Oh, I am so happy! Thanks to the wonderful and friendly advice from Jane in the UK and Susan in Texas, my bookmark is finished and all the ends are tidied up! Thank you, thank you, ladies!I put a little pink ribbon through the middle, but now that I am looking at it -- the ribbon might actually be detracting from the tatting. Shoot! I'm not sure... what do you think?
Today was a massive sewing and laundry day.
The set up: while straightening a bit in DD's room [read: looking for some of MY stuff, as this room used to be my sewing room! lol] I "found" four shoeboxes full of strips, bits, and Shirt Sleeve Squares... sort of a bazillion of these squares. This could be a no-brain and no-cutting sewing day, so I sewed and sewed and sewed until I had a stack of "two-sies".
I thought about it some more while folding a laundry load and decided if I put them into "foursies" [4-patch] I could either use them that way, or sub cut into "wonky" pieces and mix with other bits to make wonky-blocks. "Wonky" really appeals to me today. LOL. I now have a fairly large stack of 4-patches and I will decide their "fate" tomorrow! lol.
Now all of these 'squares' are "sort of the same size" but not exactly the same size. What to do? Sew into 4-patches matching the center seams -- both ends -- as much as possible knowing that later they can be trimmed up. That last was my "process thinking". I'll make them CaveMan style, as Ricky would say. . . but actually I am just being a bit lazy and only want to trim up these blocks ONCE! lol. I'll let you all know how it turns out.
Oh, I am sure the Eagle Eyes among you have spotted the larger-than-normal seam allowance. As this Shirt Sleeve material has a looser weave than the cotton we all know and love, I thought a fat 3/8" [almost a 1/2"] seam allowance would be a good idea. It does like to fray a bit. And. . . if anyone's interested in how I came to be the caretaker of 100's of Shirt Sleeves, I can tell the tale in another post. ; -)
I hope all of you had a wonderful day and were able to spend some of it on the crafts we all love.
Hugs,
Cyn; -)
2 comments:
Glad to find your blog. I always hope you will put the link to it when you post over on some of the Dear Jane lists so I can find you again. I love the tatting. Several years ago a friend gave me a shuttle and directions and I tried it. I love your snowflakes, too.
Cyn, I love your hexagon flakes they are adorable but this bookmark just makes me feel very victorian. LOL I love it, I have always wanted to learn to tat but haven't yet. I already have too many irons on the board.
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