Good Afternoon, my friends. Despite my promises to myself to blog more often, I keep getting distractions. II only hope that I still have some friends out there in Blogland. I have only gone missing temporarily.
I dont know if anyone remembers the butterfly cushion I was working on eons ago, but I finally made it into a cushion cover...
At long last the pages for my fabric book are being stitched together. I finished all the individual pages and stitched them back to back. Now I feel I am on the home run. I thought if I did one page a day it would not take me long to get them together, but there have been other distractions. I was going to stitch the pages together with herringbone stitch but my shaky hands will not allow me to slide the needle along the inside of the seam so I resorted to an easier way, which although not as tidy will work ok and will be covered up when the front cover goes on. I have started by attaching the pages to the back cover which is made from the purple/blue fabric, and this is continued to cover the spine.
 |
| sewing the pages together |
|
 |
| this is the pile of pages ready to stitch together |
In 2013I started on a band sampler for something to do. Nothing as efficient or wonderful as Sharon's, but just random stitching to keep my hand in to remembering the stitches. I have joined the new Tast challenge for this year, and this sampler will be perfect to add the new stitches to. Here are some photos of what I had done so far.
 |
| I have even taught myself to do a reasonable long and short stitch |
While I was at Nanango I had a lovely coffee, chat and stitching morning with my friend and neighbour Julie. She is working on a white on white schwalm cushion cover and this is when I started sewing the pages together. I get more done when I have company.
Till next time enjoy your day wherever you are.
At long last the pages for my fabric book are being stitched together. I finished all the individual pages and stitched them back to back. Now I feel I am on the home run. I thought if I did one page a day it would not take me long to get them together, but there have been other distractions. I was going to stitch the pages together with herringbone stitch but my shaky hands will not allow me to slide the needle along the inside of the seam so I resorted to an easier way, which although not as tidy will work ok and will be covered up when the front cover goes on. I have started by attaching the pages to the back cover which is made from the purple/blue fabric, and this is continued to cover the spine.
While I was at Nanango I had a lovely coffee, chat and stitching morning with my friend and neighbour Julie. She is working on a white on white schwalm cushion cover and this is when I started sewing the pages together. I get more done when I have company.
