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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 479332" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Hobby stores and fabric stores sell burlap. I would check a fabric store first because usually it is cheaper off the bolt than packaged for needlework. They also have some interesting new fabrics that are like aida in that they have very clear places to put your needle but they are fewer stitches to the inch, like 10 or even 8 depending on the one you get. About 5 yrs ago my mom signed me up for a needlework kit of the month deal from the stitching shop I like (the owner is a nationally known designer and she made the kits) and it used lots of different fibers and this 10 stitches per inch fabric. Mostly I didn't like the designs, so I have some nice hunks of the fabric that I have never used and probably won't. I like 14-20 stitches per inch, the tinier the better. Not sure why, I just like them more. Is this something that Aubrey is getting to an age to start? I doubt the charts from the kits would appeal, but any small design could be done on the fabric. You would just use either flower thread, perle cotton, or 4-6 strands of the regular embroidery floss to do them. </p><p></p><p>Jess is my kid - she likes the littler stitches, but not as little as I like. So she isn't that interested so far. You would use a yarn needle, just not one of the newer plastic yarn needles (they are hideous, in my opinion, because they are too big for even the 7 ct plastic canvas that I have - you have to really force them through). You can use yarn on these if you wanted, lots of the new fancy expensive fibers they sell for $3-$10 bucks for 3-6 yards is basically yarn, in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 479332, member: 1233"] Hobby stores and fabric stores sell burlap. I would check a fabric store first because usually it is cheaper off the bolt than packaged for needlework. They also have some interesting new fabrics that are like aida in that they have very clear places to put your needle but they are fewer stitches to the inch, like 10 or even 8 depending on the one you get. About 5 yrs ago my mom signed me up for a needlework kit of the month deal from the stitching shop I like (the owner is a nationally known designer and she made the kits) and it used lots of different fibers and this 10 stitches per inch fabric. Mostly I didn't like the designs, so I have some nice hunks of the fabric that I have never used and probably won't. I like 14-20 stitches per inch, the tinier the better. Not sure why, I just like them more. Is this something that Aubrey is getting to an age to start? I doubt the charts from the kits would appeal, but any small design could be done on the fabric. You would just use either flower thread, perle cotton, or 4-6 strands of the regular embroidery floss to do them. Jess is my kid - she likes the littler stitches, but not as little as I like. So she isn't that interested so far. You would use a yarn needle, just not one of the newer plastic yarn needles (they are hideous, in my opinion, because they are too big for even the 7 ct plastic canvas that I have - you have to really force them through). You can use yarn on these if you wanted, lots of the new fancy expensive fibers they sell for $3-$10 bucks for 3-6 yards is basically yarn, in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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