I’ve been working really well with my rotation so far this year – much better than any other recent attempts … perhaps this time I really will stick to it!
After washing poor old Angel of Love after the hand sanitizer accident, I put her back on the scroll bars to finish my rotation slot (10 hours each slot) … after stitching a fair bit, I had yet another accident with her!! My sinuses were blocked up so I reached for my little jar of Tiger Balm so I could spread a bit under my nose to help to clear it … only to find when I tipped up the jar to dip my little finger in that the whole top of the jar had melted in the high heat in my bedroom, and dripped onto my stitching 😦 Now dropping hand sanitizer on it is one thing, but melted Tiger Balm that contains eucalyptus oil as well as other things is a whole different kettle of fish … I had ‘lovely’ splotches on my fabric all the way down in a little row thanks to it leaching through every fabric layer on the scroll bar! Back she went into an overnight tub soak with some Orvus – the marks haven’t come out 100%, but almost … there will probably only be one part that may not be covered by stitching, but thankfully it looks like a bit of fabric mottling now so I should be able to get away with it.
Anyway, here she is looking sparkly clean after her many washes, at the end of her first rotation slot – the fabric is a lot lighter than it once was before I started stitching and washing her, but it still looks OK I think:
Next up was the medium-sized projects slot, and I have just finished those 10 hours this afternoon – my choice for this slot is Eiffel Quaker, and it’s been lovely stitching on something so simplistic … nice easy blocks of only 3 colours … it’s stitched with one strand of Au Ver A Soie Soie d’Alger thread on a 36ct evenweave. The hardest thing is putting it down to move on to my next rotation slot … one for UFOs … I have a feeling the next 10 hours won’t go quite so quickly LOL. In the meantime, though, here is my Eiffel Quaker as it goes to the back of the rotation tub:
Feather Stitching 
Had a similar accident with a Shepherd’s Bush piece. Called Terri @ SB and she said for desperate measures, soak the piece face up in a big bowl filled with ice cubes, then add col water. Every time I’d pass by it, I was to dump the old water and refill the bowl the same way with the ice cubes. IT Worked! Some of the colors faded, but Jill Rensel framed it and it looks beautiful!
Thanks for that tip Jannie, I’ll have to try that next time!! Although I hope there won’t be a next time haha 🙂 Always good to know additional tips and tricks that work 🙂
Oh No! Sorry to hear about your mishaps with Angel of Love. It’s such a pretty piece!
your pieces are very pretty.
Poor thing!!!