Water-soluble canvas for cross-stitching: features, advantages, disadvantages

There are many types of embroidery threads, but the cross is one of the most popular among needlewomen. Most of the sets for creativity are dedicated to this art. Such popularity is easy to explain: even a child can cope with simple drawings. It is enough to master several techniques, and you can start working. This activity develops creative thinking, attentiveness, perseverance. The location of each stitch must be calculated, and the process of creating an image resembles how the artist writes his picture. Because this art gives a similar feeling, and the image on the canvas sometimes looks better than some works of modern art masters.

Types of canvas for transferring the pattern to fabric

The technique of embroidering a cross is able to give a second life to the boring or out-of-fashion elements of the wardrobe. With its help, any thing from the ordinary turns into an exclusive one. But it often happens that on a fabric with a tight weave of threads even an experienced embroiderer it is difficult to perform even crosses without distorting the pattern. And without neat stitches, even the original idea will look ugly.

Help to transfer the picture to the material helps the bill of lading or water-soluble canvas. The first is attached to the tissue. When the embroidery is finished, the threads from which it is made are simply pulled out one by one. The downside of this method is the distortion of the crosses: their inclination is knocked down. In addition, pulling threads with firm firmware is not too convenient.

Advantages of soluble canvas

It is much easier to work with a water-soluble non-woven liner. It is usually already marked, so do not worry about the marker and ruler, dividing the material into squares. When the picture is finished, it is enough to lower the product into the water, and the excess threads will dissolve, leaving only even embroidered crosses. This canvas is easy to attach to any fabric thanks to the non-woven liner.

Other advantages of water-soluble canvas:

1. There is a different marking, on squares of different sizes. You can choose the appropriate option.
2. When bonded to non-woven fabric, the material holds the mold better.
3. The canvas dissolves completely both in cold and hot water. Do not need to remove the remaining pieces.
4. Cross-stitching looks neat and smooth, in comparison with the usual way of working or using a consignment of canvas.

Disadvantages of embroidery on soluble canvas

There are also drawbacks of this method of transferring the pattern to the fabric. The water-soluble canvas for embroidery is suitable only for inelastic fabrics. It is also necessary to correctly select the temperature regime of the iron, attaching it to the material. Press the material without using steam, otherwise it will dissolve. The water-soluble canvas is quite expensive - 3-4 times more than usual.

There are a few other drawbacks to this material:

1. In the presence of elastane in the fabric, it is impossible to use a non-woven base.
2. If the fabric is attached loosely, you need to constantly check whether the direction of the thread is aligned and whether the pattern has started to shift.
3. On some types of canvas, cells are marked with 7 pieces, and not 10 as usual. This can complicate the process of creating a drawing, especially if its schema is standard.
4. Sometimes it is difficult to pierce the markings with a needle, it slips, you have to make an effort.
5. Some manufacturers print the name of their brand on the canvas, occupying a useful space that could be used for work.

How to use the canvas, which dissolves in water

Before you start, you need to figure out the pattern, measure its size and cut off some of the canvas. Marking is located according to the direction of the threads on the fabric. Then the iron is heated. If the instructions do not specify the optimum temperature, it is desirable to conduct the experiment on a small piece of water-soluble canvas. At excessively low, the top layer will begin to depart during embroidery, therefore it is necessary again to iron the material. Having set the temperature too high, it is possible to melt the non-woven base and deform the workpiece.

Do not press the sole of the iron too much against the fabric, otherwise the material may melt. It will be impossible to return the original form to him. The drawing, if already applied, will have to be deleted, and the thing on which it was executed will be corrupted. It is necessary to smooth the canvas only to a dry cloth. Do not touch it with wet hands.

Features of working with the canvas, water soluble

Sometimes, if the fleece leaves at the edges, it is better to hold it with your fingers while continuing the embroidery. Creating a picture is better, starting with the edge or frame, if it is present in the project, to better anchor the canvas. The work is done in small sections using a needle with a sharp tip. When the pattern is ready, simply dip the product into the water. The material will completely dissolve, and the embroidered motif will remain on the fabric. Work with a canvas on a non-woven base can also be done with other types of embroidery threads, for example, in the handler technique.