Always on the lookout for a newsworthy post, I thought I would today’s blog on the backside of Arline’s cat boards.
As there was so much interest in the hooked, standup cats and geranium pot from Arline, ( Cambrian Cats featured a few days ago on the blog – just scroll down to see them) I thought you might enjoy seeing exactly how she did their backside. These odd shaped rugs cover a board of the same odd shape. An additional strip of wool was whipped to the odd shaped edge of her hooked piece so that it could be used to stretch the rug tightly over the board. She used thread lashings on the backside to do that. It’s a flexible way of getting everything taunt and so much better than glueing the rug to the board. It takes a bit of work, but it’s well worth the effort.
Jo
August 20, 2009 at 7:34 am
Wonderful….but I think I missed what type of board was used. HELP? Jo
Gene Shepherd
August 20, 2009 at 8:12 am
While Arline will have to confirm, any rigid board – plywood, for example, would do fine. Gene
Arline Keeling
August 20, 2009 at 4:11 pm
The board could be a long story…..My husband had a stroke about 9years ago and can’t work with wood anymore. He is my right hand man so we used a thick foam board…..In Elizabeths book she tells how she and her husband made theirs……Unfortunately I had loaned out her book, so there you go……..The lacing is how frame shops stretch needlework for framing……It worked out great…I have the wool edges that shows a little and I am going to stitch more wool onto the back……..We used 2 pieces of 2X2″ boards. the back one was up higher so that the cats sit back at a slight angle……I guess you could use a 2″X4″ across the bottom back……This is hard to explain………Gene, it comes easy to you….V. Sharmay
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jsneumiller
June 13, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I liked that you included the artists along with their hooked creations. I look forward to next year’s camp as I plan to spend my first day of retirement at the 2011 Cambria Pines Rug Camp.