The Cat’s Meow
In keeping with my May goals, I decided that today it was time to start on my EMS RR. I have had the border done for a couple of weeks, but couldn’t decide which patterns from my Stoney Creek Book, Cat’s Meow to choose.
I decided when I did the border that I wanted to stitch either “Kitten and Hummingbirds” (second row, second from the right) or “Kitten and Pansies” (bottom row, first from the left) and so both of those patterns made it to the final cut. However, I had to decide if I wanted all short-haired kittens or a mixture of long and short-hairs and also whether or not I wanted them all to face the same direction. In the end, I ended up with all short-hairs, but the direction in which the kittens face was actually the decisive factor.
The four square bell pull will include the left-facing “Kitten and Hummingbirds” (I am stitching it) on the top and underneath it, in the following order, will be the right-facing “Kitten and Daisies,” the right-facing “Kitten and Pansies”, and the left-facing “Kitten and Yarn.”
I will allow the participants to stitch whichever kitten they choose as long as they place them in the proper order. (I will be including a placement diagram along with the patterns). I am borrowing the idea Susie had for the RR we are doing and am going to have everyone sign their square with their name and country using a miniature backstitch alphabet. Even before it is properly started I am looking forward to getting it back! 
Anyway, after I made all those decisions, I started working on “Kitten and Hummingbirds.” It is going relatively quickly. I worked on it for about 3.5 hours today and am about 25% done with it. I anticipate that it probably won’t take me much more than 15 hours to stitch, so I will most likely do it all before posting a picture or go back to working on “Passing Admirers” or my Mirabila “2001 Guardian Cherub.”
11 May 2005 at 03:35
Awesome! I think it’s going to look great when it’s done.