tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post4548628238362224003..comments2024-03-22T09:13:48.130-04:00Comments on The Silly BooDilly: Rag Rug InspiredVictoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913095438247860953noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post-80569604515524064812018-03-06T18:56:56.446-05:002018-03-06T18:56:56.446-05:00Corrine and Wendy, thanks! And to answer your ques...Corrine and Wendy, thanks! And to answer your questions about treating the back to secure the stitches... supposedly the stitches aren't suppose to pull out, (especially if you punch your loops very close together, which I do). However, I share your concerns and would hate for them to snag on something and unravel. So yes, I back the pieces with a very thin coating of flexible fabric glue. I use an old credit card and scrape the thinnest layer possible across the stitches on the back, just for that little extra piece of mind.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913095438247860953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post-66370715428190606282018-03-06T09:05:11.082-05:002018-03-06T09:05:11.082-05:00this is beautiful! I've seen punch needle pop...this is beautiful! I've seen punch needle pop up on a few blogs recently, I hope it's having a revival. how do you secure the threads at the back? Do you have to add a layer of glue?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167739272302561918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post-2699261768103457382018-03-05T18:10:24.898-05:002018-03-05T18:10:24.898-05:00Sweetest ever mug rug. Do you do something to bac...Sweetest ever mug rug. Do you do something to back the punch needle or use a rug backer treatement. I've got the tool but always worried the stitches would just pull out. Valdaini threads, swoon. I got a few and they are just such great colors. Cute broaches. xoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post-3612541675899744892018-03-03T18:51:50.342-05:002018-03-03T18:51:50.342-05:00Thank you, Jan. Happy that you have taken up punch...Thank you, Jan. Happy that you have taken up punch needle, too! I feel this old craft is having a sort of revival which is nice to see. And I can relate to already having a punch needle and not realizing it. After I learned this craft the other year, I realized that I had been carting around a punch needle for most of my life... I bought it as a teen when I worked at a craft store, but could never figure out how to use it. Over the years it came along on all of my moves, (I guess I was hoping to figure it out one day) but over time I forgot what the device was even called. About 5 years ago while doing a studio clean I finally gave it the boot. Now I wish I still had it!<br /><br />Thanks so much, LeeAnn. I hit the jackpot with grandmothers as all of my memories surrounding her are happy ones and I was blessed to have her in my life until my late 30's as she lived to be 100. I hope you do try punch needle. With your keen sense of color and pattern I know you would do amazing things with it! I'm still learning and am interested in trying the Oxford punch needle which seems to be a bit different then the Ultra Punch I use. The type I have uses thiner yarns or floss and needs to be worked on weaver's cloth or other poly-cotton blends, all of which have a pretty close weave. From what I can tell, the Oxford punch needle can accommodate thicker yarns and is worked on monk's cloth, which has an open weave. I see a lot of the Oxford done on Instagram. It seems to usually be worked on a frame, (as opposed to a hoop) and again from the backside, but I see people displaying the backside as the finished side, which is interesting. I'm hoping to eventually get around to comparing the two, and expanding on the possibilities.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913095438247860953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post-63018732061270278812018-03-03T10:11:39.693-05:002018-03-03T10:11:39.693-05:00I love your little cup mat and your sweet brooches...I love your little cup mat and your sweet brooches! The story about your grandmother's chair rugs is precious. What a nice way to be reminded of her each day. I like your V/G logo a lot. I might just need one of your brooches! Thank you for the info on punch needle. I've been interested in trying it someday. I didn't realize it was done from the back side.Nifty Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249020129403851346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056845113261377115.post-35744908310626636012018-03-02T11:09:17.502-05:002018-03-02T11:09:17.502-05:00These are all lovely, such cozy colors. I took up...These are all lovely, such cozy colors. I took up punch needle after reading about it on your blog a few years back, and discovering that I actually had a punch needle, it didn't even know what it was before. Yes, it takes a long time to make anything of size but they are beautiful.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615007932636751108noreply@blogger.com