Saturday, May 9, 2015

Recycling That Painted Canvas

Suzanne has a great tip on recycling a painted canvas whose colors you don't love.   Very clever, Suzanne!  She also kindly included a diagram for everyone to play with.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2015/04/i-love-houndstooth.html

Here Suzanne uses her houndstooth pattern inside a heart she traced onto plain canvas.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2015/04/love-all-around.html

Suzanne shows off the finished houndstooth mitten, along with a lesson on turkeywork.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2015/04/houndstooth-mitten-with-turkey-work-fur.html

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Advice When You Run Out of Thread

Sue has some great ideas for coping when you run out of threads, particularly when getting more isn't an option.
https://sudukc.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/threads/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright April 22, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.