Catra: The Egyptian Cat is Finished!

Catra is Finished!

At long last my Egyptian Catra is done. This is a canvas from Tapestry Fair, 10 inches by 11 1/2 on 18 count.  Her official name is "Cleo's Cat" and she is one of a series of Ancient Egyptian-themed designs.  You can see "Bastet" here along with Cleo.
http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=1

And here is "On the Nile."
http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=1

There is also "Pharoah's Dog" for those who aren't cat people but who still love Egyptian themes.
http://bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/product/pharaoh-dog/

Catra Framed

So you see Catra comes from a beautiful family, which made stitching her a challenge.  Ruth Schmuff has done guides for both Bastet and Pharoah's Dog.  Tony Minieri has done guides for Catra and Bastet.  How does one compete with talented stitchers like these?!!!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/05/national-bastet-day.html

http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2014/03/the-pharoah-dog.html

http://www.tonyminieri.com/tapestry-fair

The answer is you don't.  You have to do something totally different.  But what?  It turns out the key for my choosing stitches and threads for Catra was to look for matte threads, beads that aren't shiny, and to add touches like the mummy and extra hieroglyphs to the background.

Catra at the County Fair

Catra went off to the county fair, by the way.  She won a first place ribbon but sadly, that's not too hard when you are the only needlepoint entered.  I can see I have to do some education close to home!

But first I need to choose my next project....

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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© Copyright August 21, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Catra's Two Borders

Beads Test

Now that the cat and background are done, it's time to tackle Catra's bottom border. The real issue after I got it stitched was whether to add beads to the border and if so, where?  I had decided that ivory was the right color of bead since that brought out the color of the hieroglyphs, so I pulled all the beads from my stash with the same ivory color as the hieroglyphics and laid them out on my canvas to see what I liked.  I discovered some pretty gold beads so I included them as well.

You can probably tell I decided that putting beads on top of the orange boxes was the way to go.  Which do you like?

I liked the ivory squares and the "paw print" pattern the best.  However, something in every orange box seemed too much to me so I skipped every other box.  Here's what I ended up with.

Second Beads Test 

As you can see, I tweaked the paw beads a bit to make them a little less crowded-looking.  Now I was ready to find a frame.  I wanted to use a pre-made frame as Catra is going to be entered in the county fair and I don't have time to have her professionally framed.  I measured the dimensions and discovered that the Egyptian Cat was 10 inches wide by 11 1/4 tall.  That's not going to fit in a pre-made frame.  What to do?!

I decided I would add a second border under the first so that Catra was 10x12 inches.  Most pre-made frames are 11x14 but with a mat, she'll fit in a frame.   Here is what I came up with.

Second Border

The second turquoise border you see is the same stitch used in the backgrounds behind the cat and in the orange boxes.  All I've varied in the three places is the thread weight, plus I added a running stitch to my second border to hide the empty spots behind the stitch.

The stitch is a variation of Parisian Stitch, turned on its side.  For the background behind the cat, I used orange size 12 perle cotton.  For the orange boxes in the original border, I used the same perle cotton, but doubled in the needle to provide more coverage.  For the new border, I used one ply of Watercolours and after I finished the stitch, I added a horizontal running stitch (over two, under one) to cover the white canvas between stitches.

I like it.  I think it looks like a roughly woven linen, which would be appropriate for an Egyptian piece.

Next time, I'll reveal the finished Cleo's Cat and talk about what I plan to blog stitch next.

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© Copyright August 11, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Egyptian Cat Has Jewelry

Tapestry Fair's Egyptian Cat Unstitched

At long last I have finished stitching the jewelry on the Egyptian Cat!  Sorry to have taken so long but summers are very busy in Chilly Hollow.  We have outside chores, house guests, and much more that takes me away from stitching during the summer time.  But at least I've finished the cat's jewelry.  You can see the canvas above without any jewelry.

Catra All Bling'd Out

And here is Catra with her jewelry finished. Oddly, it was the teal green and gold rows on the collar that gave me fits.  I just couldn't get that right.

Testing Palestrina Knots and Detached Buttonhole

First I tried Palestrina Knots on the upper row, left.  Then I tried two rows of detached buttonhole on the lower row, left.  Finally I settled on using Diagonal Mosaic.  I liked the Diagonal Mosaic best.  It gave me the texture of turquoise chips that had holes drilled in them to make jewelry. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Now for the main question--does the orange nose (satin stitches using orange Shimmer Blend ribbon floss) look ok now that the jewelry is in position?

