Category: Stitchcraft

The undercut wadding helped a lot on the side seams, but the fin join was so. much. bulk. One needle break and at least four

B-side quilted. Still undecided on the zipper, but leaning towards French seams. Had solids left from the jelly roll, but nothing patterned. Pulled apart the

Side two basted and fused. Ended up piecing together muslin scraps into an extra back, which makes a decent pattern for the wadding. Need to

Debating cutting another piece of muslin backing to use for side two layout. Side one had both backs available, so the layout on one could

Been a while since I went full floor troll. Can’t start the layout without knowing there are enough scales or the patterns will end up

Clocking a lot of time with the thread snips on this one. Test run was workable; chain stiched in opposition to prevent bowing. Definitely streamlined

Finally clear to start a new project; feels like forever. Plenty of lessons learned on the prototype to streamline this process. I hope. I could

The closer the move gets, the faster time slips through my fingers. Living with indecision bites. Magnets are pretty nifty though.

My back hurts. Either my craptastic posture has caught up to my hand-quilting, or the table is too tall. My feet are never flat on

Used too much glue in the early hexies, made them a bit harder to remove than anticipated. A few left paper layers behind – nothing

I feel like sewing, but not thinking. Good night to improv a few more scrap blocks for the Basketcase afterquilt. Ordered batting for CJ’s t-shirt

20″ 4.5 double pull zipper achieved. The color is gorgeous. I didn’t notice the house of mouse tabs until after the order went through, but