Painted canvas...
Margaret March
websearcher is just too stupid to find it...there's gotta be a website
explaining what it is and how to do it somewhere in cyberspace!! Can
anyone help?
Margaret
Avalon Stitchery (T.M.)
http://www.craft-searcher.com/avalonstitchery/index.html
Dianne Lewandowski
Designs. See if you can search that one - or her name.
Dianne
Carolyn Potts
which I usually worked out on a big newsprint pas. When I had pretty much
what I wanted in the way of a drawing, I would sometime paint it, sometime
not, and then using a fineline black marker out line the design important
areas, (petals and leaves of flowers, main components of landscapes, still
lifes, motifs, whatever.) and lay the canvas to be painted over the drawing.
The canvas should be about 3" larger on all sides than the anticipated size
of the project.
You can see through the canvas to your marked lines, no trouble. Using a
waterproof Sharpie, (Sharpy?) pen, designated for use on fabric, trace you
lines. (I liked to use either blue or black.)
Ready to paint? OK. Using textile paints, or oil paints with the medium
that makes them more or less permanent on fabric, paint in your design. Do
NOT lay the paint on too thickly or the stitcher will not be able to get the
needle through the holes. Something almost wash thin is better. Don't
bother painting the background unless it is something elaborate in the way
of coloring.
And, and this is very important, make sure your colors follow the weave of
the canvas. When using shading, don't make the various gradations too
close. It's ok if you stitch them one hue/tint away from each other, but
awfully hard to see where each color change starts if the painting is too
close.
Remember, this painting is going to be completely covered, so you want to
make it easier for the stitcher. Another "and. There should be at least
three separate shades of all the main color areas, if there are contours,
like a flower, or an apple.
It's really rather fun
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Carolyn Potts
indelible Sharpies...
> I used a sharpie once on a c,
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block the piece it bled
> through. I had to frog it all and redo a large section of it. I will
never use
> sharpie pens, which are NOT indelible on canvas, obviously.
>
> V
>
>
> On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 01:47:02 GMT, "Carolyn Potts" <ko...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>
Margaret March
Monique Reed
about two weeks of lab work when my blue sharpie marks came off a
nitrocellulose membrane in a solution bath. Grrr.
Monique
Kim Brown
>
> The only really permanent sharpies are the black ones. I once lost
> about two weeks of lab work when my blue sharpie marks came off a
> nitrocellulose membrane in a solution bath. Grrr.
>
> Monique
We used to use chinagraph pencils for a lot of that sort of stuff. Would
that help?
--
Trish {|:OI}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Elbg23
bled
through. I had to frog it all and redo a large section of it. I will never
use
sharpie pens, which are NOT indelible on canvas, obviously. >>
I do some pen and ink drawings with water color wash . I have found never,
Never, NEVER!!! trust a pen to have water proof ink or for ink to be
waterproof. Test any "water proof" pen first. The only ink I will use is
India ink . Betty
Pat Porter
group last week, so hurriedly printed out some notices to take round to
everyone - nearly halfway round I got caught in a heavy snow-storm, and the
ones I was carrying all ran! Had to come back and do some more! I usually
photocopy them - I don`t THINK photocopies run so easily!
Pat P.
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>
> That`s the truth! I received a 'police warning` for our neighbourhood watch
> group last week, so hurriedly printed out some notices to take round to
> everyone - nearly halfway round I got caught in a heavy snow-storm, and the
> ones I was carrying all ran! Had to come back and do some more! I usually
> photocopy them - I don`t THINK photocopies run so easily!
>
> Pat P.
I think I've posted this before... (have I?) but it still makes me
chuckle, so here it is again.
Back when the first ink-jet printers came out, we had one in our
show-room (Apple dealership). I forget whether it was an Apple
Stylewriter or a different make, but whatever it was, the ink with which
it printed was not waterproof!
One morning, our Very Best Customer was coming in to discuss a rather
hefty purchase of computers. He was the principal of a local High School
and was expecting to purchase a laboratory of computers for his school.
As Schools Consultant, this represented a potentially to-die-for
commission for moi!
Needless to say, I spent days working up a good quotation for this
client! I gave him the very best price-breaks I could and managed to
snaffle a few little pullers in the way of free software and cheap
maintenance contracts.
When I went to print out the quotation I found to my chagrin that my
nemesis, another salesperson called Neville, had commandeered the laser
printer to re-do his Apple price list. It would be out of action for
nearly an hour! What could I do? I didn't feel much like brawling with
Neville (didn't want to get all hot-under-the-collar just before an
important meeting, now, did I?) and I didn't want to print my quote on
the old dot-matrix printer either.
Suddenly, I remembered the new ink-jet printer. The very thing!
Quick as a wink, I prunt my quote and had it ready with my business card
stapled to it. My client arrived and I plied him with hot coffee and
fairy cakes (courtesy of Vera's Cake Shoppe around the corner). At the
end of the very affable, yet still nerve-wracking meeting, I handed him
my quotation. He held it at arm's length, perusing it carefully and
nodding at my helpful attempt to save him money. After a long moment, he
exclaimed 'Patricia, I think this looks pretty competitive! I'll phone
you tomorrow with a purchase order!'
Sadly, on his utterance of the words 'Patricia', 'pretty', 'competitive'
and 'purchase', he spat rather fulsomely onto my humble quotation.
Without hesitation, the ink became spit-soluble and ran right to the
bottom of the paper in a series of four black runnels! The quotation was
hence unreadable and not really in a condition for this man to take it
back to his school for perusal by his staff. I nearly died of
embarrassment!
Long story short: I eventually printed out another quotation, this time
on the laser printer, and took it to the school myself. Fortunately, my
great charm and charisma allowed my client to overlook the integrity of
my printer ink and I got the order! He did not then nor did he ever
purchase an inkjet printer for his school!
Gill Murray
ythought East Anglia was somewhat sheltered from snow, but I guess not.
I WANT WINTER!!!! Yup, I'm shouting!
Enviously sent from boring sunny Florida! (Another 79 degree day!!)
Gillian
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garden table and you couldn`t see across the road at one point. We had
Northerly winds - gales even - and of course East Anglia sticks right out
into the North Sea, so we cop the lot when the wind is in that direction!
The only snow we had last year was in November - after that just the
occasional sprinkle.
I LOVE snow - but we don`t seem to get real LAYING snow much these days. We
could pretty much guarantee a good snowfall about a week after Christmas at
one time. I can`t remember the last time I had to put my boots on to wade
through snow. The last White Christmas I remember was just after our son
was born and he`s 38 in a couple of weeks!
Pat P.
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way back to the States after a couple of years in Spain. Even though it
didn't snow on Christmas Day, a few days later there was plenty; the kids
loved it! They had last seen snow about three or four years previously when
we were stationed in Scotland!
Gillian
I really do miss the seasons. I used to feel full of energy on a clear,
sunny crisp frosty day!
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