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Its going to look lovely Murmured

Lovely idea to use all different sorts of threads and that gorgeous fabric!

Bah, I missed the chart.

I've got mine mounted now it is in a glass toped DMC floss box

That looks gorgeous!!!!

What a beautiful finish to a lovely box. Fantastic.

That box is gorgeous!

Just stunning!! Beautiful work in a beautiful box.

Wow! A lovely box !

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Great!

What a lovely box and your stitching looks fabulous in it!!

Gorgeous box. Well done

Ok, this is what I have done so far. I was also in Belfast today and called into the craft store and bought my first ever metallic floss...DMC. As you can see I have started using it as the backstitching...my word...it doesn't half fray. I just one strand and buy the end of it I must have had 3!

Can anyone give me tips on using this thread? It is DMC Light Effects.

Shin wrote: As you can see I have started using it as the backstitching...my word...it doesn't half fray. I just one strand and buy the end of it I must have had 3!

Can anyone give me tips on using this thread? It is DMC Light Effects.

Oh the wonders of DMC metallic thread--I've had more than my share of fun with them. My suggestions would be to use shorter lengths and try using thread heaven on it---it does a great job on other metallic threads--not sure how it works on the DMC ones though as I didn't have the thread heaven at the time I last used them.
Nice stitching!!

Hi Mine was done totally in DMC light Effects so I deffo know what you mean! I don't get on with Thread heaven so just had to get on with it but using very short lengths is much better

KerryT that just looks amazing, where did you get the box from?

Shin- I personally find DMC metallics the worst to stitch with out of the 3 types I've tried, but one tip I would definitely recommend to stop fraying is to acutally tie the thread in a knot (at the end of the thread) to your needle, then you just need to make sure the knot stays nice and tight and no fraying!!

KerryT - That looks fantastic.

Shin - Murmured gave you good advice there; that's exactly what I do. Plus I use slightly shorter lengths than I normally use.

Murmured wrote:KerryT that just looks amazing, where did you get the box from?

Shin- I personally find DMC metallics the worst to stitch with out of the 3 types I've tried, but one tip I would definitely recommend to stop fraying is to acutally tie the thread in a knot (at the end of the thread) to your needle, then you just need to make sure the knot stays nice and tight and no fraying!!

Thanks so much the box was from so and sew

Kerry - I love the way you have finished yours, it looks great!

I so wanna join this one now What mag was it in? I may see if I can find the pattern

It was in the issue of Cross Stitch Crazy that came out on 11th May. Dunno what issue number that is, but I'm sure we can find out...

ETA: issue 139