Hi. Thank you very much. I just watch first minutes of your video, that was enough to know that you are the teacher I was looking for. I am sure you will help me a lot in my felt journey. I will check your other videos. Thanks again! Greetings from Puerto Rico 🙏🇵🇷
Hello to in Puerto Rico! That sounds warm to this cold Minnesotan! lol!! Thank you for viewing and for taking the time to comment. I'm glad my information and experiences stitching are helpful to you.
l've been trying to find great felt work videos for a while..Yours are excellent, thank you . l hope you do more including projects. l'm sure everyone would appreciate it and enjoy it. l know l would😀💕
Thank you for viewing and for commenting. I'm not sure what is in the future. I have a few more videos in mind. This last year I got involved with a very intense project and 'neglected' my blog and video channels. That project is now done and so I hope to be able to add some new things this coming year.
Sorry for this very delayed acknowledgement. Thanks for taking the time to view and to comment. Always good to hear that my knowledge and experiences with wool and beading are helpful to others!
Thank you for viewing! Everything has it's place! I always encourage people to try many different things and then choose what works best for them and for their projects!
Please pin a link to your website here in the comments or up in the description box above. Your work is so beautiful. Please, please do more videos... Especially the basics. ❤🌅🌵
Thank you for viewing! Unfortunately I am a better handworker than video/tech person! LOL! Haven't been able to figure out how to add that info to the end of my videos. But I did figure out how to add it to the thumbnails that list my videos on my channel! (That only took an entire afternoon! heehee!). My website is www.DesignAndBeMary.com I am a very 'small' designer so the website only sells my patterns and occasionally a few kits that I make out of my own excess materials. You will also find tutorials there as well as a blog (I post only occasionally). Many blog posts have photos and explanations of materials and techniques that I use in my work - and there is a gallery of photos of my patterns as others have done them and sent in their photos. You can also communicate with me through the site. I hopefully will do more videos in the future but since I am a 'one woman show' it takes time! (Can you believe it took me 5 days to make and post these last two 20 minute videos?!?!). Be sure to subscribe to my channel and then you will receive notices of new videos! Thanks again for watching!
Hi again. I do not purchase fusible wool - there is no such thing that I know of except for a few people who may sell pre cut appliques that have a fusible already applied to the back of the applique - not commonly done for wool, occasionally in regular quilting fabrics. In order to make your wool fusible you will have to purchase something like ( my reccomendation) HeatNBond lite - a paper backed fusible that is applied to the back of your wool with an iron...the paper is then removed and you can place the applique - fusible side down - on your background and press with a steam iron to fuse it.
Hi! Your question caught me offguard! I realized that I have used and bought Silamide thread for years and - at least in recent years- never looked at the label! Just always bought 'Silamide'! I was introduced to it as a beader - as a veryyyy strong (try breaking it with your hands!) thread that I was told was historically used as a Japanese tailoring thread. After your question, I looked at my spools and cards of Silamide and there was the 'Size A" ! I did some research and found that it seems all Silamide thread available is considered a size A. I don't know if they were trying to correlate the size to the monofilament threads like Nymo? To me it doesn't compare, but I could be wrong. It is a 2 ply twisted thread that is 'waxed' (doesn't feel waxed in the same way when you wax your own thread), tends to resist knotting and glides easily through fabric, and can take a hot iron which is important is wool applique. I used this for large bead woven projects, loom beading, etc. and it always held up terrifically ( it is outstanding if making twisted beaded fringe as it holds the twisted strands so well - I did this on my daughters prom dress years ago!) It comes on a 40 yard card which is easily enough for several wool projects or on a 900 yard spool which seems to last forever! lol!. Even though I have colors, I tend to use a light, medium, or dark neutral for most projects, usually 'matching' or blending with the background fabric, but being conscious of the color of the beads. (A transparent bead will show the color of the thread so you have to weigh in the color of the background and the effect you like....that's why a neutral may work well.) I have white and you can easily use a permanent marker to 'dye' a length of thread for a project that needs color. Just be sure to let it set, wipe off excess in a paper towel and set the dye with a hot iron. The color won't be intense but more like a tint - but usually enough to make it work. BTW, silamide can be used for other sewing projects, especially those that need extra strength! I have never used it on a sewing machine; it's original purpose was tailor hand sewing. Good luck!
