the difference between the Smoke and Cougar

Yes the cougar is a photo taken and printed on fabric. Eye nose and muzzle complete. Working on ear today. Lots of trial , and error. Then I remembered what my art teacher said: use computer and blow up the section on lap top trying to paint. I saw how the hair was short: I then did short stitches. I also took a thread painting class w/ Jennifer Day: she taught us color and layering. I filled in all the black first. then cover w/ several layers of beige. Her muzzle has 3 different blacks. I will post the Smoke again: her fur is much longer and I used much longer stitches. Thank you for the support: The ear (as jennifer taught) should have 10 or 12 colors for detail.

 face muzzle nose complete on cougar:  short stiches  whiskers first:  Smokey whiskers last

   I now use Sano Printing out of New York

I forgot

I just shot photos of some of my hand-dyed fabric.  I forgot how luscious it is.  I've been using scraps making traditional quilts for the class I teach:  Ugh!  But here is a photo of the cougar I've been working on.  yippee. 

The Smoke is Done.

I can't believe I did this.  No blogging, no vacumming.  No exercising.  Just stitch,stitch and more stitching.  So tomorrow............I have to muck out the bathroom and vacumm and pick up puppy toys.