The bottom border is all that remains undone.  Stay tuned!

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© Copyright July 24, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Egyptian Cat's Nose -- At Last!

The Latest Version of Catra's Nose

I have been really busy with Real Life chores so I haven't made a lot of progress on Catra, my Egyptian cat project from Tapestry Fair. But she does have a nose!   It is satin stitches using orange Entice, which is a little darker and a little less shiny than the Shimmer Blend ribbon floss that was the best candidate when I last showed the design.  (You can see the threads I tried on the nose in the links below.)
https://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2016/06/cats-eyes-and-noses.html

https://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2016/06/more-about-egyptian-cats-nose.html

As you can see, working the cat's jewelry helped me see whether something orange and shiny would work on the cat.  The nose, although a focal point, is toned down a lot by the finished earring and the winged scarab headdress.  I'm working on the gold of the collar now.  Don't expect progress for a couple of weeks as I am too busy to stitch much at night right now.

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More About the Egyptian Cat's Nose

The Original Canvas, Unstitched

Yesterday Donna wrote:

The Egyptian cat...that you blogged about...black cats have black noses, that may be why none of the rose/coral colors look right. Do you ever make a color change when you do these stitch guides? If the cat is "painted" or "enamel" wouldn't the entire canvas have the same sheen? you would have only shadows to create dimension....

Before I answer Donna's question I want everyone to look at the unstitched version of the design from Tapestry Fair above.  Colors show up differently on computer monitors so I pulled out my DMC color card.  The nose is closest to DMC# 3341 in color with some darker #3340 shading at the bottom and outside edges of the nose.  The nose color is similar to the medium peachy-orange shade around the sides of the cat's face at the edges of the light orange square in the center of the canvas.

To answer Donna's question, yes, I do change colors occasionally when working a canvas. Normally I change a shade because the color painted isn't available in the threads I have in my stash.   On this canvas, the blue "eye liner" color is different in shade than the blue Splendor I am stitching it with, for example.  I usually rummage in my stash to choose colors of thread as there are no stitching shops near by.  I have been known to change colors as well, but usually it's because the thread type I want to use doesn't come in that color.  For me, texture trumps exact color matches and I use what threads I have at hand when I can.

Why did Tapestry Fair choose a different nose color than a traditional black?  I suspect because the cat has a black face.  A black nose next to black fur and black nostril holes is going to disappear into the design.  I can't think of any way to stitch a black nose that would make it visible, particularly in photographs. 

Shine?  Bling? Where?!

Cameras cannot see the shine of metallics or silks, and they are blind to the charms of beads and the glitter of sequins or the shadows these things throw.   When one stitches models and does stitch guides of them, you learn to accept that only the few shop owners who go to trade shows will ever see the full charm of a model one has stitched that incorporate sparkly items.   The photographs posted online will not capture the full impact of a design that uses any of these type things.  Above is Exhibit A--Leigh Designs' "Miami Gold Digger" in the best close up photo I could get.  You cannot see the metallic trim on her jacket, the shine of the beads on the flamingos purse, the silk sheen of the little dog or the sparkles in her jewelry.  Trust me, they are there, but neither my camera or my scanner can see them, even with sunlight bouncing off the beads and silks and metallics.

So in the case of the Egyptian cat,  I'll stick with the painted colors since this piece is an online study piece.  If I changed the nose to black, it would disappear in online photographs, making Tapestry Fair unhappy and not selling the stitch guides I hope to sell once I finish up the piece.

I'd also had enough of trying to stitch with black thread on black paint on this one anyway!

Does that answer your question, Donna?

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© Copyright June 2, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Cat's Eyes and Noses

After a bit of work I've finished my Egyptian cat's eyes and started on its jewelry. The cat's eyes are a focal point of this piece, being in the center of the design and being eyes, which are generally the focal point of a person or animal, after all. So I thought it would be clever of me to highlight them with metallic stitches.   So I tent stitched the eyes with Kreinik and outlined them with blue Splendor silk.  This shine becomes even more important because Egyptian jewelry is not sparkly.  The gold and gems on the cat's collar, headdress and earring need to be matte.  That contrast will be important.

