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Tracy Sews: Perle Play
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Tracy Sews - Perle Play

 Quickie Finca/Presencia Perle Play Experiment #1 September 2006

Here's a quick test piece I whipped up using a variegated Finca Perle 16 (for Finca Perle 16 solids, click here) through my domestic sewing machine needle.  I set a wide zigzag and couched down some gold El Molino rayon.  

I literally had less than 5 free minutes, but I'd been wanting to see for myself how it would work using perle 16 in the needle of my sewing machine. So, I grabbed the largest needle I could find (a topstitch 100 needle), loosened my tensions threaded my machine and slowed my speed. Away I went, stitching on a white piece of fabric that I  had pre-fused to fast2fuse heavy weight, double sided fusible interfacing.  This gave the piece extra stability while I was stitching.  This technique produced quite a dramatic look -- this photo does not fully capture the vibrance of the gold rayon nor the depth of the delicious purple perle. 

Oh boy...this was easy peasey.  I can't wait until I have more time to play with this technique.  Maybe using some of my other stitches or even in free motion work.  Hmmm....

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