On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:08:46 +0100, Jane wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David >Collyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Any clear craft glue will do the trick. Or you might like to consider >>searching for a website for "Spotlight" - I'm sure they'd do you a mail >>order of Fraycheck, or is it Fray Stop in Australia> > >I seem to remember reading some time back (possibly years ago whilst I >still had time to read rec.crafts.textiles.needlework!) that the >Fraycheck sold in one particular country (might have been Australia) had >a habit of turning brown over a period of time - whereas that sold here >in the UK (at least) doesn't appear to - I made an @ badge (somewhere >around the time that Steph Peters started making bobbin lace - how long >ago was that, Steph?) and it hasn't changed colour yet.
1996. I used some Fraycheck on a piece of embroidery, for which I bought the pattern in 1995, so I probably stitched it in 1996. The Fraycheck was on the edges to stop them ravelling. By the time I'd finished stitching it was starting to show up on ivory linen. A couple of years after stitching the piece I reframed it, and by then the edges were brown. Fortunately I'd left lots of extra fabric so I cut the brown edges off. Going back to Chelle's original problem, here's a suggestion for a fairly fast way to finish off tatting. Find a needle with a large enough eye to take accommodate your thread. Use the needle to thread the loose end in and out of the top of the double stitches - along the top of the mushroom shapes. This isn't as invisible as threading through the mushroom stalks, but it's very quick to do, and looks better than cut and glued ends. -- There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. - Oscar Wilde Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
