One Kute Kitty Kimono Down

Worked off and on this week on the first Geisha kimono. I was warned by those in the know about the fraying and thread damage that might take place on an interlock canvas. I experimented and found that I needed to take out all the perle coton used in the outline of the Ming stitch. It frayed and fuzzed up more than usual. So out it came and was replaced by a Kreinik Braid overdyed metallic. I like the look much better. The packaging on the overdye identifies this thread as Needle Necessities Kreinik #12 overdyed. I didn't know these companies were affiliated. But that's just me not paying much attention. Anyway I was surprised when I saw that.

The overdyed floss I used for the fill didn't seem to be harmed. There was a lot of tent stitching and I don't plan on using tent again for anything of significant size on this piece....or any for that matter in the near future.

The trim on the collar and sleeve is stitched in the diagonal satin stitch using Vineyard Silk Shimmer. It seemed to handle adequately the roughness of the canvas, using a slightly larger needle than what is called for has helped to ease the threads through the holes. The very edge of the sleeve was couched using Kreinik gold braid. The Pure Palette's Soy Luster solids were used for the cumber bun which was stitched in the Cashmere stitch.

Though I am very tempted to jump up to the hair ornaments, (imagination running wild) alas I know better to wait to do any beading last; the next section to be stitched will be the other kimono. Looking forward to this too actually. Haven't even thought about the background/walls at this point.

I am thinking very strongly about reading up on project rotation as it has occurred to me that I may enjoy jumping around with my projects. I don't want to lose my "mo jo" on any one project but I can at least try to see if it suits my stitching style. I know rotating projects is very popular on many of the blogs I read. I do jump around a bit, but it's not organized rotation. It's more spur of the moment jumping, I think what some stitchers do is most definitely organized.

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