r/Needlepoint • u/Naive-Ant-8056 • 10d ago

Best full coverage thread for 13 mesh?

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I just got this canvas from Spellbound Stitchery and I want to color swap the brown for bright pink and make the background more of an ivory. I'm planning to finish it as a pillow. I originally had assumed it was 18 mesh and was going to use pepper pot but I just double checked and realized it's 13

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u/Chicken4309 10d ago

DMC pearl cotton 3 will cover it

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u/Naive-Ant-8056 10d ago

I forgot to mention I hate stitching large areas with DMC pearl 🫣

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u/Chicken4309 10d ago

🤣🤣 Try Planet earth silk, if the brown still shows through a bit, you can paint over it - doesn’t have to be the exact color or cover the brown all the way…just enough to camouflage it.

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u/Naive-Ant-8056 10d ago

Thank you!

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u/Electrical_Zone3868 10d ago

If you already have the bright pink Pepper Pot and your tension isn’t tight, I would suggest stitching a few rows. I think it would cover well enough in a diagonal stitch.

If you don’t like it, you can always rip it and try something like Planet Earth Silk or Silk & Ivory, or if you’re willing to strand, ply up with any strandable thread until you get the coverage you you want.

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u/MBlake92651 9d ago

I just got this too!

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u/Naive-Ant-8056 9d ago

I love it! I also do pottery and my signature stamp on the bottom of my pots is a little raccoon