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I had an old hankie I purchased to use for crazy quilting. I had already used one corner for a crazy quilt block, so I cut across the middle-ish of the hankie, then basted a strip of muslin across the cut off area, so I could get it to fit in a hoop.
I got some woven interfacing at JoAnn's- I had to ask the clerk where it was, I have never bought anything like it before! It is odd looking, too- like plastic (the kind I got anyway.)
Marinda said to draw the design on the interfacing. I will do it that way in the future- it makes it a lot easier to see. But I had already drawn the design on the hankie- I thought that since I would be using 1 strand of thread, it would stay in the hankie, but it didn't work. So I laid the interfacing down over the design, and I basted within the design, and very close around the outside of the design, to hold the interfacing very close to the hankie in all areas.
I used the smallest of the Russian Punch needles with one strand of DMC floss, and in some areas, one strand of regular sewing thread, just to experiment. The hummingbird's chest is one strand of regular sewing thread. The rest of the design is DMC floss.
After punching the design, I velvetized the hummer- I took the hankie, and held it over my left pointer finger- so that it was rolled over my finger, and the loops pointed up really good. Then I took my small embroidery scissors, and carefully cut the ends off the loops.
After cutting the loops' tops off, I took my finger and ran it all over the hummer, to 'fluff him up'. Then I trimmed the interfacing off, as close as I could to the punchwork. And there you go!
I think this technique could be used on plain lace, and it may be possible to make your own burnt velvet by using punch on lace. I don't know if you would need the interfacing, I will have to experiment!
©Libby Magnello 2001
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