Once again I open up a kit and start preparing it only to find the fabric in the kit has barely 1.5 inch margains, which is not enough for me to use my Q-snaps. Last time it was a medium size project, and I solved that instance with a stretcher bar frame, which worked perfectly. But this kit is a small kit, so I needed a different approach. I remembered reading about this on a blog some time ago, so I gave it try.
I cut 2 inch wide strips of fabric and added them to the aida fabric using my serger. (would work just as well with a sewing machine, but my serger is just quicker to get to)
Walla! Problem solved!
Now it goes nicely into my favorite Q-snap configuration...
Happy Stitching!
- Tricia
aka afdish
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WIPS:
American Flag
Young at Heart (small)
Lighthouse scene 2014 Finishes:
Primitive Santa (old UFO)
Swan - AAN
Dragon Without My Coffee
Love Owl (#1 & 2)
great idea! and a fast fix! bravo! thanks for sharing this great tip! i am a novice with stitching and i am now using my q snaps for a JE project. but the one kit i did--you're right, no way it would have fit into a q snap. huh. again--great thinking!
Linnea
God Bless!
"Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be."
This is exactly what I do too - grab left over scraps of 'ugly fabric' and stitch them to the edges of my fabric. I use qsnaps mostly for ornaments and if I left enough of a border to use the qsnaps, I'd be wasting a lot of expensive linen since ornaments need less than 1 inch of a border for assembly, so with waste fabric I can stitch close to the edge of the fabric and not waste too much of the linen in trimming.
