How difficult is jobelan material to stitch on. I have used lugana cloth for a few projects but have just bought(!!!) an opened kit called Mary Adhern's House?? (Shakespeare's mother) and the material has been replaced with 14 count aida instead of 27 count cloth. I was looking for a variegated cloth and noticed some pretty ones on jobelan and just hope the eyes will stand the strain as this is going to be the alternate to Sweet Rememberance when that one starts to become a chore instead of a pleasure to stitch. Also whoever had the kit has marked the aida with ball point pen!! so you can guess what is going to happen with the material.
Posted by: deirdre on 06/19/18
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Jobelan is very easy to work with.
Did you call the company you bought the kit from? That is not good for their business. Someone evidently wanted the fabric, so they replaced it with marked up Aida, then returned the kit.
Posted by: nita7 on 06/19/18
Nita I bought it from the hospice shop which is given household items after a person dies to sell and raise money for the hospice. The kits or pieces of embroidery often don't have thread or patterns to complete and I wonder whether the person who had this kit could not stitch on the 27 count cloth and replaced it with the 14 count cloth and then marked it with ball point pen so they knew where they were on the pattern. I think I got a great deal when I bought this as the bag included this kit plus 4 smaller unopened ornament kits for $6.00 so I really can't complain.
Posted by: deirdre on 06/19/18
Deidre, A Jobelan evenweave fabric is almost identical in feel (soft)and nice drape as a Lugana evenweave fabric. I’ve stitched on both and both are my top 2 favorite evenweave fabrics to stitch on.
Posted by: Bermuda on 06/19/18
Thanks for that Bermuda. I noticed some very nice marbled jobelan cloth so I will choose one (or 2) and use it for this pattern.
Posted by: deirdre on 06/19/18
Deirdre, I almost mentioned in my previous comment about getting it at a yard sale or something like that. I think if you went with Jobelan, you would like it very much, as it is so easy to work with, & much softer than Aida. Have fun with it Nita
Posted by: nita7 on 06/20/18
Yes Nita I was looking at the pattern and noticed it has what I call "squashed and elongated stitches" and I found these were easier to do on lugana cloth instead of aida.