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by tanuja 22 Mar 2008 ( edited Oct 04'09 18:37 )
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this is a lid i did for a box, the balsawood after emb was glued to the box lid and then varnished,use a Microtex needle 80, and a low stitch density designs.

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Comments (21)
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by evelin67 22 Mar 2008
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This is a masterpiece!!!!!*4u
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by jrob 22 Mar 2008
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Simply stunning.;)
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by joaniessw 22 Mar 2008
getting your appetite wet now? Did you go get balsa from the shed yet? lolol
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by elaine45 22 Mar 2008
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Wow! What machine do you have? And how did you manage to do this on a lid?
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by tanuja 23 Mar 2008
thks , i have a bernina aurora 440QE
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by anna25775 22 Mar 2008
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WOOOOOOOOOW! fantastic in my opinion. well done tanuja! *4u
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by coco128 22 Mar 2008
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incredible ... absolutely beautiful ... lots of flowers for you!
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by joaniessw 22 Mar 2008
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Nice to see someone else do embroidery on balsa. What have I started? lol Very lovely design. I have a box I want to do next too. *4U
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by iris2006 22 Mar 2008
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Just beautiful and something else to see. Live it *4U
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by shirlener88 22 Mar 2008
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tanuja, Thank you for such a lovely project - it is spectacular. Where did you buy your balsa wood from? Whose embroidery design is this, it is nice. *4U Shirlene
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by tanuja 23 Mar 2008
i got the balsawood in south africa in a hardware shop.the design is given to me by a friend .thks a lot, all ur projects inspire me a lot.
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by stickmuster 22 Mar 2008
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Interesting work! Flowers for it
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by nglover1 22 Mar 2008
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This is beautiful. How thick was the balsa wood ? and do you embroider as usual / A flower for you.
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by tanuja 23 Mar 2008
balsawood 1.5mm thickness,,hoop tear away stabiliser, and stick balsawood to it. place water dissolvable stabiliser on top of the wood,then emb.gently place emb in hot water to remove the stabiliser,and then dry between 2 heavy books.
by cindy12 25 Mar 2008
Thank you so much! I really love this site, how everyone offers so much help.
Tanuja showed us her beautiful box lid, and then frieda comes up with a source for the balsa wood. It's like we're all best friends! lol Does anyone know a scorce where embroidery designs are digitized specifically to sew on balsa?

Cindy

a lovely rose for you!
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by sandralochran 23 Mar 2008
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It is beautiful
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by pafhen 23 Mar 2008
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I have never seen this done, simply amazing and beautiful.
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by maryjo 23 Mar 2008
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This is awesome. I had heard you could embroider on balsa wood but have never seen it done before. My DH does woodworking. Looks like something we could do together as a combined project. A lovely rose for you.
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by tanuja 23 Mar 2008
thks
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by diannem 23 Mar 2008
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This is just beautiful...Cheers Dianne
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by tanuja 23 Mar 2008
thks a lot
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by clawton 24 Mar 2008
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WOW This is great. It's hard to believe it is done on balsawood.
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by freida 25 Mar 2008
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here is a project page for embroidering on wood
http://www.abc-embroidery-designs.com/Embroidery_Tips/How_Why_Embroider_on_Wood/
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by freida 25 Mar 2008
here is a balsa wood supply source. http://www.specializedbalsa.com/balsa_sheets.php

I added these to book marks for future reference
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by ruthie 25 Mar 2008
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It's beautiful tanuja, well done, hugs and a flower sweetie.
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by simplyrosie 22 Apr 2008
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Wow! I don't have any other words... let me say it again... WOW! A+
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by lbrow 23 Apr 2008
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This absolutely leaves me speechless. I have hard enough time emb. on fabric, wood is a marvelous medium. Fantastic job!! *4U
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by dollygk 04 Oct 2009
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Such a beautiful job and I can understand the low stitch count, otherwise the design would just punch out!!
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by migs 04 Oct 2009
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so pretty