Didn’t manage to get it done in the promised under an hour (it was actually closer to two), but I did get it done. Most of that time was taken sewing the first very long seam (when you fold the super-long strip in half and sew down the entire length), and in untangling the knots…
o, I left you with all those loops of squares, and promised you a really clever bit. Well, the really clever bit is that you unpick one seam from each loop, to turn them back into strips, but you unpick a different seam on each one. Which means that each strip starts with a different…
Work in progress (yes, it is as sticky and clumpy and hard to apply delicately as it looks): Design complete and henna dry, now I’ve just got to wait a couple of hours: And the end result: That was after 2.5 hours (I was aiming for 3, but I forgot the number one rule of…
Remember this? I’d started making a wee lap quilt back in August, but put it aside when I got busy with other projects, and the squares have been sitting in a pile on my desk ever since waiting for inspiration to strike. With all of my Christmas projects out of the way, and wanting something…
etzirah commented the other day that in crafts, “The journey is as important as the destination”. That is so true. In fact, for me, it’s all about the journey – the destination often bores me by the time I actually reach it. Which explains why I have a trunk full of “finished” projects, mostly cross-stitch…
I *almost* got the corners to line up properly! One side is a tiny bit off, but not really enough to be seriously noticeable, so I’m pretty pleased with it. Of course, now that I’ve got that particular obstacle out of the way, I reach the even bigger one: it’s time to quilt it. Dare…
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Nice start. 🙂