Not familiar with Egyptian jewelry?  Then you'll want to read these historical summaries of the type and meaning of materials used.
http://classroom.synonym.com/ancient-egyptian-jewelry-9746.html

http://www.ancientdigger.com/2013/02/the-history-and-meaning-of-ancient.html

Orange Shimmer Blend Ribbon Floss

The biggest problem I've had with the cat's face has been the nose.  First, I tried horizontal stitches using orange Shimmer Blend ribbon floss.  I decided that it was too sparkly so I ripped it out and restitched it in the same way with regular orange ribbon floss.  That just didn't look good.

Then I tried pale pink Flair, thinking the coral nose color would show through, but it didn't.  The nose is way too light now.  I ripped again.

Finca Perle Cotton from Prescencia

Next I choose the medium shade of orange perle cotton used in the background behind the cat.  Because this is size 12 perle, I decided I would satin stitch it vertically...

Finca Cotton Floss from Prescencia

...then I added a top layer using the same color in cotton floss.  Still too light in color and it looks sort of odd.  Sigh.  I ripped again!

So far I like my first choice of the Shimmer Blend ribbon floss the best.  I have decided to wait until the jewelry is stitched and then try that thread again.  With the jewelry in place, the nose may not shine like a lighthouse beacon and be too prominent.

The moral is stitch, rip and try again until you get it right.  If you never do, rip out and stitch another area.  One thread really effects the threads next to it.  When I try stitching the nose again, the least bad thread may be perfect. Or I may be ripping again!

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© Copyright May 19, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Taming the Tricky Stitch

Black Stitches on Cat Body

The bottom of the Egyptian Cat was a little tricky to stitch because a)  I am using a black thread (one ply of a strand of Colonial Needle's Persian wool) on a black area, b) the area itself is rather narrow with lots of compensation between the Egyptian collar's strands, and c)  the stitch itself turned out to be rather difficult to count correctly.  I have certain tricks to help with all of these.

When you stitch with black threads on a black area good lighting is essential.  This is a small area so I was able to stitch it in brief time periods during daylight areas.    If the area had been large enough I needed to work it at night when I normally do the bulk of my stitching, I might have used a white hand towel in my lap as well as good lighting.  I'm told red towels work equally well but I tend to use white as I have plenty of those stashed away in my kitchen.

I was able to use tent stitches in those narrow areas between the bottom body of the cat and the head where the collar covered much of the canvas.  Tent stitches are a life-saver in those areas!

Straight Lines That Curve

I ended up turning my stitch diagram and my canvas on their sides so that I worked this horizontal stitch vertically.  For me, a vertical stitch is easier to see and count for some reason.  The next time your stitch gives you fits, try turning it and the canvas a quarter turn.  You may be surprised at how much easier the stitch is to work when it is turned on its head.

Straight Line Curves On the Side

By the way, this optical illusion stitch was used by Tony Minieri on the background of a Debbie Mumm canvas and I diagrammed it from there. Thanks, Tony!

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© Copyright May 5, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Cat in Wool

Lotus Pillar CloseUp

Last time I talked about my Egyptian Cat canvas, I promised a good look at the finished lotus pillars with their silk ribbon tops. Here you go!

Now it's time to turn my attention to the cat.  I have Colonial Needle's Persian wool in black to use for the cat, but what stitch?   The cat itself is a stylized one, not realistic, so I decided I would skip the traditional stitches for fur in favor of something with pattern or texture.  But what?

I found the answer on Facebook with an optical illusion stitch Tony Minieri used in the background of a Debbie Mumm canvas he wrote a stitch guide for.  I thought it would give the perfect illusion of texture on my cat.  Here is what I came up with.  The photo is black and white so you can see black stitches on black canvas.  It's a light coverage stitch with the unstitched voids between stitches creating the illusion of a curve.

By the way, I separated the Persian wool into three plies and stitched with only one.  Tapestry Fair's Egyptian Cat is on 18 count and that works best for that size canvas.  The thread itself has a very tight twist, making it quite durable in basketweave, but if you do another stitch using just one ply, use a larger needle than usual as the needle will abrade the thread in the eye and cause it to separate if you use the size needle you are used to on 18 count.

Tony's Optical Illusion Stitch

I worked this stitch on the bottom of the cat up to the collar.  I switched to tent stitches in the spaces between the collar rows and also used tent stitches on the cat's neck.  You will never guess what stitch I used for the cat's face and ears--skip tent!   This isn't a traditional stitch to use with wool, but this isn't a traditional cat.  Skip tent in my Colonial wool looks great.

Skip Tent Chin

In this photograph the cat's chin only is worked in skip tent.  However, I have finished the face except for one ear by now.  Next time I post I hope to have finished the ears and nose and perhaps the eyes so I'll be ready to start on the cat's elaborate collar and headpiece.  Stay tuned!

