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More Tabbi stuff
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:36 pm
by TabbiP
Now for some game related stitches I have done...
Hyrule Crest - done ages ago. Now has a yellow border and is backed with black felt. Husband uses it as a bookmark.
I am currently making some magnets from Super Mario World
Finished ones: (mushroom and egg are double sided)

Still to have magnets attached:

Re: More Tabbi stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:09 am
by crabbyman
I love those magnets! Do you use plastic canvas stuff for them? How do you attach the magnet parts? My fridge is looking very bare so I might have to make some of these.
Re: More Tabbi stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:10 am
by jadely
When you make a double sided item, how do you get the sides to "sitck" together?
Re: More Tabbi stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:35 pm
by TabbiP
Thank you.
It is plastic canvas, the clear, flexible stuff. After reading other peoples advice and methods on here, most people seem to put an un-stitched piece of plastic canvas on the back of their stitching and then fix the magnet to that. But the magnets I happen to have at the moment are small enough and strong enough to go between the 2 pieces of plastic. They are about 8mm diameter and maybe 1mm thick and super strong! I then sew the 2 pieces of plastic together using a running stitch like an outline around the work. You have to go round twice to fill in all the stitches, I then just push the trimmed tail end of the thread between the 2 pieces along an edge.
It is easier to see on the ones I made in the swap for Lord Libidan.
Stitched pieces and a stack of magnets:

Finished:
front

back
The black outline of the running stitch makes these stand out a bit more I think
Re: More Tabbi stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:59 pm
by crabbyman
Holy crap those are AWESOME! I should have participated in the swap, but I was feeling lazy at sign up

. Thanks for the info!