No, no stitching…well I take that back. I did a little reverse stitching the other night. Why you ask is there no stitching going on? I have been trying to get a handle on my magazine work. Soon! Soon! but we have new threads to talk about.
Is Pepper Pot not your most favorite thread? well it’s one of mine and on the right canvas, it’s the most purr~fect thread! For me it’s like comfort food.
Well Planet Earth has been busy as they have introduced 6 new colors! 176 Stratosphere, 177 Scuba, 178 Peacock, 170 Bluegrass, 180 Periwinkle and 181 Cornflower. Great colors just in time for summer stitching! You know these skeins are deceiving… ya think that they are short and small and not nearly enough thread, but you know what? they are the same as a skein of Vineyard Silk at 30 yards.
Planet Earth has a new wool color called Smoke to complete the grey family.
Furr-Fuzz-Funn, which is a new thread… already has added a few more colors! Canyon Sunset and Ginger which would be great colors for stitching Morris the Cat.
There are 3 new greens in Planet Earth 6-ply silk 1213 Jasmine, 1214 Shamrock and 1214 Flash along with an overdye V1143 Mud. ooh and a new Opal color 058 Shrub. I am stitching lots of Halloween and it might be just what I need.
Last but not least is the new silk ribbon with fray less edging. 3 widths in 25 colors and packaged on 5 yard cards. The widths are 4mm, 7mm and 10mm…now I like that as the 10mm as it just smaller than the 13 which at times can be too wide. All of the ribbons are hand painted with tonal shading. Launching at Destination Dallas in September, but I will try it out before that!
Thank you to Tracy for my goodie bag… and I need to take the pictures of the rest of the threads for you.
and a new book! great color photographs and I since there is little to no stitching going on, I haven’t used it!
AlleyCat picked up right where well Sylvester left off last week. This is the refernce material that I use to look up threads for the magazine when I am working on stitch guides. Make sure that they are still being made, the correct color name, company name and so on. Of all the places that you could sit in this house, why there? Just to prove who’s boss?
Even Mooch and Earl are getting into the game!
and until next time…keep on stitching
