Wasted

Are you familiar with waste canvas? This is a loosely woven canvas that you lay on top of fabric, stitch through both layers, then wet the fabric and waste canvas. Water makes the waste canvas easy to pull out from between the fabric and the stitching, one thread at a time.  This leaves your stitching in place on top of fabric like baseball caps, tote bags or t-shirts.  DMC sells waste canvas and has posted a video about how to use it on their blog.

http://dmc-threads.com/soluble-canvas/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

In Honor of Leap Year UPDATED

2012 is leap year, which means there is an extra day in February. Instead of the usual 28 days, every four years February has a 29th. Ridgewood has taken notice and is offering a huge selection of frog weight canvases for your stitching pleasure.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2012/02/forget-about-football-fever-ridgewood.html

These canvases are traditionally filled with something heavy and used as a frame weight so you can stitch with both hands when on the move.  They also make wonderful paperweights and have been seen perched on the back of a sofa during their non-working hours.

UPDATE:  The frogs are going nuts at Ridgewood.  Better buy one before it leaps again!  LOL
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2012/02/it-is-leap-year-day-and-frogs-in-our.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com