I was looking around the living room today and realized I would like some new decorative thingies. I like to put them on the end tables and sometimes the coffee table, like a dresser scarf. I have some but they were out for months before Christmas. I want something new. This isn't a bad thing because I make them...there is no spending of money in this! I have TONS of fabric downstairs and I have a hard time buying more until I use some. So I'm using what I have so I can buy more. I just love my logic!
I'm totally loving my sewing room. The lighting is bad but I'm working with what I have. That may need to be addresses sooner rather than later. It took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to do. I had forgotten that I had bought a
Dresden plate template and when I was unpacking & organizing the sewing room I found it. So I decided to use that. I had started one and never finished it cause I couldn't decide on the scraps I wanted to use.
I LOVE scraps. I'm always saving them. Mom laughs at me. Anyway, I wanted it to be a little more uniform that all scraps. I decided to use some left over material that I had of geisha girls and an old pair of jeans. It took me about 2 hours and this is what I ended up with:
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It only took me that long cause I did a blanket stitch around the edge (and Molly needed to go out. She just wanted play..she doesn't enjoy sewing like I do!) I'm still not that great at doing the blanket stitch on curves so I took it slow. It came out great. About half way through sewing it I realized it would have made a great pillow...but it was already to late. Guess that means I need to make some more!
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