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Do you put the needle through the Mat board or do you only grab the needlepoint fabric and backing fabric

Try a fringe twister by Ashford!

If you don’t want your colors to bleed; don’t buy threads that will bleed. Spend a bit more money for the good stuff.

Great tutorial, thank you so much! I'm now looking forward to trying this tomorrow with my first stitched ornament.

Very helpful. Thank you!

very helpful and easy to follow, thank you!!

This is great. Is there a list of what I need to get started? What kind of batting? What thickness of mat board? Thank you for sharing your method! Love your videos.

This is an older video but for anyone still watching another reason to dry block silk is the finish. Silk, once it gets wet, can take on a different texture. It may retain some level of sheen, but it’ll often loose that special glow it has as well. It’s highly prone to shrinkage as well. So even if the colors don’t bleed, you can still damage the piece if you’re not careful. Always stitch test samples to see how they’ll hold up to your blocking methods. Also consider using stretcher bars so any blocking needed will be minimal.

Thank you for this great tutorial! So so helpful.

I just finished my first project with the help of this video. Thanks so much. It was very easy to follow and well done.

What type of board do you recommend?

Thank you so much for the video. I have learned so much! But how do you finished the back and put the cord on the ornament? Thank you

Great video! Thanks for sharing info.❤

Helpful, thanks.

Love this. extremely helpful. I just subscribed.

Did you do a binding stitch?

What type board do you use? Do you cut front and back boards the same size? Love the video. Thankd

Very helpful. About to block my first piece thanks

Thank you for all your wonderful videos

Do you have a tutorial on blocking round ornaments

Lita - I have already learned so much from you, and I love your friendly style - and wealth of knowledge. Please don't read the negative comments. The rest of us love you and appreciate your generous spirit :).

So helpful! Thank you

Where is the list of items used in this tutorial.

Do you use a special blade to cut through the mat board or just the default blade works fine ?

Do you use a special blade to cut through the mat board or just the default blade works fine ?

Hi! Just found your channel. How do you cut your board? Do you put the canvas on it and trace it?

Thank you for your video.. easy to understand, very clear instruction. I LOVE this pattern and want to make one for my sister. Where can I find this LOVE needlepoint kit or pattern? Thanks so much!!

Love your tutorials. Easy to follow. You are so calm. Thank you so much.

This is amazingly so helpful!!!!!!!!!

I do have one question when making the cording for a piece that is odd shaped how do you know how much to measure it’s harder for me to figure out than a square or circle

I really appreciate you listing where you got the frame board because I bought the wrong kind of board twice

How do you make the beaded cording?

Do you block everything, or are there some things that don’t need it?

Thank you for taking the time to do these tutorials so thoroughly. I have just sewn on cording for the first time after watching you three times and then sewing along with you. Thank you! 😍

Thank you for this and the first part that shares how to finish needlepoint ornaments. I do a lot of them and take them in for finishing. I’ve watched Ross stitch finishes and there are some major differences in how you put the pieces together. You are very generous in sharing your techniques.. take care!

what kind of backing board do you use?

It's a pleasure to listen to you when I start finishing, especially if I need a refresher. I wonder if you could do a video addressing the width and length of cording? That is something I struggle with. Thank you!

I love your tutorials!! Come back!!!!!!

Love all,of your videos. Could silk lame braid be used for cording? Thanks

Excellent video! Normally you work opposite sides, so start on one side, put a comb in the fabric at the centre, then pulling the fabric somewhat taut, put one in the opposite side, in the center, and then do that for remaining sides, always working opposite, and always picking a row in your fabric and following it all the way across. You don't even need the square, it will square up if you follow the same row on every side. Is there a reason why you are not working opposite sides? Just curious as I have been out of framing for a long time. But you would have to hold the blocking comb at a steep outward angle, matching it up along one/the same row, and then straighten and push the comb in. If you apply the comb across rows of fabric, your piece will naturally be crooked. It's the same as the way that you stitch into the same row, the pins must go into the same row. Very good, I've actually never heard of blocking combs before, I can see they could be very helpful. You can also do this on foamcore, and pull it over the edges following a row, in the past people used sewing pins or like t needles, whatever. Working in this manner, if your substrate is square, and if you've followed each of the rows all the way along, then your piece will automatically be square. Then you could use long stitches to secure the fabric at the back (if you have it wrapped over), one end to another, at the back of the piece.

Excellent tutorial -- many thanks!

Thanks, these are so cute! How do you get a perfect(ish) circle? What size canvas and how many stitches diameter? Want to try this same technique into a 1” diam pendant ❤

Fabulous instructions without using glue! Thanks!

This tells me I need a Cricut! Thank you!

Really love your tutorials. Your finishing is beautiful. Enjoy listening to you while I needlepoint.

Thanks! Going to try this for first time!

Thank you!! This gives me the confidence to try this!!

So when you go to cut the Matt board, do you decrease the size of the cut

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you!

Thank you Lita! So helpful. I live the real time to work along with you. I’m still doing some “practice “ ornaments.. almost ready to cut into one of my stitched canvases!