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Saturday, August 13, 2005

Answering a couple of questions

I SO forgot to answer Amy Beth's question about Mini Perle, sorry! Mini Perle is a needlepoint project on mono canvas. Here is a closeup of the corner so that you can see the canvas a little better. It's similar to cross stitch, yet different. I think you could do all of these stitches on cross stitch fabric, but you would come out with a different look. The holes in the canvas make it easier to use bulkier fibers such as Caron Watercolours and Rainbow Gallery Neon Rays, Flair, etc.


I loved using the variety of fibers out there to make a beautiful geometric design.

And I was asked about my design wall. The most difficult part of the whole process was transporting the foamboard (Dow Residential Foam Sheathing Insulation) home. I bought it at Lowe's, and it comes in sheets that are ½ inch x 4 foot wide x 8 foot long. This stuff does not fit in a small car at all, so you should probably find someone with a truck (if you don't have one) to help you. I went to Joann's and bought white felt to cover them. I used sewing pins to anchor the felt to the ½ inch sides all the way around. Originally, I covered the entire wall with it (I bought 2 sheets, fairly inexpensive, if I recall correctly), but my kitties decided it was a GREAT scratching pad, so I went back and trimmed them up a bit. I hung them to the walls with big, long nails at the top. You can sort of see them here, behind Teresa's quilt.

Here is Cat's progress this rotation:


And here is a picture of the underside of Scott's quilt in the Grace hoop: