[Ansteorra] Applique

[Kingdom Webminister]

Having seen the work with and without the "glue", if you do not
do it right you will still get the puckering.

However that being said I have seen the work of both HL Ciard
and Mary Elisabeth and they both come out beautifully.

Right now I am working on, or rather finally finished, the
Steppes Warlord Tabard and the center piece was Wonder-Under'd.
This cause the Steppes embroireres who took turns on it much
grief because the glue rendered the fabric nearly puncture
proof. It was left to be the last thing to finish because of
this. I went through a set of my best glovers needles to finish
that part. I really did not want to use the sewing machine for
this so I did not test to see if it would go through cleanly
and not leave a puncture mark. Puncture marks are not good.
Will not heal kinda thing.

Now to find another surgeon willing to part with a set of these
very fine small needles.

Basically glovers needles have same blade configuration of an
Epee, three sided blades. This allowed the needle to actually
go through the two layers of trigger and allow the hole to heal
back closed around the thread.

If you use Wonder-Under and you are going to be doing any work
on top of it all ask these ladies what weight to use so that it
will allow you to puncture through easliy. Wonder-Under comes
in different weights.

HL Chiara
Kingdom Webminister, Ansteorra

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Ciard49 at aol.com said:

>
> Some people use wonder under, or some other type of iron-on
> fabric to  "glue"
> the decorator fabric in place while it is sewn down.
>
> I personally do not like it. The finished effect is often stiff
> and  does not
> move right with the base fabric, and can leave a residue that
> shows.
>
> Are you sewing it by hand or on the machine?
>
> The edges of the decorative fabric must be stabilized --
> preferably turned
> under -- before being sewn down.
>
> If you have never done this before, perhaps asking an
> experienced person to
> help you would be a good idea.
>
> Ciard
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