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Hi. Thank you very much. I just watch first minutes of your video, that was enough to know that you are the teacher I was looking for. I am sure you will help me a lot in my felt journey. I will check your other videos. Thanks again! Greetings from Puerto Rico 🙏🇵🇷
Hello to in Puerto Rico! That sounds warm to this cold Minnesotan! lol!! Thank you for viewing and for taking the time to comment. I'm glad my information and experiences stitching are helpful to you.
l've been trying to find great felt work videos for a while..Yours are excellent, thank you . l hope you do more including projects. l'm sure everyone would appreciate it and enjoy it. l know l would😀💕
Thank you for viewing and for commenting. I'm not sure what is in the future. I have a few more videos in mind. This last year I got involved with a very intense project and 'neglected' my blog and video channels. That project is now done and so I hope to be able to add some new things this coming year.
I truly enjoyed your video, excellent explanations....😘
Thank you for viewing and taking the time to comment. Always glad to hear my experiences are helpful to another stitcher!
Thank you for this helpful video!
Sorry for this very delayed acknowledgement. Thanks for taking the time to view and to comment. Always good to hear that my knowledge and experiences with wool and beading are helpful to others!
Really enjoyed this video! Haven’t used fusible interfacing but can defn see the advantages.
Thank you for viewing! Everything has it's place! I always encourage people to try many different things and then choose what works best for them and for their projects!
Please pin a link to your website here in the comments or up in the description box above. Your work is so beautiful. Please, please do more videos... Especially the basics. ❤🌅🌵
Thank you for viewing! Unfortunately I am a better handworker than video/tech person! LOL! Haven't been able to figure out how to add that info to the end of my videos. But I did figure out how to add it to the thumbnails that list my videos on my channel! (That only took an entire afternoon! heehee!). My website is www.DesignAndBeMary.com
I am a very 'small' designer so the website only sells my patterns and occasionally a few kits that I make out of my own excess materials. You will also find tutorials there as well as a blog (I post only occasionally). Many blog posts have photos and explanations of materials and techniques that I use in my work - and there is a gallery of photos of my patterns as others have done them and sent in their photos. You can also communicate with me through the site. I hopefully will do more videos in the future but since I am a 'one woman show' it takes time! (Can you believe it took me 5 days to make and post these last two 20 minute videos?!?!). Be sure to subscribe to my channel and then you will receive notices of new videos! Thanks again for watching!
Love your videos! Where do you purchase the fusible wool was it?
Hi again. I do not purchase fusible wool - there is no such thing that I know of except for a few people who may sell pre cut appliques that have a fusible already applied to the back of the applique - not commonly done for wool, occasionally in regular quilting fabrics. In order to make your wool fusible you will have to purchase something like ( my reccomendation) HeatNBond lite - a paper backed fusible that is applied to the back of your wool with an iron...the paper is then removed and you can place the applique - fusible side down - on your background and press with a steam iron to fuse it.
Hi could you advise what size the silamide waxed nylon thread is that you are using? Size A ? many thanks
Hi! Your question caught me offguard! I realized that I have used and bought Silamide thread for years and - at least in recent years- never looked at the label! Just always bought 'Silamide'! I was introduced to it as a beader - as a veryyyy strong (try breaking it with your hands!) thread that I was told was historically used as a Japanese tailoring thread. After your question, I looked at my spools and cards of Silamide and there was the 'Size A" ! I did some research and found that it seems all Silamide thread available is considered a size A. I don't know if they were trying to correlate the size to the monofilament threads like Nymo? To me it doesn't compare, but I could be wrong. It is a 2 ply twisted thread that is 'waxed' (doesn't feel waxed in the same way when you wax your own thread), tends to resist knotting and glides easily through fabric, and can take a hot iron which is important is wool applique. I used this for large bead woven projects, loom beading, etc. and it always held up terrifically ( it is outstanding if making twisted beaded fringe as it holds the twisted strands so well - I did this on my daughters prom dress years ago!) It comes on a 40 yard card which is easily enough for several wool projects or on a 900 yard spool which seems to last forever! lol!. Even though I have colors, I tend to use a light, medium, or dark neutral for most projects, usually 'matching' or blending with the background fabric, but being conscious of the color of the beads. (A transparent bead will show the color of the thread so you have to weigh in the color of the background and the effect you like....that's why a neutral may work well.) I have white and you can easily use a permanent marker to 'dye' a length of thread for a project that needs color. Just be sure to let it set, wipe off excess in a paper towel and set the dye with a hot iron. The color won't be intense but more like a tint - but usually enough to make it work. BTW, silamide can be used for other sewing projects, especially those that need extra strength! I have never used it on a sewing machine; it's original purpose was tailor hand sewing. Good luck!