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- Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:11 am
- Forum: Tips & Tricks
- Topic: Basting Questions
- Replies: 10
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Re: Basting Questions
Sorry it took so long to reply, I was doing other things and I made a test stocking out of some fabric to make sure I had the idea down pat. Here is the finished product. I cobbled together different ideas on how to finish the stocking based on what I knew I could do. It's not perfect, but it's pret...
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:22 pm
- Forum: Tips & Tricks
- Topic: Basting Questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3290
Re: Basting Questions
There might be an advantage to doing a "stocking within a stocking" liner if your seams are going to be particularly thick when you layer the stocking together. You'd have to be particularly careful with the seam around the stocking's opening so that it will be even when you tuck it in. W...
- Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:34 pm
- Forum: Tips & Tricks
- Topic: Basting Questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3290
Basting Questions
I have a Dimension Craft stocking that I've cross stitched and need some advice on how to finish it. I want to line the stocking, originally I was going to sew a piece of lining inbetween the front aida and back felt, but I'm now thinking I should line the front and back so that I can have a hem on ...
- Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:14 am
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: New From California
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1566
Re: New From California
Thank you for the welcome I will look for the stockings put together by other members and see how they went about it. Mine is a Dimensions stocking and I don't like the way the instructions want it to be finished, it just makes the stocking seem cheap.
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:21 pm
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: New From California
- Replies: 10
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New From California
Last Christmas my in-law family decided to do stockings which I've never done so I bought a cheap one for a one time use and decided to look into a good one later. My searches kept coming up with cross stitch stockings. I finally decided to go for it. I spent about a month stitching it up. Now I'm t...