Stitch faster, neater and more accurately by parking your working threads
on Needle Park Avenue(TM).
This neat new gadget is great for projects with multiple color changes,
blended needles, or petit-point.
Use a Sharpie(R) fine point permanent
marker to write the color numbers or symbols currently being used for your
project on Needle Park Avenue(TM). Write
below the printed thread but above the needle "bed". Be VERY careful, keep
the permanent markers away from your fabric and fibers. Erase the marks when
desired with a vinyl eraser or 99% isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) on a
tissue.
Place Needle Park Avenue(TM) on the top of
your ground fabric and the magnet beneath to hold it in place.
Begin stitching with the desired thread color as usual. However, if you
will need the color nearby, park the threaded needle in the labeled section of
NPA and begin stitching with the next color. You do not need to end threads
until the color is no longer needed, looks distressed or is too short to work
with.
Needle work tips:
Do not carry thread more than the space of 1-2 stitches under an area that
is not or will not be covered with stitches. Otherwise your traveling threads
may show through on the front as a "shadow".
For neater stitching on the front, work in rows, stitching each color as
you come to it, thus eliminating isolated stitches* that can be easily
detected by judges.
* isolated stitch - a stitch by itself without neighboring stitches or a
stitch of one color within a larger group of other colors.
The magnets used in this product are VERY Strong rare earth magnets, so use
caution.
Needle Park Avenue attaches to your fabric, near your working area, with
rare earth magnets.
Designs From
Margaret Lee
