I decided to make the Or Nue Flag into a needle minder by stitching a row of tent stitches around the border first with Kreinik#8 Braid in matching 002HL. I placed two round magnets inside and two on the outside of a piece of the top edge of canvas and folded it down to meet and tuck under an upturned bottom edge. I cut the sides right up to the stitched sides which probably wasn’t the best way. The magnets won’t come out but those sides will wear faster than the top or bottom edges. I did a cinching kind of running stitch with Kreinik #4 Braid 002HL along the 4 sides. Not a pretty finish on the back but I’ll be looking at the front!
It is about the right size to be made into a pin but I’ll get more use out of a needle minder.
This Tuesday I will discuss the 2 pieces of goldwork and an Or Nue piece I’ve stitched for the folks at the Needlework and Textile Guild of Media’s monthly meeting. Then, I will demo Or Nue with a 1.5″ x 1″ flag. I have materials and instructions to give anyone willing to give it a try.
I’m using Kreinik and flosses on canvas not real gold threads to at least give a sense of how it is accomplished.
While preparing a resource document, I discovered that couching 2 gold threads would be a more authentic technique. Also, I’ve seen the couching thread go over the gold thread only, over the gold thread and one canvas thread, and over 2 canvas threads and the gold thread (which is what I have done). Working on monocanvas is less authentic than a linen ground. So, maybe there is no “correct” way on monocanvas. Anyone have any thoughts?
Join us at The Media Arts Council (11 East State Street in Media) at 7 pm on Tuesday July 11. It’s always the second Tuesday of the month.
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