Using Burlap
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Using Burlap
There are so many neat Christmas things you can make with burlap. I would like to try a few of them but have a question about using burlap. Do you wash it first? It seems like as soon as you touch it there are little hairy fabrics everywhere. I'm also wondering how much of this stuff gets down into the machine.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
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Location: Pine Grove, PA
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Some of my burlap items..
I love country primitive, and burlap fits right in there! I made curtains, doilies, and put a piece across a bath towel(just for décor!), also for fun, a 'makedo' of a bee hive. BUT!! it is very 'fuzzy'..had to clean my machine & surroundings a lot. I made purses in the past also..
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Cutting burlap is very tricky! You need to cut a notch on both sides of a string at the bottom---------then PULL that string out. This will leave what looks like a railroad track where you removed that string from. Then cut in that track. This is the ONLY way you can get a straight cut.
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