# Frayed edges, Canvas and Stitching

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frayed-edges-canvas-and-stitching/64617>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [September 17, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frayed-edges-canvas-and-stitching/64617 "2004-09-17T23:59:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tedc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tedc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tedc)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frayed-edges-canvas-and-stitching/64617/1 "2004-09-17T23:59:15Z")

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Hey, does anybody know any good tutes for frayed edges, stitching, canvas textures, etc…? Is my question too vague?

Ted

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frayed-edges-canvas-and-stitching/64617/2 "2004-09-18T00:57:50Z")

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i think for stitching you could just draw a series of little lines with the airbrush, and then give them a bit of a layer style (i.e emboss of some kind) to make them look a bit 3d…

my image is pretty amazing huh? it took me about 5 seconds… that’s how i’d do the stitching (but obviously better) and then just apply some kind of emboss so it looks a bit 3d and real. I think the best option is just that single line, not the cross stitch or anything, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

for canvas textures, i personally would just get a photo of some canvas. I’m sure there’s a good way to create one, but textures are one area where i just ask “why bother?” when you can get a photo-realistic photo :P!  
but then i guess there is some satisfaction in making it all yourself.

as for frayed edges… dunno really. I expect it would be hard because you’d have to make the fraying actually match the different strands in your canvas texture or it would just look weird.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frayed-edges-canvas-and-stitching/64617/3 "2004-09-18T01:10:26Z")

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> [@iLikePie](#):
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> I think the best option is just that single line, not the cross stitch or anything, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

Yeah I think that single line is more what Im looking for.

> [@iLikePie](#):
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> for canvas textures, i personally would just get a photo of some canvas.

Photoshop has a canvas texture but it sucks, I need something more realistic, or work on the one they have… I will try some macro shots of my Yute rug…

Frayed edges anyone?