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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018 ( edited Feb 23'18 17:22 )
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This is an Octopus that I did on the back of a jacket that was quite dense. In spite of my efforts, it turned out rather stiff. So I starched the fabric around it to help support it and keep it flat. It's an Embroidery Library design.

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Comments (13)
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by crafter2243 20 Feb 2018
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Wow. It is looking fantastic.
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by dailylaundry 20 Feb 2018
+11
Awesome!! I love this!
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
Thanks!
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by liliana1 20 Feb 2018
+10
WOW! Looks Great
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
Thanks!
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by pennifold 20 Feb 2018
+8
Great job and I always find their designs far too dense. I don't use many of them for that reason. This Octopus is stunning! Love Chris
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
I like working with their dense designs. It's like a challenge for me to figure out how to stitch it out. I have two more of the designs in that series that I am going to stitch out. Next time, I'm going to use wss sticky paper.
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by basketkase 20 Feb 2018
+6
Oh, now this is gorgeous!! Great job looks great against the fabric...
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
Thanks! I love it too!
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by dragonflyer 20 Feb 2018
+4
Wow...what a beauty!
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
I couldn't resis buying it!
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by lilylady 20 Feb 2018
+5
Beautiful, yes some of there designs are dense, but beautiful!
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
Thanks! I have that fish on my list to do next.
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by bemara 20 Feb 2018
+5
The Octopus looks great, the same problem like to me, it is the same designer, therefore, I had not bought to myself this great file
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by pennyhal2 20 Feb 2018
Yes, it is the same problem as yours. But a little starch fixed the problems I had.
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by sookie 20 Feb 2018
+4
I love their designs and this one is great. I am putting mine on a cushion.
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by pennyhal2 21 Feb 2018
Welcome to Cuties! I think I'm doing the fish on a pillow. I'm using a bottom weight fabric for it...maybe.
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by sonjapotgieter 20 Feb 2018
+4
Stunning!!1Great work
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by pennyhal2 21 Feb 2018
Thank you!
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by graceandham 21 Feb 2018
+2
If you ever stitch this design again, try enlarging it 5 or 10 percent to make it less dense/tight. This is a trick I learned from spendlove.
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by pennyhal2 21 Feb 2018
I learned to do that from the Martha Pullen Board too! Just have to make sure that the density is not changed as well! I did not do that with this design as I wanted the thread to be dense and luxurious. So, I opted for merely tweaking the stabilizer and using starch. The fabric itself could have had more weight to it for and better result, but I wanted it on this jacket. So, I put up with the trouble of having a dense design on a not very heavy fabric.
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by peafarm 23 Feb 2018
+2
Fabulous work and love Emblibrary Designs. There are so many designs I love from many sites. They are so much better than the old designs I started out with years ago. I love all the textures.
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by pennyhal2 23 Feb 2018
Yes, I'm deleting my really old designs that I know I'll never use or have such terrible underlay that I know I won't like the results.
by peafarm 24 Feb 2018
I've got mine all back-up up but hardly ever look at them. Quality now is so much better. I will still have them though, but, wished I could go back to delete duplicates which I am sure I have in old files.
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by oaro 23 Feb 2018
+1
beautiful work
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by pennyhal2 23 Feb 2018
Thank you! It was such a beautiful design that I could not resist it.