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Finding the Perfect Stitch

When I last showed off the Egyptian Catra design from Tapestry Fair, I was dithering about the perfect thread and stitch for the top of the lotus fan pillars.

When in doubt, pull threads!  So I visited my stash and found Flair, DMC perle cotton, Caron's Watercolours and Waterlilies, plus silk ribbon, all in approximately the same teal green as the top feather parts of the lotus fans.  Those with access to a shop will probably go through the same process, buying everything they think is the right color to test in stitches.

Then I tried slanting satin stitches in the Watercolours (I used one ply of the three from the strand of Watercolours) and stem stitches in the perle cotton.  Nope.  All I had in the perle was size 5 which was too thick.  The Watercolours also seemed a little too rough looking although I loved the color (068 "Mediterranean") so I mentally decided to try the silk Waterlilies in the same shade elsewhere in the design.  Ok, two of four down.

Flair Versus Silk Ribbon Test

Then I tried the slanting satin stitches using Flair (right side of the photo above) and Japanese ribbon stitch using the silk ribbon (left side of the photo).  The silk ribbon is perfect!  It matches my mental image of what the fan should look like so I ordered silk ribbon from Waste Knot since I only have a tiny amount on the card.

Sometimes you just have to test stitch to see what works and what doesn't.  Next time I'll reveal the finished lotus fan pillars and talk about the body of the cat.

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© Copyright May 6, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Time to Return to Egypt

I started stitching one of Tapestry Fair's Egyptian animal pieces in 2013. Doesn't you think it is time I finished Catra?  In case you are interested, here are the three Egyptian animals in the series--Bastet the Cat Goddess and Cleo's Cat (that's my canvas) and Pharaoh Hound for dog lovers.
http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=1

Basat has a stitch guide from Ruth Schmuff as this canvas was one of Ruth's mystery classes.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/04/jewels-fit-for-goddess.html

https://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/Bastet/

Tony Minieri has done a guide for Basat as well.
http://www.tonyminieri.com/tapestry-fair/bastet-the-cat-goddess-tapestry-fair-1080

Ruth's also done a stitch guide for Pharaoh Dog.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2014/03/the-pharoah-dog.html

https://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/Pharaoh-Dog/

I posted several times already about her.  Here are the links so you can catch up.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2013/07/catra-and-her-background-hieroglyphics.html

http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-egyptian-cat-returns.html

Now, should I finish the lotus fans or start work on the cat's body...?

Decisions, decisions!

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© Copyright April 21, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Egyptian Cat Returns

Sepals at Base of Lotus Blossom

As you can probably tell, I'm stitching the Egyptian Cat from Tapestry Fair again.  The design is called Cleo's Cat and it's painted on 18 count canvas.  I call her Catra, short for CleoCATra.  The design is 10 inches wide by 11 1/2 tall, so she's a pretty big girl.  Recently I've been working on the lotus pillars that flank Catra.
http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=1

I discovered something interesting when I started to do the lotus flower sepals in padded satin stitches.  When I used the thicker Felicity's Garden (green) or Silk and Ivory (blue), I could use horizontal stitches over the padding.

When I used the thinner Impressions (purple), the satin stitches had to be on the diagonal to cover in one layer.  Diagonal stitches cover better than horizontal or vertical ones!

In the photo above you can see the vertical padding in the blue and purple sepals on the left side partly covered by horizontal and diagonal satin stitches.

Experiment a bit with this on some scrap canvas and you'll see what I mean.  Try doing brick stitches and then do Mosaic stitches with the same thread, then switch to a thicker (or thinner) one and do the stitches again.  It's amazing how much better Mosaic stitches cover if your thread is on the skimpy side.

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Vicky Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

I'm sorry,  I couldn't help myself with today's title!  Ruth Schmuff is going to do a stitch guide for Tapestry Fair's new Pharaoh Dog, which is part of their Egyptian series.  The other two canvases are at the second link. I'm stitching Cleopatra's Cat myself and will pick her up again once Blue Russian is done.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/cats-and-dogs-and-cats-oh-my/

http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=1

You can see more about Pharaoh Dog on the Tapestry Fair website, as well as see more of their new designs.  There is a new Philippine mascot, a new theatre curtain, and a lovely lady walking in a storm.
http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=1

Vicky also shows off some new Barbara Russell dog pieces.  Fun!

