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| This was my very first attempt (Self Taught) at needle punching. I bought the needle punch at a local alpaca festival Was given very good verbal instructions and decided to give it a go! This is the right side of the work |
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| When punching, ALL work is done on the reverse (wrong) side. I simply hand drew (no pattern) a heart, threaded the punch needle and began carefully going in one direction... |
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| After the outline was done, I realised I didn't have anymore of the same coloured DMC floss so I made due with my spare stash of floss and filled in the middle part. Again, this is a view of the right side of the work. |
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| This is the view from the back (wrong side) of the work. I used an embroidery hoop that had a lip on it, so it did not slip while I was punching. |
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| This was the second project I made. When I bought the needle punch I learned that I could take a class from the owner. This was from that class, using a pattern and pre-selected floss. All works are done on Weavers Cloth I used a special frame to work this project. The edges are lined with very sharp, metal 'velcro' like grips. Actually it's the stuff on a carding brush, for fibers. |
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| This is view of the wrong side of project and using the special frame, pulling fabric 'drum tight' really helps with keeping punching even and steady. |
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| Once finished I pull off frame, cut around project leaving about an inch and a half margin then I turn to back side and whip stitch to back of project. |
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| I found this great little frame at a charity shop and decided to attach it to the front of the glass. I think it worked out great! |
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| This was my third attempt to continue needle punching. I drew 'Maryland' out on the weavers cloth, stretched it onto the frame and began using DMC floss I thought would work best... |
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| Because I decided to use a smaller piece of the weavers cloth I had to attach it to a few smaller pieces of muslin cloth so it would fit on my frame. |
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| After completing all the punching, I tried the fabric, turned under and did a whip stitch to attach to back on work. |
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| Found this great frame at the same charity shop as before. This time I mounted the work UNDER the glass to keep it from collecting dust. |
