The black-and-white and grey ones are modeled on my two girls, and the orange one is based on her boy. The patterns are from a discontinued Dimensions (I think?) kit called “Merry Kittens” that I scooped up on eBay. I used my DMC shade card to translate kit colours into DMC colours, and made some slight adjustments to their markings to look more like my own furkids (my avatar, BTW, is one of them!). The hanging loops are Kreinik braid, and I backed them with some glittery white felt.
She loves them, and of course, now has to wait almost a year to get them up on the tree.
Nice! I’m zooming in and am guessing that they’re stitched on a coated fabric that doesn’t fray? The edges are so clean! I don’t think I’ve ever had edges look that good, and I am not even cutting the canvas close to the edge of the work like you are. I’d love to be able to cut out shapes, but I don’t think I’ve encountered the right kind of canvas.
Actually, it’s 14-count perforated paper. D’oh! I should have mentioned that in the original post (sorry!). It limits you to designs with whole stitches only, but is wonderful for ornaments because it won’t fray like fabric will.
Thank you for your kind words, everyone! And the real-life orange fuzzball likes to sing my mom the song of his people pretty much constantly, so it was a better representation than originally planned.
