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| Is the Pirate Cat done? |
The final step in dressing our kitten is the trim on his coat collar. I wanted something fancy so I thought of doing this in detached buttonhole so that there would be a touch of lace around the edge. I choose #4 Kreinik to do the job and it worked beautifully. (However, a couched line of gold metallic would be much easier if detached buttonhole intimidates you and will look almost as good to my eyes. You know me--I can't resist a challenge, even if there is an easier way that works almost as well.)
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| Failed Inspection! |
The last step with any finished canvas is Final Inspection, particularly if you stitch mostly at night like I do. I have to check everything closely in the daylight to make sure I didn't miss a stitch, that there are no mistakes, etc. Sadly, the Pirate Cat failed inspection. If you click on this closeup, you will see two smudged areas where bare thread intersections show at the edge of the pirate's hat, one on each side. I need to add a navy blue stitch on the right and a black stitch on the left. I also am not happy with the left side of the kerchief around the kitten's head. The stitches are too long in places and broken up in other places.
So tonight I will remove the long blue stitches on the left side, cover the two misses intersections, and then restitch the kerchief.
Hopefully by tomorrow everything will be stitched and I can post progress.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
2 comments:
This is so cute Jane! Nice choices!
Thank you, Pat. My little Halloween adventure has been a lot of fun and interesting, too.
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