexible, is acid-free and dries clear. I iron back my edges and then glue on to the unpainted portion of the paddle/hornbook thing-y. If I don't want the edges left 'lonely', then I'll twist some cotton fabric strips {repro civil war era prints} and whip stitch on the edges like I do for a hooked rug ~
No advice although I do like Lori's suggestion. I see more and more stitchers using small amounts of acid-free when doing their smalls finishing.
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