...about how to sew the Santas together properly and have them come out nicely. My friend Galdra from Magical Quilts and More suggested I stitch the backstitching around the Santa like I'm making a biscornu.
So I did! That was fun. I cut off the excess corners and stitched the other side so I could have two sided ornaments. It was easy to whip stitch them together too. A quick stuff later and we have this:
Side one and side two. I tried really hard to get that stuffing in the bottom tip but it wasn't having it as well as I'd have liked. Time to make cording! I love making cording. I'll make it all day long.
Not too shabby if you ask me and now I can power on with the ornaments and package them up ready to send! I'll share that tomorrow.
I missed the last few days of blog posting because I was working. Seven days in a row is not a good plan when most of those shifts are 9 to 11 hours at a time. Next three days off so expect some good stuff!
I hope you are all having a lovely day and get some stitching in.
Until next time......KEEP ON STITCHIN'!
Great finish Carla.
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Thank you Linda! They turned out so cute!
DeleteIt looks fantastic! I'm so glad the suggestion helped <3
ReplyDeleteIt really did, THANK YOU!
DeleteOh I love that idea! I swear I love doing the biscornu pillow method. Just so easy to do. That's how all my square little monthly pillows were done. You can use a chop stick with a blunt end to get to the very edge corners. Just be careful not to push too hard.
ReplyDeleteI used chop sticks and the blunt end of a crochet hook, but then got the paper crease thing and that works even better :D
DeleteMagical is a master of ornament finishing so I'm not surprised her suggestions worked out - and you executed them so well!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny that I had not considered this option myself but like I say later, I was done with the ornaments at this point haha!
DeleteWOW!!! These are fantastic! Love how you've finished them! She really has great ideas :)
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