Saturday, April 2, 2016

Finish It Up Stuff

A WONDERFUL idea hosted by Stacey over at Crossed Stitches.  You can join up any time you just want to Finish It Up!




I haven't technically "finished" anything on the list, but have made progress.  I  can show you some progress, but have to do so carefully as it is a gift.  From the get go I have wanted to finish this piece ROUND.  I didn't know how to do that so I found a blog, a wonderfully funny and informative blog called Cut to Pieces that had a lovely tutorial on just how to do what I wanted.



Aided by Magical, I set to work.  After some sweaty, stressful moments of fear and serious worry, I began measuring. While digging in my drawer for a smaller ruler, I came across this handy thing.  This reminded me I had purchased this specialized ruler for this very project.


I made the first round cuts and the main piece came out perfectly.  The folded fabric you see up there was not as cooperative, so when I did the stabilizing stitch the fabric had stretched just a little.  I didn't know that until the pinning began.

When I am able to show the entire finished piece you will then understand why the stretched fabric is bad.  I WILL tell you the reason I didn't just chuck it aside and try again is because this most perfect fabric every found for this particular project is old and there is no way I can find another piece.  It isn't a big piece.  I had to be careful.  If I had a yard of it, or two yards, it would not have been a problem for me to toss the one bad piece and try again.  This is why I have to accept the bunchy part and move on.  You can see the part in question at the bottom, right of the right hand picture...it's glaringly obvious.  Now it's bugging me again.  The other piece I have is the right size.....hmmmmm, I am thinking.....

I did cross the Welcome Sign off the list which was easy to do...just highlight the word welcome and click on the strike through up there next to the U...kidding...it really didn't take any time at all to finish and made for a fun post for the Easter Blog Hop.  

Also, I have made a tiny bit of progress on putting pictures back in here....I am up to October 10, 2012.  Progress is being made slowly but surely!

That is about it for the Finish it UP for now.  I just love the fact that I can look at my list and cross things off.  It's working!

Until next time.....Keep on Stitchin'!


8 comments:

  1. Intriguing! I'm very curious about the finished piece now.

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    1. Well, I did take it apart and will try one more time since I did find that one perfect sized piece of fabric :D

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  2. Hmm I'm curious now I bet it will be great though!

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  3. Ooh, I love suprise projects! From what I can make out, the colours and fabric look perfect, so I hope you can somehow work around that stubborn fabric and make it work :)

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    1. I did take it apart and will re-do the outside square...I just have to work up the courage to try again :D

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  4. Yes, I am curious too! I love that you added Welcome to your side bar, it looks like the perfect greeting. But your header has gone AWOL!

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    1. I had no idea the header was gone until I was video chatting with a friend and discussing how the blog worked and wanted her to see it...then I see that darned exclamation point again and flipped out! All fixed now, but dang it, that has to stop! and I LOVED your idea of putting the Welcome right there...it's so WELCOME ha ha!

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