Beginning punchneedle Prairie rug
I've been meaning to give punchneedle a try since I bought the fine rug for the Heritage from Katie Arthur of Dollhouse Littles. I love doing cross-stitch but it does have its drawbacks for absolute realism in mini. French knot rugs offer the best illusion of rugs in scale, but they are also time consuming. Punchneedle seems to be a good compromise.
For the Brownstone, I need two large area rugs. These will be larger than any of the cross-stitch rugs I've made so far, so I figured they would be a good place to experiment with punchneedle.
I found this beautiful Prairie rug on Mitchell's Interiors and printed it out at 9" x 6" for the living room. I bought some poly/cotton fabric at Joann Fabrics and the extra small punchneedle from Punchneedle Marketplace. I also picked up Aunt Martha's Tracing Paper and a Sulky Iron-On transfer pen in black.
The paper wasn't as sheer as it perhaps should be for tracing, so I made a high contrast printout and traced the rug using the transfer pen to transfer the pattern to the fabric. It shifted slightly so some of the lines are thicker...operator error. Next time, I will tape it in place.
The instruction page for punchneedle reads, "Never punch a row of stitches and give up!" I completely agree! I was not at all sold with my first few rows...so I did a box. Love it!
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