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Old 06-24-2013, 04:51 AM
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Tartan
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If you are going to hand embroider, they have great no slip hoops now. I would use a big piece of fabric and do a chalk cutting outline with a little extra between the titles. If you hoop the whole piece and cut them out to separate them, it should go fairly quickly. In Redwork there are 2 main stitches for doing outlines, the Stem stitch and the Backstitch. I prefer the backstitch myself because I have more control with it. Instead of embroider floss, I prefer the perle cotton in the little balls. You don't have to worry about keeping the floss strands together as the perle cotton is one thicker strand of thread, I like the # 8 .
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