Items Needed to Start Hmong Cross Stitch
Posted on 24 May 2011
I know I know it’s been a very long time since I’ve promise I’ll start blogging with tutorials on how to sew Hmong patterns/clothes. And now after such a very long time I’ve finally found the time to start. I promise I’ll do a better job at this and keep posting with tutorials.
But first I need to start with the items needed to start sewing Hmong patterns and clothes. We’ll start easy and begin slowly. Here are the main items needed to start sewing.
First you’ll need the cross stitch fabric, I buy mine at the Hmong store, they actually have them in large yard rolls, they of course sale it by the yard. If you do not have a Hmong store in your area you can buy them at the fabric store, problem is, they come in a small cut size only. They come in different colors but the most popular color for Hmong cross Stitch are black and white. I used to like white, but I’ve learn to love the color black to use for my cross stitches. I think the color turns out more vibrate using black. The bad thing about using the black fabric is it’s much harder to see the holes vs the white fabric it’s easy to the holes. I’ve also learned that these fabrics comes in 3 different sizes; small, medium and large. The most popular one used are the medium size.
I don’t have photos but best needles to use are the pointless needles, it doesn’t actually poke the living pain out of your fingers.
Above are a type of threads used for Hmong cross stitch. They are pretty cheap, a bundle is about 2 bucks each, each bundle can be used for a few outfits depending how much color the thread is needed.
above is another type of thread used for Hmong cross stitch, these are actually the most popular threads used because of the vibrate color, it as a shimmer look to the thread and makes the cross stitch pop from the base fabric.
to grab the thread from the fabric you’ll have to take a thread and pull it away from the fabric, i like this type of thread, it’s actually easiest to use.
8 responses to Items Needed to Start Hmong Cross Stitch
Hey, do you know if I can oreder the threads online? I don’t know if I live near any city that has a Hmong store!
Pa, I honestly don’t think you can order the threads online, at least I don’t think there is a website anywhere. I actually travel up to NC for my thread and sent a few friends who visits MN to buy my threads and cross stitch fabrics for me. What state do you live in? maybe we can find a nearby Hmong store?
I think its better to buy in person because the material can be different. There are many types of thread, it can be the soft thin or harder thick one.
Mai Moua, I agree! I am very picky and I rather buy my thread rather than order but for people like us who lives far from Hmong stores that carries things things ordering online is our best option, sadly I don’t know anywhere to order as well.
I want to know what store can you buy it at and also how much yarn of the stick
Mee, it honestly depends on where you live. I know that in MN and CA and maybe WI, they’ll have alot of places you can buy the items at. Here in GA, I buy mines at the Winder Hmong store and travel up to NC to buy whatever else I need or have a friend send them to me.
yeah living in places that dont have much makes it hard to find fabrics and threads…. i would be nice to have someone who can create a website just for hmong people who is willing to sell thread for fabric for those who dont live or dont have close access a local hmong store which carries the type of fabric or materials we needed
Kari, there’s an online store called http://hmongamericancustomclothes.com/store/, they have machine made patterns for sale but I am not a fan of those, I rather sew my own pattern. I wish that store would expend and start to sell threads and fabric. Sadly they don’t. I hate having to travel just to buy my items. My local Hmong store has some, but not enough selections. I tend to collect as I travel to different state or cities that I can find them at.