Black and White Canvas – Product Review
black & white canvas in action
As I stitched this little quilt block on Zweigart’s black and white canvas one word kept coming to mind — hard.
This canvas is tweeded. One direction has black threads, the other white. While the individual threads are the same as mono canvas, the woven effect is not and therein lies the problem. As you an see from the picture the white threads are more prominent.
While that is not a bad thing for the finished effect it makes stitching and counting extremely difficult. I felt as if the holes in the canvas “melted” into the white threads. And, although I counted threads and the stitches are correct, much of the time I felt as if my stitches were not true.
Add to this the problem that you can’t put a dark cloth or a light cloth under it to see and you have a canvas not for the faint of heart.
Even so, the finished effect is wonderful, so I would seek out painted canvases thaat use it as the background.
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Had not heard of this canvas before.
I don’t know, looking at this canvas must be terribly hard for the eyes when stitching for an extended amount of time.
I remember having problems when I stitched a plaid pattern not that long ago as it almost made me feel dizzy at times – it was quite hard on my eyes like when things get blurry a bit.
Anyway, it does look good, but perhaps not something that everyone can stitch easily.
By the way, do they carry this in other colors or is it only in black and white?
Pierrette =^..^=
Pierrette –
It is hard on the eyesd and very disorienting. I liked the final look, but did not enjoy working on it, and this wasa small piece.
Keep Stitching,
Janet