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Beading material
When I bead on Canvas I preshrink the canvas in hot water and then almost dry. When I iron it out I iron on stabilizer. This helps keep the canvas from shifting during beading. If it is a large project, ie cape or leggings, i kind of quilt it with long stitch length on the sewing machine.
I had some bad experiences with felt. There are now 2 kinds, washable and nonwashable. Back 17 or so years ago there was only one kind, nonwashable. Fully beaded cuffs in floral design size 13 cuts. Cuffs were great until they got wet and then when they started to dry and the felt shrunk and the beads,,,sorry
, sad day when that happened. Hard lesson learned. So now I am cautious with materials.
Hey both of the materials hold up well!!! I prefer canvas for hard wearing items and crib sheeting for the smaller items. Just my preference as a beader.
Originally posted by jingle genie
I had some bad experiences with felt. There are now 2 kinds, washable and nonwashable. Back 17 or so years ago there was only one kind, nonwashable. Fully beaded cuffs in floral design size 13 cuts. Cuffs were great until they got wet and then when they started to dry and the felt shrunk and the beads,,,sorry
, sad day when that happened. Hard lesson learned. So now I am cautious with materials. Hey both of the materials hold up well!!! I prefer canvas for hard wearing items and crib sheeting for the smaller items. Just my preference as a beader.
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