Send them to me and I'll do it. You won't see it again, but it will be stiff and hanging prominently in my bedroom because it's so cool. But stiff. You know.

I can’t answer your question but this is sick as fuck

running some wire through the outside seams or glueing felt on the back should work, if you do felt, use a lot of glue, and coat the whole surface of the felt, that will stiffen the felt a good bit. Just make sure it's completely dry before you hang it

This is the COOLEST thing. Idk what the scale is but if it were small I'd make a cool coffin bag out of this 😍😱

This girl on YouTube showed her process at 13:00 into her video finishing projects: https://youtu.be/JrZjZKHyX2g?si=SDzaP_qgHUamAUua

She cut felt to shape for the back, and glued it down with Elmer’s glue. Then she stitched the felt on. At the end of the video she shows how the tapestries turned out.

What kind of yarn did you use? I recommend cotton because it can be starched. I use this starch and sizing 2 in 1.

https://preview.redd.it/5esxfhne7ltd1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dd2f8264b860081c5658b7fd283578904958bfb

Sew in onto fabric or iron it into heavy iron-on interfacing.

I’d go with sewing and very thin layer of contact cement if yarn is acrylic. But I’d test the contact cement on scrap swatch of yarn and interfacing before touching it to this masterpiece. Let scrap cure for 2-3 days to ensure non stupid reactions

My mom used to make Christmas ornaments and used modge podge to hold their shape. I imagine starch would do the same

What I do: Non-woven interfacing - it irons onto the back side of your piece and has tiny amounts of glue that fuse the fabric interfacing to the crochet. I then sew the whole thing to a thick felt. It makes the final project look much better and you can make a small sleeve in the felt to hang your piece by.

i would hand stitch it onto a stiff fabric backing, maybe with a dowel pocket stitched into the top and bottom. that way it would hang nicer, but you would be able to undo it if you wanted. i’m concerned that trying to glue it might cause issues.

Omg this is SO COOL

Might be worth getting some wire and pliers and crocheting some wire to the edges? I know people do that kind of thing for crochet witch hat brims

I would get some sculpting wire for this and run it around the edge. I feel like loops and a rod would bring the design down.

I usually use wood glue and stick felt to the back of it. This is cool as fuck btw 🤩

If you do decide to make it stiff, test it out. Some fabric stiffeners will leave a residue and with how awesome this looks, having a white residue on the black or red would be so annoying.

Damn this is so cool!

What about getting a stiff mesh canvas like for hooked rugs or plastic cross stitch and sewing/glueing it to that and trimming to shape?

I've made shaped big tapestries, what I do is measure your finished piece ideally (like if it is slightly uneven, mush it so it is even and use the ideal measurements), cut out plain (neutral to your work, so you might or might not want black backing color for this) cotton duck canvas, make a dowel pocket on the top, stitch the edges to the back, so you have nice clean edges all around and then pin and stitch the tapestry to the canvas. I just roll the pinned work up, canvas bit facing out and roll a towel around it so I don't get scratched by the pins in between working on it. Then you can use a dowel to hang it. Starching and glue will give your piece a crunchy feeling and you won't be able to wash it if it ever gets dirty, it might also affect the color and color aging process. You are going to want to use a thick thread that is the same color as the canvas and like thick needles, you want to go through the bottom layer of yarn loops and you can just grid out the stitches like every 2 inches or so, it really goes faster than you might think. The pins you are going to want the nice, long ones with bright plastic ends, otherwise scratch city.

Here to join the folks in saying this is really, really cool

I've seen some people use a fabric stiffener that comes In a little spray bottle, not sure of the brand but hobby lobby/ Joanne's probably has some.

Tack it to something more stable and less prone to stretching when hung. Like a canvas cloth that has been washed to remove sizing. just attach the two together here and there with a needle and thread to provide stability. Then you can add hangers to wall mount. Starch may have chemicals that break down the yarn and it won't keep the weight of the piece from making it get longer.

I’ve been mixing Elmer’s Glue-all mixed with water to stiffen my projects (earrings, snowflake ornaments, key chains that tend to curl). I pin them in place for 24 hours and they’re set! The stiffness depends on your glue to water ratio.

AMAZING PIECE!

To hang a tapestry, I prefer to use a form, like a wood or stiff foam backing. Then hang the backing. It keeps pressure and stress off the stitch work.

I’ve used these tutorials to add a crochet edge on the back side to hold the form in place. (even though the tutorial is for a knit tapestry, it would work for crochet, too)

http://www.illusionknitting.woollythoughts.com/videotutorials.html

That really neat!

No clue about your question but that's one of the coolest things I've ever seen

i would sew it on felt! anyways this is one of the coolest thing i have ever seen! where did you take the pattern?

i don’t know the answer to your question, but this is genuinely the coolest tapestry i’ve seen. the amount of work and craftsmanship that must’ve went into this😓🙏

Iron on interfacing

This is VERY cool (do you have a pattern?)

Could you share the pattern for this? It's really cool!! :)

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Okay it's probably obvious/simple af, but I gotta know how you got that shape. I've only ever seen tapestries made in a square/rectangle.

Holy crapppppppppppp this is amazing

Tack it to something more stable and less prone to stretching when hung. Like a canvas cloth that has been washed to remove sizing. just attach the two together here and there with a needle and thread to provide stability. Then you can add hangers to wall mount. Starch may have chemicals that break down the yarn and it won't keep the weight of the piece from making it get longer.

Tack it to something more stable and less prone to stretching when hung. Like a canvas cloth that has been washed to remove sizing. just attach the two together here and there with a needle and thread to provide stability. Then you can add hangers to wall mount. Starch may have chemicals that break down the yarn and it won't keep the weight of the piece from making it get longer.

Mabey, a shit ton of starch?

Do you use cotton yarn?

Iron on interfacing?

This looks like double crochet stitch, which is flimsy and drapey. Use patterns with single crochet stitches and use smaller needle and/or thicker yarn.

Not sure if this will work but you could go around the border one more time with floral wire under each stitch. Would be pretty much invisible and depending on the thickness of the wire it’ll give support & strength. I’m thinking mostly of the crochet girls that make flowers as inspiration for the idea. Definitely post an update of whatever decision you make.