You devote all your free time to your favorite pastime – cross-stitching. Perfect! You are a lucky person! And your work is sure to delight many of your friends. After all, you not only embroider for yourself, but also present your loved ones with man-made masterpieces. This is amazing. But what kind of threads to embroider, what canvas to choose, and is it worth making out in a framing workshop?

Canvas, threads – which ones to choose
For some, threads of Russian-made floss, which have proven themselves for many years, remain a favorite for a long time. The price is low, the quality is acceptable. In order not to risk your future creation, first wash a skein of floss in warm water and check that it does not shed by ironing it through a cloth. For some, on the contrary, only foreign-made threads have a place to be. Their price is several times higher, the quality is excellent – they do not shed, do not crumble, do not tear. Considering that we spend more than one day behind such work and our embroidered object will delight for a long time, then maybe it’s not worth saving? The choice is for each of us.

A huge variety of materials for embroidery is amazing! Even weave fabric, hand-dyed canvas, sequined, lurex, printed, stramin for pillow embroidery. You can get lost in the big handicraft stores. Just heaven for the embroiderer. There is no desire to work on the work for a very long time, or time is running out, then you can purchase a kit in which a drawing is applied to the canvas and only a small part of the work is embroidered. The end result is effective and doesn’t last long.

Some embroiderers manage to make a voluminous gift in a couple of days. There is also canvas for sale, which allows you to embroider without using a hoop at all. It is treated with a special composition and is quite rigid. You just have to mark the work surface with a special marker and get to work.

The hoop is the main element in the work
The hoop must also be selected taking into account the upcoming work. For large, voluminous projects, it is better to purchase a workplace. This is such a machine that allows you to stretch a large work on the frame and not remove it until the end of the execution. It costs a lot, but if you wish, you can build this thing yourself. Spending only a small amount on the material. Ask your beloved man, friend or relative to work a little. AND fun for him and you are pleased to do future work on such a device.

For small projects, a frame hoop, usually made of plastic, is suitable. They come in different sizes, choose according to your work. Try something in between so you can use them when the project is over. Works embroidered on a round plastic hoop with rubber seals look very impressive. At the same time, after finishing work, it is enough just to wash the product and return it to the hoop-frame. Fasteners are already provided, and the seal is usually made in a range of wood colors. So you just have to choose a place in your apartment for such a work.

Embroidery design
Registration in a baguette workshop is a costly business. ANDногда, даже очень затратное. But after all, the work looks so creative and unusual in a frame, and not in a box with needlework supplies. There is even some magic in choosing a baguette. Remember your feeling of joy and enthusiasm with which you bring home completed and designed work! How beautifully crosses and beads shimmer under the frame. Glass is also able to keep your masterpiece for many years from pollution. The workshops also offer various types of glass, including anti-reflective ones. AND тогда, наверняка, глядя из любой точки вашей квартиры вы насладитесь проектом.

Qualified consultants in salons will help you choose the right baguette and passe-partout. For you, the main thing is only to check the final product. See if the rows under the glass are beveled, if the fabric is stretched, which may affect the pattern. Good workshops do not use cheap materials and high-quality cardboard, strong braid, and not wire on the back of the picture will last you much longer. Of course, if you are designing a voluminous work with ribbons and beads, then take into account the fact that you need to leave a few millimeters between the glass and the canvas. So that the glass does not lie on the embroidery. ANDли отдать свой выбор рамкам-аквариумам с большим специальным зазором между рамой и тканью.

In any case, we learn everything from our own experience and make our choice based on this. Therefore, for some, self-decoration in home-made frames or postcards is the main way to decorate an apartment. And someone is already used to asking for help in the workshop and does not regret anything at all. Somebody supports a domestic manufacturer in his work, paying attention to Russian threads and canvas, and someone who once tried a foreign floss will never change it again. This will not affect the quality of the work, because for most of us, the creative process itself is important.