Experience Share-- Quick to Grid the Aida Fabric

Crossy · Post time: 2010-7-12 23:03

Very usefull! Thank you.

xstitch · Post time: 2010-8-15 00:01

great tip! thanks for sharing!

tonna11 · Post time: 2010-9-10 02:57

Post Last Edit by tonna11 at 9-11-2010 18:05

Post Last Edit by tonna11 at 9-11-2010 18:03

I love this--I've always stitched my lines using the backstitch, but this would be so much faster--and less expensive on my thread allowance, LOL! Thanks so much!

edit--I had to come back and tell you all that I just ordered a yard of pre-printed aida (which has the lines already in it, which will wash out) and am very excited for it to come to me all the way from China!
Its 14 count, and I'm thinking with such a large piece I might just have to tackle a HAED chart to do this great fabric justice! Also, I wanted to let you all know, as it was mentioned above, that I ran across
some water soluble pencils in the local quilt shop--I think they would work wonderfully for this excercise!

susantoevelyn · Post time: 2010-10-22 20:45

very clear explanation... thankyou

gongo · Post time: 2011-4-4 06:12

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GOOD

sashi · Post time: 2011-4-20 20:46

Im not so sure about this one, I used pencil once on a very large very complicated piece of work, and after one month or so when I had finished the piece and was ready to wash it I realised that the pencil just refused to come off!
ended up painstakingly going over it with a baby toothbrush and even then the marks were still faintly there....the threads got rather worn in the process and the beautiful shine was lost somewhat...
I would recommend the water soluble pen using the same technique as above, much clearer and washes out like a dream!

Mariaque · Post time: 2011-7-3 15:38

Thanks for sharing.

Flirti · Post time: 2011-7-22 06:13

can anyone recommend a good soluble pen??? those which i used to use are not really good and they are dry in a very short time!

ShadowPhoe · Post time: 2011-8-3 08:56

Thanks for the tip! I'll be using it on my next project for sure ^_^

Drea66 · Post time: 2011-9-16 11:54

I use a watersolubale pen and it works good. The only thing is that it fades oer time and sometime you hae to regrid if you can't see the ery faint line that it leaves

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