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Catra and Her Background Hieroglyphics

Catra's Background Hieroglyphics

I am stitching a canvas from Tapestry Fair called Cleo's Cat.  This is the canvas that has decorated the left side of Blog for about a month.   I have just enough of the background done to show off my stitching progress.  By the way, I call this piece Catra in honor of a friend's cat, CleoCATra.  Here it is on the Tapestry Fair website.  As you can see, it's a bit over 11 inches high by 10 inches wide on 18 count canvas.
http://www.tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=1

It has been a challenge to work because Ruth Schmuff did a very similar canvas in the early spring mystery class she ran for her shop. (You can see Ruth's finished piece at her blog at the link below.) The backgrounds and bottom borders of both canvases are painted in an almost identical way. Ruth's hieroglyphics are beaded and she used an elaborate open pattern she made up (along with skipped tent I think) for her background. Very pretty!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/05/national-bastet-day.html

Because I am doing a stitch guide for this piece for Tapestry Fair I can't copy what Ruth did.  I don't want to, anyway. She's taken things as far as they can go in the direction of beading and fancy backgrounds so I am going in a totally different direction.  My background is as simple as you can get--a Parisian Stitch variation done in Finca perle cotton and High Cotton. I just read on someone's blog that they'd taken a class from a famous teacher (can't remember who) who said why use a fancy stitch for a background when a simple one will do? Wish I knew who said that.  I took it to heart here. The only concession to fanciness is that I turned Parisian on its side and am working it in vertical columns that don't interlock. I call it Parisian Sand since it is a Parisian variation and reminds me of a sandy texture.  Here's Parisian Stitch.  I've posted a photograph of my Parisian Sand diagram.
http://needlepoint.about.com/od/longstitches/ss/ParsianStitch.htm

Parisian Sand doesn't compete for attention with the hieroglyphics and is easy to compensate around all those fiddly hieroglyph shapes. (Two important things for background stitches!)

I can hear someone in the audience saying "Wait a Minute! There are a lot more hieroglyphics on your stitched version than the original!" Yes, there are. When I was thinking background stitches and wondering what to choose that would be totally different than Ruth's backgrounds, I browsed my stitching books and came across a background stitch that is alternating triangles. It is a variation of Pavilion Stitch where the diamond shapes have one color in the top half and another in the bottom half. You get a row of triangles followed by a row of upside down triangles. They immediately reminded me of pyramids, which gave me An Idea. This is regular Pavilion stitch to give you a vague idea of where I started from.
http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2001/01-08j.php

Diagrammed Stitches for Background Panels

I knew I would have room to add three pyramid shapes in my red-orange side boxes which are empty in the original canvas. I ended up stitching them in long horizontal stitches. Some of the paint shows through, especially in the photographs, but I don't mind that. The background is supposed to be the slightly faded painted plaster of an Egyptian temple, after all. This was my starting point. After that I rummaged through all my stitch books, looking for more stitches that sort of looked like hieroglyphics. I found three, all of which are on one diagram posted here. From the top down, Foothills from Marnie Ritter’s Canvas Patterns Book 2 page 87, Sandy’s Slide Variation from page 91 of the same book, and two versions (one facing right and one facing left and running vertically) of Houndstooth from SharonG’s Simply Essential Needlepoint Stitch Explanations (SENSE) page 30.

Worked as a single stitch or in a small group like a spot sampler, they all look vaguely like temple hieroglyphics. This same diagram has a charted cartouche as well. I didn't have enough of these stitches without a lot of repeats so I did a little research on Egyptian hieroglyphics and graphed a few that were simple. There's no meaning to them except for the little walking U shape you see in the picture of Catra which means "return," which is appropriate since I am returning to the theme of Egyptian cats. It's usually drawn walking the other way, though.  I somehow reversed it in my mind which is also appropriate as I am mildly dyslexic!

This is where Catra stands at this point. I may change some things if my plans don't work out but I am thinking I want to use fewer beads and not as much sparkle as Ruth since authentic Ancient Egyptian jewelry was not sparkly. Red, turquoise, some green and lapis blue set in gold were their colors as these had meaning in their spiritual life. I am adding some embellishment, though. In the photo you see the scarabs are rolling the sacred sun orb. The suns are flat red sequins.


I need to stitch the top row of background, then probably will work on the lotus fan columns next.  It will take me a while to get enough of the next areas done to show you photographs.  Stay tuned!

Catra Right Now

UPDATE:  Progress to date.  Enjoy!

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