From the article: Cross Stitch Tips - Working with Waste Canvas
Share your tips for using waste canvas to add Cross Stitch designs to non-evenweave fabrics. What sort of projects have you completed? How do you remove the waste canvas? What have you learned that made it easier? Share Your Tips/Stories
waste canvas
- I added cross stitch border designs with name of child across part of a small quilt.
- —Guest susan2610
stitching on clothing
- I have added many small cross stitch designs to items of clothing as gifts to family members, and using waste canvas is really the only way to stitch on different fabrics like denim, fleece, and t-shirt knits.
- —wendy517
Waste Canvas
- Contrary to tip #4, I've been told to stitch in the small holes NOT the large ones. By stitching in the small holes, you don't end up with lopsided crosses or with spaces between them.
- —xstitch2832
