Here's a surprise gift for my daughter's birthday. Ever since she was a little girl, Jeanne wanted a fluffy white cat. She got a tabby instead. But I remember that original wish.

The look on this little guy's face just drew me in. I had to stitch it for Jeanne. And I somehow managed to get this one done without her knowledge!

I decided to finish it as a tuck pillow. The brown fabric is nice and fuzzy and soft — sure to attract Tabby's flying fur! Ah well, Jeanne's 20 now. She can figure out how to keep the pillow clean.     :)

You will need two skeins of Oatmeal GAST to stitch the cat. I only had one and couldn't find another skein locally, so had to compromise. I did the bottom portion of each "X" with DMC 3033 (the alternate color given on the chart). Then I did the top of each "X" with Oatmeal to allow the subtle shading to show.

The chart called for the flower centers to be small black buttons. I looked through my stash, but couldn't find four buttons all the same size. So I decided to use some orange-ish sequins and black beads as the flower centers instead. Cute!

I made my own tuck pillow from fabric in my stash. I used the directions found on The Useful Needle website.

Stitched November 06 to November 26, 2004, 2004

Pattern name:	The White Cat
Designer:	Bent Creek
Stitch Count:	55 x 58
Fabric:	28ct Lugana "New Khaki"
Floss:	DMC cotton and Gentle Art Sampler Threads
Original Cost:	approx. $3.00
Copyright year:	1999

Bent Creek

Gentle Art Sampler Thread

Back to Cameo's Corner: 2004
On to next project: Terrie's Pretty Bookmark