Back to basics – Picot Cutting

Lesley takes you back to basics again with this edition’s workshop, the technique of creating a picot cut edge. Whether you prefer traditional parchment craft or working with templates, this is an important technique to master. Many crafters struggle to perfect this skill, but with a few handy tips, Lesley hopes to point you in the right direction.

Lesley Shore

You will need Your basic tool kit plus: Pergamano And Trace Place a piece of plain parchment paper over the pattern and with a white pencil, trace the dashed lines. With a black fine liner pen, trace the remaining lines and the 3D butterfly. Colour Working on the front of your work, with a black fine liner pen, colour the spots and bodies of the butterflies. Working on the back of your work, with Perga Colours Exclusive pens, colour the flower petals, leaves and butterflies in colours of your choice. Achieving a good, consistent picot edge and clean cut crosses takes practice. Don’t be put off if it doesn’t happen on…

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Parchment Craft (Digital) - 1 Issue, July - August 2022

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