How to: Mounting Embroidery on Canvas

For my Phat Quarter - Blinded by Science swap embroidery, I finished it by stretching it or mounting it on a canvas. I had never done it before so thought I would give it a try. It  was really easy and I think it might be my new favorite way to display embroidery.

What you need:

1. Staple gun

2. any size canvas  

Blank 8x10 canvas

I first  laid my embroidery on top of the canvas and did my best to center it.

Then flip it over and staple the center of each side, pulling the fabric tight.

Work your way around the canvas stapling towards the corners.

To do the corners, I wrapped the each corner like wrapping a present and stapled it down. It is a little bulky in the back, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I am sure the more I do it the better I will get.

Back side finished 

Up close view of the wrapped corner

Finished!

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Blinded by Science Embroidery Swap

I've finished my embroidery for the Phat Quarter group swap on Flickr.  The theme is “Blinded by Science”. This is the first swap I have participated in and it was really fun. My swap partner, lizzibabe emailed me today and said she received it in the mail! 

To get ideas for the theme, I first started to search Google Images for science stuff, but was having a hard time deciding on what to stitch. Then I went to the library to look at the science section. I found this book on instruments of science, started paging through it, and landed on an illustration of Geissler tubes. I loved the look of them and thought they would be fun to stitch!

Here is the illustration I took a photo of from the book to use for my pattern.

For more information on Geissler tubes, check out this link!

Here are some work in progress photos I took while stitching the tubes.

To finish the embroidery, I decided to stretch it on a canvas. This is the first time I have ever done that and I really like the finished look.