very lightweight evenweave

very lightweight evenweave

by Lise
(Northbrook IL)

I am looking for your advice about what fabric to use for a very specialized project.

I am making a tallit (a Jewish Prayer shawl) out of silk. I need to stitch a prayer onto a long piece of lightweight evenweave fabric which will then be sewn onto the silk along one edge.

I will be cross stitching this design. I am an experienced stitcher, preferring to work on high count fabrics (love 28 count linens!) but find myself at a loss as to what fabric to use to avoid excessively weighing down the silk. I appreciate any suggestion you can give me.

Lise

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Waste canvas
by: Anonymous

If you decide to go with waste canvas, I would first test it on a small piece of silk as it might pull the fabric a bit when. DMC has a soluble waste canvas but this might not work well silk.

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thanks!
by: Lise

Thanks All.

Tried Silk gauze - wow do I never want to do that again! Also tried a very fine linen. Also no go. I have used waste canvas in the past, but find that I generally stitch too tight for the canvas to all come out - not a big deal on a tote or sweatshirt, but definitely a problem for this.

What I am going with is a 22ct damask. I found some in an off white which will work fine after I batik the silk. It will be light enough to not pull the entire tallis down.

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Silk Gauze
by: Anonymous

I was going to suggest silk gauze also. Threadneedle Street in Issaquah, WA has both a 31/32 count and a 40 count. It looks like it is not available in white, what they have is in beige.

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gauze
by: Anonymous

Another option is to use gauze although it is usually very fine, 40 count is the most common. Over two would be 20 stitches to the inch.

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Using Waste Canvas
by: deanna7trees

You can stitch the prayer right onto the silk by using 'waste canvas' (or on any thin cloth). You baste the waste canvas onto the cloth, do your cross stitching and then cut and pull the strands of the waste canvas away, one strand at a time. It comes in different sizes depending on the size letters you want to achieve. I purchased it at Joanns but their website is:
www.CharlesCraft.com

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