Another option is to use a staple gun to attach the fabric stretched onto a wooden frame, which then becomes the frame for your project. You'll also need scissors and a way to transfer or mark a pattern on the fabric. When choosing a pattern for punch needle, not all embroidery patterns work as well as others. It's helpful to look for patterns designed for punch needle, but you can use some standard patterns. Just remember that thicker yarns make it harder to keep any kind of detail in the design.
Most fabrics that are suitable for punch needle are too thick to trace a pattern. Iron transfer pens work well, but you can use your favorite transfer method. You can also freehand your design with a fine-tip permanent marker. Punch needle patterns go on the back of the fabric, so the design will always be in reverse on the front. Be sure to take that into account when marking the pattern.
Place your fabric with the pattern in a hoop or stretched on a frame. It's important to make the fabric very tight like a drum. This makes it much easier to punch needle consistently. If the fabric starts to loosen as you work, tighten it again.
Follow the manufacturer's instructions for threading your punch needle tool. Most tools have you run the thread or yarn from the back, through the tool, and then through the eye or tip of the needle. The tool pictured above has a slit through the side of the handle and the metal tip so you can slide the yarn in easily. Once it's pulled tight, the working yarn is hidden inside. Pull a 2-inch tail of yarn through the needle. As you work, some needles require you to keep the needle facing a specific direction.
Push the needle through the fabric on the line of the pattern. Always push the needle all the way down so the stitches are consistent. Pull the needle back up, but only until the tip of the needle reaches the fabric surface. Keep the needle close to the fabric as you move it along the line to where you'll insert the needle for the next stitch.
Push the needle through again, and repeat the process. The side where you're working is considered the wrong side of the work.
When you flip it over you'll see the loops on the right side. Beyond craft felt, needle punch felt has many uses, often in highly technical applications. Some of the most common uses are:. The process for making needle punched felt begins with determining the final use for the felt and what properties it needs. For any type of nonwoven, including needle punch felt, this process starts with fiber selection. Different fibers have different characteristics that provide different traits that can help with different requirements and can potentially be combined in different percentages to create even more capabilities in the finished felt.
Once the desired fibers have been chosen, other specifications such as weight per sq yard, thickness, surface texture, and many other factors must be determined to achieve the optimal product for the end-user.
Once all of the design engineering has been determined, the construction of the felt starts with large bales of loose fiber. These fibers can be synthetic like polyester, nylon, acrylic, rayon, or fiberglass, or they can be organic like wool, cotton, or alpaca.
These bales of fiber must then go into machines called bale breakers. These machines break the compact bale of fibers apart so that they are easier to process.
Many felts involve mixing different types of fiber together in order to get the desired outcome. The breaking up and mixing of fiber is done at carding. Carding works by feeding loose beds of fiber into large wired rollers. This wire works to separate each strand of fiber, mix and blend the components together and orient the fiber in a single direction.
The fiber exits the carding machine in the form of a web. This webbing is similar to the fake spider webs you see around Halloween time and resembles the consistency of cotton candy. It is the first time the fiber looks like a fabric but, just like cotton candy, this material has very little strength to it. Place your rug piece over the two fabric lining and the canvas cloth for the back of the clutch. Trace them out and cut around it so that they are all the same size.
For this handmade clutch, one zipper is sewn on the rug side and the other is sewn on the canvas cloth in a straight stitch. Place the front and the back pieces the good sides facing each other and sew across the curve. You may then further stitch the insides for a more refined look. Next, flip it inside out and you have a beautiful clutch.
Attach a pom-pom or tassel to the zipper to give it extra flair. The usage of your item will decide what kind of textures you prefer. For a rug, you must make sure that the backing is flat and the loops of different sizes are facing outwards.
Whereas for a decorative piece to hang on your wall, you can really experiment and really not worry about the consistent texture of the backing.
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