Plastic canvas ?

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La Ptite Bete
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Plastic canvas ?

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Hello everybody,
I read here and there that you sometimes use plastic canvas ; I've never heard about that before... So I wonder what differences it makes with cotton and linen ones, for example ; do only plastic canvas allow you to cut shapes like Purcell's Mario wonderful items here :
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or can you make them with cotton and linen too ?
Are there websites where you can find this special stuff (I don't know many for the moment) ((I don't know either if you can give me some links here, or in MP if you don't want to make advertising) ?
Thank you for your hints !
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Eliste
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Plastic makes it hard. Wile you can do it with cloth, they won't have the support to not roll up on themselves and you'll have to worry about the threads of the fabric fraying or otherwise falling apart. You'll have to do significantly more work to make a fabric piece that has the same feel to it as a piece done on plastic.

Plastic ones also end up being kind of double-sided. It means if you want to make a pin or something out of it, you don't have to do extra work to make the back presentable.

You should be able to find it most craft stores, some fabric stores, and definitely online. If you're in the states, a michaels or a hobby lobby are guaranteed to carry it.
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It will be harder to find overseas, but the brand and count that I use is Darice 10 count clear plastic canvas. I did a Google search for you ,and it gave a list of online shops that should have it in stock.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CGkQ8wIwAA

La Ptite Bete
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Re: Plastic canvas ?

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Thank you very much Eliste and Purcell, for the explanation and the link... Image
it seems very interesting ! I think I'll test it later, when I'll have finished a a couple of projects Image
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