Ta Da! Here is “Kitty Cat Row” all finished! I finished it late Monday night, but wanted to wait until I had washed and ironed it to post the happy dance picture.
In case you were wondering, I made a couple of minor changes near the end: First I altered the last two kitties’ collars from bark to brethren blue (2nd to last kitty) and mulberry (last kitty). I did this for no other reason than I thought they looked cuter with more colorful collars than with dull greenish-brown ones. I also changed the last kitty to oatmeal instead of onyx because I already had an onyx kitty and thought an oatmeal one would look nice with the mulberry collar that I had planned.
Though this is not the first project I have stitched with overdyed floss, it is the first “large” one and I think I can now say that overdyed floss does have its charm if you can use enough of it to actually see the color variations.
And now, because it is Wednesday, it is time for the SBQ! This week’s question was once again suggested by Nancy and is:
Do you do anything special to your threads before putting them through your fabric to make them more manageable?
In a word, NOPE!
Every time I went to the quilt shop with my mom last year I would look at “Thread Heaven” and wonder if I should try some though…
Cathy says:
I only use Thread Heaven for blending filaments. It works great keeping the filament from separating.
12 December 2007 at 21:39
Leah says:
I’ve used Thread Heaven on a project or two and really didn’t see any improvement. My thread still twisted and tangled itself. I found it better to separate and recombine strands ahead of time (to change the twist) and then use my own saliva to flatten the strands out. (Of course I rinse my mouth out first to ensure there’s no sugar or leftover lunch in there!)
Until now I’ve only used DMC threads, and I wash all my projects afterwards, so I haven’t noticed any problems yet. Of course, I’ll have to change my methods for some projects I have using hand dyed threads. They say that dog saliva is the cleanest… Can you buy it in a bottle?
13 December 2007 at 06:55
Dacee says:
I LOVE this! It is so cute!
13 December 2007 at 08:28
Jen says:
My answer is up
13 December 2007 at 11:08
Kathryn says:
Lovely finish! My answer is posted.
13 December 2007 at 14:33
Nancy Jones says:
Mine is posted! I’m glad I’m not the only one who uses her own spit, lol!
13 December 2007 at 18:30
~Kim~ says:
Just posted my answer. Thank you!
~Kim~
13 December 2007 at 19:08
Nic says:
I’ve posted by answer to the SBQ over at http://beebarfsblog.blogspot.com
Congratulations on the finish!
14 December 2007 at 03:41
Dawn says:
Mine is posted. KCR looks awesome:)
14 December 2007 at 09:36
edgar mathews says:
my answer is posted.
edgar
14 December 2007 at 09:47
WhizGidget says:
Congratulations! That’s totally cute!
And my SBQ is up at my blog too. whizgidget.blogspot.com
14 December 2007 at 09:56
Jan says:
Mine’s up after 2 days without dial-up. (grumble,grumble)
15 December 2007 at 03:02
vicki says:
Answer is posted up, thank you for the question
15 December 2007 at 06:39
Christine S says:
That turned out really well!!
I’ve also answered a couple of the most recent SBQ questions (I never remember to comment here that I did).
15 December 2007 at 09:21
Sorcha says:
Answer is posted up, thanks!
15 December 2007 at 16:01
Sue says:
Kitty Cat Row turned out so cute, and I like the changes you made. All my cats have bright fun collars, so your changing the collar colors sounded perfect to me.
16 December 2007 at 14:18
Meari says:
Mine’s up.
19 December 2007 at 09:53