Over the past week, I finished gridding the fabric for Tree Frog, and yesterday I got it mounted on the stretcher bar frame. At first, things weren't going so well as I was having trouble getting it to go on straight and even. This was especially important since it will stay on the frame once completed and get hung up in Alex's room. And if it is not straight and even, it will bug the crap out of me every time I look at it. So, after struggling with it for a while, I had an idea, which worked beautifully. I used regular sewing thread and ran basting stitches, first on the center lines. Then I measured to half the length and width of the frame from the center lines, and ran basting stitch all around the perimeter. I used these basting lines to keep it straight and even as I was tacking it down. The one thing I did have to just let go of, was keeping the distance between the tacks the same. It just wasn't happening. So, I figure I can glue a strip of cloth around the edge to cover the tacks, and walla, ready to hang up! Here are some pictures to show you what I am talking about.
Once I pulled the basting stitches out, I put painter's tape down the sides to cover the ends of the EZ-Count. If I don't do that, my floss is constantly getting caught up on it. If I use a grime guard, that covers them, but since I am not planning on making a grime guard for this frame, the painter's tape works very well.
Progress on Tree Frog:
I am moving right along with the orange border.
Progress on small Bloom:
Since I generally work on this while on my breaks at work, or while waiting to be seen at an appointment, it is coming along sort of slowly. It is a great take everywhere type of project.
Now it's back to stitching!
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