Thanks to Anna's good advice about soaking my HIH Halloween Medley in cold water, it looks a lot better. Most all of the staining came out and I am very happy with the results. The frame for this is on its way to me and I think it will end up being a gift. I just have to remember where I put the buttons and get those sewed on and it will be ready to take to the framers once the frame arrives.
I have obsessively stitching on my yahoo group autumn exchange piece as I want to make sure I'm finished in plenty of time and I will need to start a Halloween exchange pi
ece by Sept. 1st. I did manage to work a tiny bit on CHS Dainty House Wren but the progress is minimal. I finished a bit more on the fence on either side of the lady.It's back to work tomorrow and then a nice three day weekend. I hope to make lots of stitching progress so I can get back to some of my WIPs. Hope you had a great weekend!
12 comments:
I'm glad to hear that the cold wash did the trick. Emma wants to know how Cowboy is doing :)
I love both of your pieces. I am glad you were able to fix the Halloween piece, it looks great.
I'm glad it worked!
You can't see the bleeding at all in that picture! What a great tip.
Glad to hear the cold soak worked.
Glad the soaking worked! Your housewren looks great - and very autumnal too!
That is wonderful that the soaking worked, it looks great. Your other piece is looking great as well!
Glad you were able to rescue your HIH. I just had that same thing happen with a finish and the cold water rinsing worked like a charm. Isn't it a relief?
Great progress on both pieces:) I love the lady!
Wow, you can't hardly tell that the threads bled. It looks great!
Hurray! The soaking worked!
its looking great! what a useful tip!
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