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Posted by Polly Esther on June 25, 2007, 10:42 pm
Mmmmm. . . well, Sherry, that's why I dared to attempt invisible thread on a
printed picture. DSIL and DD have 6 grandchildren and assorted pets
including one crawfish who tours the house when he takes the notion. I'm
not expecting these pillows to be treated gently. Polly
> The holes might go away if you rub your fingers over them. At least, they
> won't be obvious. That was a good idea you had. I made my step-daughter
> some pillows with pictures of her dogs. I won't do that again since she
> let them play tug of war with the pillows, but that is an entirely
> different topic.
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> Sherry Starr
>
>> The critters at DD's home are very relaxed. She sent me pictures of her
>> squirrels having dinner. The menu, Kibbles I think, is sprinkled on the
>> rail of her deck. The squirrels will stretch out flat on their tummies
>> and fill up very comfortably. The pictures just called to me to transfer
>> to photo sheets and make her a pair of sofa pillows.
>> A new spool of invisible thread had just arrived so I gave it a try on
>> the pieced borders. My goodness, that looks good. The pictures are
>> large - almost 8½ x 11 and really needed some quilting. I wondered if I
>> could FM with the invisible thread on the pictures. Only one way to find
>> out so off I went. It's wonderful, just wonderful. I didn't do much -
>> just some leaves and stems to hold the pictures in place a little better.
>> The only problem encountered was that the safety pins used for basting
>> did leave holes that may or may not go away. Easy enough to avoid that
>> on the 2nd pillow. Just thought you'd like to know. Polly
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