Please school me on those darn stitched dies

[maslex]

I am falling in love with the stitched dies. Particularly the rectangle and squares for my cards. I see so many cards made with these and now I must have them :lol:

I just placed an order and got a bunch of stamp sets with their matching dies along with some stand alone dies. One of which was this one.... https://www.lawnfawn.com/products/st...ctangle-frames It's the stitched rectangle frames?


So what's the difference between the frames and regular stitched rectangle stackables? And what are 4-bar rectangle dies? To me they all basically look the same.

[fionna51]

Frames.
The die cuts outside and inside and you end up with a piece that looks like a picture frame with a line of stitching on the frame.
In the picture here (your link) the blue plaid frame around the opening on the card is made with a stitched rectangle frame die.

Stackables.
The die cuts the outside of a rectangle with a line of stitching near the edges.
In the picture here the blue rectangle is cut from a stitched rectangle stackable.

4 Bar.
This is a card size, like A2 is a card size. 4 Bar cards are 3-1/2 by 4-7/8 inches, fit an envelope 3-5/8 by 5-1/8, and are the smallest mailable size of card. The dimensions have different proportions than the A2 so the die sets made for layering have to be different.

[maslex]

Thanks for adding the links. You could describe til the cows came home and my head would still be up in the clouds (I'm such a visual person). Now that I see which is which, I realize I bought the wrong ones LOL I'm definitely keeping them though and will just HAVE to make another purchase. Oh darn. Thanks again so much.

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Originally Posted by fionna51

Frames.
The die cuts outside and inside and you end up with a piece that looks like a picture frame with a line of stitching on the frame.
In the picture here (your link) the blue plaid frame around the opening on the card is made with a stitched rectangle frame die.

Stackables.
The die cuts the outside of a rectangle with a line of stitching near the edges.
In the picture here the blue rectangle is cut from a stitched rectangle stackable.

4 Bar.
This is a card size, like A2 is a card size. 4 Bar cards are 3-1/2 by 4-7/8 inches, fit an envelope 3-5/8 by 5-1/8, and are the smallest mailable size of card. The dimensions have different proportions than the A2 so the die sets made for layering have to be different.

[Melso1]

I think I did too - but they'll still be fun