Fringing anne cloth

Susan Pretorius

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Apr 2, 2015, 4:58:52 AM4/2/15

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I am busy making a cross stitch anne cloth afghan baby blanket and would like to fringe it when finished. Can anyone tell me how to finish it off please?

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Liz from Humbug

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Apr 2, 2015, 10:45:15 AM4/2/15

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On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 1:58:52 AM UTC-7, Susan Pretorius wrote:
> I am busy making a cross stitch anne cloth afghan baby blanket and would like to fringe it when finished. Can anyone tell me how to finish it off please?

Do a Nun Stitch hem around it and then fringe it when you're done.
Liz from Humbug

Joy Beeson

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Apr 3, 2015, 12:16:02 AM4/3/15

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Draw a thread to show where you want the edge of the blanket to be.
Work hemstitch all around the blanket.
Draw another thread to mark where the edge of the fringe will be.
Cut along this drawn thread.
Ravel back to the hemstitching.

There are many stitches suitable for restraining a fringe. As long as
the outermost thread is firmly anchored to the fabric, it will do.
Most people prefer a stitch that gathers the threads of the fringe
into little bunches, but if the fabric is very coarse, you may prefer
to work a separate stitch for every thread.

Do not under any circumstances ravel out the fringe first and attempt
to restrain it afterwards.

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Annette from NZ

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Apr 3, 2015, 3:04:33 PM4/3/15

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I use the he stitch method but be sure you do the pulled thread and cut for the fringe edge, that makes for the neatest finish.

Susan Pretorius

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Apr 3, 2015, 8:52:20 PM4/3/15

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Nun stitch - that's the one! Thank you so much. I have now googled it and know how to do it

Susan Pretorius

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Apr 3, 2015, 8:54:09 PM4/3/15

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On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 9:58:52 PM UTC+13, Susan Pretorius wrote:
> I am busy making a cross stitch anne cloth afghan baby blanket and would like to fringe it when finished. Can anyone tell me how to finish it off please?

Thanks Joy and Annette!

Susan Pretorius

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Apr 3, 2015, 9:00:19 PM4/3/15

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On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 9:58:52 PM UTC+13, Susan Pretorius wrote:

> I am busy making a cross stitch anne cloth afghan baby blanket and would like to fringe it when finished. Can anyone tell me how to finish it off please?

To the person who posted the message below, I am sorry I haven't said thank you the moment members of this group came back with answers but this is actually the first time I checked whether someone replied. I am not 'using' the group, but asked because I thought I am allowed to. If you are the person who emailed me, sorry, I didn't open the email as I tend not to read emails from people I do not know. Sorry if I offended you

The message which I am replying to, from lucreti...@fl.it: 'I notice that these gmail questions never come back to thank anyone
for information, haven't checked the outfit that used to be Sew Girls
and morphed into another mirror group, but likely we are being used
again. '

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Susan Pretorius

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Apr 5, 2015, 2:20:03 AM4/5/15

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On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 12:22:53 AM UTC+13, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:

> We had a problem with a group calling themselves Sew Girls, taking all
> our posts and putting them up on their site. They were of course
> selling ad space and wanted to look really busy for their advertisers.
>
> What distressed me was they never came to the group, we never had any
> interaction with the poster who asked the question. One way and
> another, I found out who their lawyer was and demanded they never pass
> on my posts and to my surprise it worked although they still posted
> everyone elses posts. Even ones from Karen that say in the sig line,
> not for reposting! It said to me that what they were doing was indeed
> marginal :)
>
> I see Sew Girls have now gone out of business (good) but they probably
> just morphed and every so often posts appear, some of us answer, and
> that's it we never hear - as with you - that it helped solve the
> problem etc.
>
> When I could no longer find Sew Girls I emailed you to see if you were
> a 'real' address and if so -which board. However it now becomes
> clear, you really did find our group - so sorry about that - the
> diatribe, not that you found us~ and welcome !
>
> Sheena

Thanks Sheena! And I am happy I found the group as I now know what I wanted to know and can finish off the baby blanket the moment I finished the embroidery. I belong to a few other groups, but mostly to do with my job, this is my first craft group. Never thought to look here for help with sewing before :)

Joan Erickson

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Apr 6, 2015, 7:14:02 PM4/6/15

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On 4/5/2015 1:20 AM, Susan Pretorius wrote:

>> When I could no longer find Sew Girls I emailed you to see if you were
>> a 'real' address and if so -which board. However it now becomes
>> clear, you really did find our group - so sorry about that - the
>> diatribe, not that you found us~ and welcome !
>>
>> Sheena
>
> Thanks Sheena! And I am happy I found the group as I now know what I wanted to know and can finish off the baby blanket the moment I finished the embroidery. I belong to a few other groups, but mostly to do with my job, this is my first craft group. Never thought to look here for help with sewing before :)
>

Definitely stick around, Susan! We need more posters! Keep us posted
on how your fringe came out.

<thinking it's been a loooong time since we've had a round of "who are
we" and "what are we working on?" threads>

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