{"id":893,"date":"2023-01-28T13:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2023-02-02T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:37:16","slug":"stitching-on-a-new-medium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/stitching-on-a-new-medium\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong><u>Stitching on a New Medium<\/u><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Ever considered stitching onto something other than fabric?&nbsp; What about stitching on card?&nbsp; In fact, you could stitch onto anything that you can make holes in \u2013 plastic, wood, even metal.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stitch1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stitch1.png 518w, https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stitch1-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You will need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your design drawn or printed on paper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Sharp needle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Card in your choice of colour, 190gsm is ideal.&nbsp; Thicker card is more difficult to pierce holes in, paper is too thin,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DMC Floss<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Craft or Masking tape<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pencil and rubber (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stitch2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-895 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stitch2.png 502w, https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stitch2-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Step 1:&nbsp; Stick your design onto your card with masking tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2:&nbsp; Use the sharp needle to pierce holes evenly along the lines of the design.&nbsp; Don\u2019t get them too close together or the card may rip when you\u2019re stitching and of course, keep your finger\u2019s out of the way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you could draw your design onto the card with a pencil, pierce the holes then rub out your pencil lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3:&nbsp;&nbsp; Thread your needle and sew.&nbsp; Don\u2019t pull your thread to tightly as the card may rip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use evenly spaced running stitch for lettering from start to finish and then back again to fill in the gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Send your creation in a card mount as a birthday card or as a gift tag.&nbsp; Even pop it in a frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever considered stitching onto something other than fabric?&nbsp; What about stitching on card?&nbsp; In fact, you could stitch onto anything that you can make holes in \u2013 plastic, wood, even metal. You will need: Step 1:&nbsp; Stick your design onto your card with masking tape. Step 2:&nbsp; Use the sharp needle to pierce holes evenly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/stitching-on-a-new-medium\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;<strong><u>Stitching on a New Medium<\/u><\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embroidery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}