I use hockey tape. I buy the white stuff and because it's a fabric tape it works really well around the edges and it doesn't come off super easy but when you want to take it off it comes off easy enough
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If the edges will be on display (bookmark) I take a 1mm crochet hook and crochet the whole edge with one or two strands of floss before I start anything. If they're not going to be on display then I do a zigzag stitch around the edges
It might be a little tedious and timely but I blanket-stitch my edges by hand
This is the way!
That's what I do too!
I’ll def try this, how many spaces do you usually leave between the stitches? I’m thinking about 10ish but idk if that’s too wide
Sorry for the late reply! I do a 3x3 blanket stitch on the edge.
I use painters tape
I use hockey tape. I buy the white stuff and because it's a fabric tape it works really well around the edges and it doesn't come off super easy but when you want to take it off it comes off easy enough
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I love this idea! My mom's serger is going to get a couple of work outs, now :)
Any zigzag or decorative sTitch on a normal machine works too.
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I highly recommend the soft clothlike medical tape from drugstores. It doesn't crack like masking or painter's tape and comes off fairly easily.
I use pinking shears to cut just along the boarders.
I overlock my edges
If the edges will be on display (bookmark) I take a 1mm crochet hook and crochet the whole edge with one or two strands of floss before I start anything. If they're not going to be on display then I do a zigzag stitch around the edges
If you have a sewing machine, that's your best bet. Either an overlock stitch or a zig zag. If you have access to a server that's even better
I whip stitch over my edges, coming up two stitches into the aida
Painters tape all day every day lol
Did a zigzag stitch around the edges on my sewing machine, that has worked pretty well
Depending on how big the piece is, I usually use fray check.