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Attaching the turtle..for Caz

Caz asked a question about how I attached the turtle to the canvas (and her message came as an “anonymous” post meaning I can’t reply directly to her), so I decided to post the reply here.

I just use thread and needle, but you definitely want to use a thimble…painted canvas is stiff and takes a good poke to get the needle through. I pick a color used on the edge…in this case, that spring green that I used to attach the yarns on the outside edge. I’ll knot the thread, come up from the back through one of the stitches already on the small piece, take a small (1/8 inch) stitch on top that is unobtrusive, then move 1/2 inch to 1 inch along the back. If the piece is long, like Tree Branch Moon, I might make the stitches more like 1/2 inch apart along the top edge (to support the weight…smaller pieces aren’t as heavy so you can actually take slightly longer stitches), then use 3/4 to 1 inch stitches along the sides and bottom.

Another option, that I haven’t used *yet*, is to sew velcro to the piece, then sew or glue velcro to the canvas. I am thinking this might be an option for using with pieces mounted on Plexiglas, especially if, for example, I had a series of seasonal quilts that are the same size. I could then mount velcro on a sheet of Plexiglas, and position velcro in the same spots on each of the quilts. With a quick “rip” I could remove one seasonal piece, and replace it with the next season, needing only the one piece of Plexi….

Hope that helps! Caz–sorry I couldn’t reply directly to you, and hope you see this!

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