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Karen Davis
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- Louisville, KY
- United States
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Feltmaking
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Machine Needle Felting
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Beading
182 members
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Take A Stitch on Tuesday
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I've had my machine for 2 months now but just 2 days ago was my first time using it. Broke 3 needles in the first 15 minutes using silk paper as a base and embroidery thread on top. I switched to using a silk scarf as the base and wool roving on t...
Hi Karen, While many of the stitches are perfectly suited to Aida others are better suited to other fabrics. I've used a small selection of fabrics so far, linen (in most cases), aida, felt and muslim. If you want one fabric to cover all, I would ...
This was a quandry when I first decided to do TAST as I worried about cloth and threads. I have some aida cloth which I bought when I first started stitching and it is more than 20 years old [you can see I obviously moved on to something else lol!...
I also use evenweave linen that I can purchase inexpensively at a hobby store.
Thanks for the input...this link helped even more than the video. I just made a few stitches and they turned out much better. What I was doing wrong was keeping my needle aimed away from where it entered (point A), wrapping, then turning it back t...
Thanks...I think I'll invest in some Aida cloth...I'm always thinking 'surface design' and 'experimental' so anything and everything is open for playing...
I have some cheaper even weave fabric which I find is great for doing samples as I think if I muck up it doesn't matter. I also have a large piece of quilters muslin with a thin piece of wadding stitched to the back that I try out stitches that I ...
Some of the stitches are easier to do on evenweave fabric, but most can be done on anything that your needle will penetrate easily! Personally, I would not use silk paper for my samples. I would use it in an article.
Profile Information
- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- surface Design on PFD cottons, quilting, embroidery, image transfers...
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- I'm self-taught but my interested started with my great-grandmother who I started to learn to piece with after I graduated from college. After her death and that of my grandmother i honored them by making a quilt, all hand done except for putting on th binding. It took me 10 years to complete it between working and having children.
In 2004 I started getting serious about quilting and took weekly classes with Juanita Yeager at her home...Even though I don't take many workshops I do invest in books on technique and treat going throum them as I would a formal class.
- Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
- mother of 3, grandmother of 2, partner to 1. love reading, genealogy, justice, poetry, curious about whatever i don't know :)
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Posted on January 28, 2009 at 7:00am — 6 Comments
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 5:21pm on January 19, 2009,
Leslie C said… - Wow thanks I had no idea.....
- At 4:42am on January 18, 2009,
Marie Johansen said… - Oh Yeah! SO glad that you are here too! Are you on Facebook as well? Another passion we seem to share - genealogy!
- At 9:58pm on January 14, 2009,
GiGi said… - Karen: I do not know what LAFTA is. Please expound. I am from Louisville originally but live just outside of Lou. now. How about you? GiGi
- At 3:03am on January 14, 2009,
chitra gangadharan said… - Just visited your blog. You are very creative.
- At 8:48am on January 8, 2009,
Judy B said… - Welcome to stitchin fingers. Hope you enjoy the company.
I have just enjoyed a quick look at your blog, and would love to see more photos on the Eyepiece blog!
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