You can also make a tambour from some pieces of 1" x 2" lumber and 4 'C' clamps, the kind that you can screw tighter. Every hardware store probably has them, but this was the shortest link I could find to a picture.
http://www.wpclipart.com/tools/hand_tools/clamp/C_clamp_BW.png.html This link has a video that shows such a frame in use, though the camera never pulls back enough to see the frame. http://fashionistafaceoff.com/wp/2011/04/tambour-beading/ Here's a slightly different frame than what I use. http://www.dhub.org/object/9725,tambour+frame And finally, if you have back issues of Threads magazine, here's the results of a 'tambour' search on the Threads online index. One of these articles does have a picture of the type of frame that I use, cheap, easy and very, very adjustable. Headline, Author, Issue No., Month, Year, Page An Inexpensive Tambour Hook, n/a, 44, DEC/JAN, 1993, 51 Tambour Beading, Jan Bryant, 44, DEC/JAN, 1993, 50 Tambour embroidery, Janet Else, 12, AUG/SEP, 1987, 6 Tambour hooks, Ellen J. Riggan, 20, DEC/JAN, 1989, 10 Tambour-hook sources, David Page Coffin, 17, JUN/JUL, 1988, 6 Laurie -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Leif og Bjarne Drews Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:53 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year Hi Charlene, The reason i say it almost killed me to make that dress is because i had so narrow a time frame to finnish it. I had to painstakely sit and embroider every single day, also even when i got home from my real job and i was tired, and i had to go shopping and make the dinner. I had it exactly like you when i started to try and make tambour stitches and i was desperate because i could not do it either, but i continued and tryed and tryed and suddently i had the ritht twist to it. You must have a tambour frame, lacis has it you can see mine here: http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/forsidebillede.htm I also use my lacepillow table, wich is low and it fits excactly to my frame. You can make manny wonderfull things with tambour embroidery, i found out you can combine tambour with shadow work, i am making a fichu to a reenacter. The fabric i used for the regency dress is a cotton voille and its sheer and it helps that you can see trough the fabric as a beginner, its the same i use for the fichu. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/tambourering.htm I would say it took me about 10 days till i finally had the right twist to make tambour, you must remember i was desperate i had said yes to the projekt, so i had to! And it is much speedyer when you learn. Next time i am starting something new in tambour i want to try to embroider on tulle. Bjarne -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Paul and Charlene Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:45 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year Bjarne, As always, your work is so amazing . >the tambour embroidered dress that almost killed me I continue to struggle in my effort to learn to tambour. I took a course but that did not seem to help. I thought it was supposed to be fast but I have not found it to be fast. In fact, if I do manage to get a few stitches done, I usually move the wrong way and they all unravel before my eyes. How long did it take you to become so good at tambour? Do you have any tips for those of us struggling with this form of needlework? Why do you say that it almost killed you? Is it backbreaking leaning over the frame? Charlene Roberts _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
