I think I have answered a very important question, ie "at what point is a shape too small to WU and zigzag down with colored thread, even on minimum width"? 1/8 inch by 3/32 of an inch. Too darned small, and my thread pretty much covers the entire piece! Rats! Ah well - fortunately I have a dye marker the same color, so I can fudge it a little.
I also finally used up that dyebath from Beltain (please don't count how many days it sat on my stovetop, ok?), and had limited success. I figured out how to make some different diffusion effects with wax applied and ironed at different temps prior to dyeing, but the greens all pretty much came out the same color, despite leaving some in WAY longer than others. So now I have a large pile of splotchy grey-teal fabric. Hurray! not...
Off to try and post some more pictures here - art postcards that I have made and received, as well as the farm animal quilt (in oh-so-farmy purple, teal and pink!), and my swoops and spikes piece that I have made pathetically little progress on. Ah well. DH is going to an SCA demo to fight today (he'll take any chance he can get to climb into armor) and I'm going to read, sew, watch bad TV, and eat Phish food frozen yogurt. YUM!
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