what to do with leftover floss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo

On 2/29/12 5:45 PM, in article , "Cheryl Isaak"
wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo

Cute,,,,but how could any of us stitchers use such stitchable lengths.
OTOH - maybe could sized ort balls????

Thanks for sharing your YouTube find!

Ellice

Thank you for this delightful film
I thought that one could maybe try it with bunches of left over cuts?
mirjam

On 2/29/12 6:34 PM, Ellice K. wrote:
On 2/29/12 5:45 PM, in article , "Cheryl Isaak"
wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo

Cute,,,,but how could any of us stitchers use such stitchable lengths.
OTOH - maybe could sized ort balls????

Thanks for sharing your YouTube find!

Ellice


I was actually thinking out a using base of white or black and then
using orts over it.

I'll look for starch at the grocery store later



Cheryl
(who's TUSAL has lots of glittery orts)

On 3/1/12 8:40 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:45:22 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo


Interesting to see but I think likely orts in glass sphere is easier
lol


but this looks like more fun.
First I have to find water bombs and starch that isn't in a spray can
(yes, I know I can use white glue)

On 2012-03-01, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 3/1/12 8:40 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:45:22 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo


Interesting to see but I think likely orts in glass sphere is easier
lol


but this looks like more fun.
First I have to find water bombs and starch that isn't in a spray can
(yes, I know I can use white glue)



I'm tempted to do it too. I just need to figure out what to do with them
afterwards since they look similar to a cat toy I need to make sure they
aren't within a cats reach.
-Margaret in MA
--
Margaret St. John

On 3/1/12 5:27 PM, in article , "Cheryl Isaak"
wrote:

On 3/1/12 8:40 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:45:22 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo


Interesting to see but I think likely orts in glass sphere is easier
lol


but this looks like more fun.
First I have to find water bombs and starch that isn't in a spray can
(yes, I know I can use white glue)


It does look like fun - bring you back to childhood fingerpainting, sort of.
You can usually find liquid starch in the grocery store, but I've also seen
starch powder, which you then mix with water to make the liquid starch. I
don't know if I'd use white glue, but you could use decoupage glue stuff, or
that stuff that Michael's sells for stiffening ribbon, IIRC, called "Stiffy"
- tee hee. Anyhow, I'd just thin those down. They're better, clearer
drying than the white glue. Just sayin'

Ellice

On 3/2/12 9:37 AM, in article ,
" wrote:

On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:12:56 -0500, "Ellice K."
wrote:


but this looks like more fun.
First I have to find water bombs and starch that isn't in a spray can
(yes, I know I can use white glue)


It does look like fun - bring you back to childhood fingerpainting, sort of.
You can usually find liquid starch in the grocery store, but I've also seen
starch powder, which you then mix with water to make the liquid starch. I
don't know if I'd use white glue, but you could use decoupage glue stuff, or
that stuff that Michael's sells for stiffening ribbon, IIRC, called "Stiffy"
- tee hee. Anyhow, I'd just thin those down. They're better, clearer
drying than the white glue. Just sayin'

Ellice

'Stiffy' ?? Sounds like something you would find in pharma near
Cialis or Viagra

LOL - hence my tee hee. Yup - it's some product that was out at least 15
years ago. Comes in a plastic jar, made for setting ribbons. As when you
do some big decorative bow, you use this stuff to coat it, and it sets the
ribbon "stiff" but clear. Cracked me up when I first saw it. I honestly
haven't bought it again - but did get it the once. The name is hilarious.
I think it was found over by the floral preservative stuff in a Michael's or
some similar arts & crafts place.

Ellice

On 3/2/12 9:09 AM, Margaret St. John wrote:
On 2012-03-01, Cheryl wrote:
On 3/1/12 8:40 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:45:22 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbriKuYG3eo


Interesting to see but I think likely orts in glass sphere is easier
lol


but this looks like more fun.
First I have to find water bombs and starch that isn't in a spray can
(yes, I know I can use white glue)



I'm tempted to do it too. I just need to figure out what to do with them
afterwards since they look similar to a cat toy I need to make sure they
aren't within a cats reach.
-Margaret in MA

hang them from the ceiling

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 3/2/12 9:09 AM, Margaret St. John wrote:

I'm tempted to do it too. I just need to figure out what to do with
them afterwards since they look similar to a cat toy I need to make
sure they aren't within a cats reach. -Margaret in MA


hang them from the ceiling



Depends on the height of the ceiling and the jumping ability of the cat.
We had one who could make it from the floor to the top of the fridge
in one leap. That house had low ceilings, she could've gotten anything
hanging from the ceiling. This house has 9.5-foot ceilings, so even she
would've had difficulty getting to anything hung from the ceiling.


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