[Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic camvis

[Lindy van der Merwe]

Hi, and thanks, Terry.
Your Christmas tree, especially, sounds really lovely.
Unfortunately, I am not able to attend classes at this point in time due to 
various circumstances, hence I am asking on the list.
I remember working with plastic canvas a long time ago and I understand the 
concept of creating a design or pattern on a flat piece of canvas.
I was just wondering, though, about cutting the canvas for, say, to cover a 
box? Do you find it easy to mark and cut out different pieces from the 
canvas,  or will one need sighted assistance with this? Also, once the 
canvas is cut, how are the edges bound to keep everything together. Lastly, 
what is the best way to attach the canvas to wood or another surface, say, 
for a coaster?
Thanks for any info.
Lindy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 2:46 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Plastic camvis


>
> Welcome Minh and Hi to Barb, Lindy and all others interested;
>
> My original book, on plastic camvis, was written, with the assistance of 
> Verizon's For The Blind, long ago.  I think someone else, looking for the 
> book, discovered that they are no longer around.
> Sheron Hooley and I transfered the braille copy of the book, back to text, 
> on the computer.  The original book has thermaform diagrams.  I added 
> descriptions for these diagrams.
> The original book uses numbers for both rows and columns, defining the 
> squares on the camvis.  While teaching my first two classes, my students 
> and I have come to a conclusion that it is easier to understand, by 
> defining the squares by using letters and numbers, not just numbers.  The 
> extream corner would be A,1 instead of 1,1.
>
> I am willing to teach people in a class, one on one or by even shairing 
> tactual samples.  Some learn the best by being able to feal what they are 
> going to accomplish.
>
> Plastic camvis is a form of needle point.  It is done on a plastic grid. 
> The big trick with plastic camvis is there are no, yes I said no, knots! 
> You stitch over loose pieces of yarn, along the back of your work, how 
> easy!
> It is a combination of different sized stitches and different textured 
> yarns and even chord.  I just discovered the sparcle chord, a few months 
> ago and was able to create a sparkling Christmas tree, a sparkiling red 
> heart and a sparkiling white snow flake and more.  I love the sparkle 
> chord combined with a yarn background.
> You can also feal the difference between chord and yarn.
> It is an endless world of creativity.  I was thinking of how I might be 
> able to add beads to create decorations on a Christmas tree, but now I 
> found the sparkling chord, my decorated tree has been created!  The chord 
> is a bit hard to work with for a beginner.  It likes to twist and you have 
> to keep flattening it out for a neet look of your work.
>
> Terry Powers
>
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