Cross Stitch/Aida cloth

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Expert: Angela - 12/13/2009


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I am looking for 14 count aida in a light blue and wondered if it is possible to find in a tye dye effect, or if I got a plain white is it easy to tye dye?  I am going to try making a cross-stitch from a picture of our boat and didn't want to have to stitch to whole thing.

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Hello, Ruth

You could easily make it yourself by using the fabric dyes which I think they're called Rye, or something like that.  All I know is that it comes in a box about the same size as a Jello Box.  You may be able to find that color fabric in either Hobby Lobby or Michaels, and/or on this website:

http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/fabric/aida_fabric.pl

I hope that helps.  Good luck, and happy stitching! :)

Sincerely,

Angela :)

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I have 22+ years of cross stitching experience, which includes stitching on Aida, evenweave linen, vinyl canvas, and have stitched a design on a cotton t-shirt using waste canvas. I have also worked with beads and blending filament in quite a few projects. I have made many projects which include cross stitched mugs, a keychain, pictures, magnets, and the cotton t-shirt. I can answer questions pertaining to preparing and cleaning fabric, preparing clothing for stitching, how many threads to be used on which Aida cloth, and will try to help you to the best of my ability with other questions you may have. I am prompt in my responses and usually answer within 24 hours from when you ask your question. I look forward to helping you. :)

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