I am at the point where the pattern says to machine topstitch all around the neckline and down both sides of the front. Rather than do that by machine, I would like to make running stitches with perle cotton, by hand. I want the stitching to be not only functional, but decorative also. I was thinking of using size 8 perle cotton. What size hand needle should I use? The jacket is a plain copper and will have a black lining. Do you think that I should match or contrast the the stitching?
It will be worn mostly with pants, leggings and jeans. Or you could try a size 5 crewel needle. I think you should test different needles, maybe on scrap fabric, and see how the stitching goes. Will you be hand stitching through both the lining and the fabric? If you want the stitching to show up which is, I suppose, the whole point of decorative stitching , then a contrast might be better than a match!
I have several balls of my grandmothers Perle cotton from her days of Swedish stitch Samplers. She used Huck toweling to do the craft, and her work is museum quality. I want to do some towels, I know how to do the stitch, just need practice. Can you help me? I am stitching the sampler Stitch Therapy Would you think 2 strands of the DMC would equal the Aurfil floss?
You might check DMC perle cotton 12 in color number Hope that helps! I am working on a wool applique. Could you please tell me what size of knitting needle do I need to knit with perle cotton number 5? Hi, I have enjoyed your website so much since finding it a couple of years ago.
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From now on when I have a embroidery question of any kind I will just come here first. Thank you so very much for all of your help in the past and in the future. Sincerely Sonya Wear. This was so helpful!! The Balls are marked 8S. The thread is more like a Size I want to use the size 12 pearl cotton for blackwork if possible. One strand of DMC from the 6 stranded cotton is finer than a strand of 12 perle cotton.
Thank you for this tutorial. What size pearl cotton do you recommend for historic sampler patterns? I was thinking of using 8, but is 5 better? Thank you for the help. I am new to pearl cotton and it was recommended for portions of the sampler, and did not give the size it should be.
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