Chocolate. On my linen. For years I have been eating, drinking, snacking while stitching, without incident. Today, it all came to an end. Hard to believe that a tiny piece of Dove dark would be overlooked. I examine the red foil to make sure there aren't any loose tiny flakes, lick the outside edges that hold that delicate chocolate dust, so for a tiny crumb to get by me was more surprising than it showing up on the linen. Wasn't even in an area that my fingers would have been. Nevertheless, there it was. I used warm water to drip through the linen, hoping it would take the chocolate with it. It didn't completely and like a dodo, I rubbed it a little. So there is a small lighter area now, and I believe the leaves from the tree will hide it. I'll work that side and see what happens, before flipping the linen over (the back side is not nearly as bad). A lighter spot on a solid like Belfast's Charcoal would be very noticeable, but the very slight variations in this overdyed helps hide it. I guess I'm so used to using my almost indestructible unbleached rough stuff, that I am too lax in the care of my projects. Well.... too bad. I'm not changing.
8 comments:
No worries it just looks distressed and once more stitching is in, it will be perfect! Remember people pay big money for that distressed look. Just run with it.
It looks like the moon on a hazy night - perfect!
The chocolate is always worth the hassle.
just added more character to it, that's all. I wonder how many samplers 'out there' from years past have stained-memories on them?? ~ I would guess a lot of tears stained most of them...
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Morning Marly, oh yes chocolate, never a hassle... Love the look, always like a well loved look. Hugs Francine.
I looked at the picture before reading your post. I thought it was part of the fabric dye job. I wouldn't worry about it.
if ya had baked that dove dark choc into a cake, that wouldn't have happened, wink wink:)
It looks like the stain will be under Lion's back side.....if not who will notice. i thought at first you had discovered an imperfection.
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