Have you ever had a friend you can not live without? I do. His name is Harry. We have a love hate relationship. I HATE when I have to rely on him, but I LOVE that he is there when I need him.
Meet “Harry”…or otherwise known as seam ripper.
He has been my partner over the last few weeks. I feel like this may just be the beginning of our relationship. He GETS me…
This week I have decided to try to sew envelope pillows. Seems easy enough. The first pillow I did WAS easy. I sewed some scraps together (Halloween themed) and boom, done. Harry didn’t even have to come and save me!
I then thought I should up my skill set by trying to appliqué on a pumpkin. How hard can that be? Well, since I have never done appliqué before there were a few details that I missed. Like STABILIZER. If you do not add stabilizer, your fabric puckers.
I also choose not to listen to Darren (my husband, who works on sewing machines for MANY, MANY hours a day). I mean, REALLY, what does he know…Nothing. I don’t want to take ANY of his advice. Ever. When he told me to not “push” the fabric through, I decided to ignore him and push the fabric through because I am in a hurry! The result was this…
Uneven lines…Not to mention, I may have also “played around” with the tension. If anyone asks, I will say to them I was intentionally going for a Frankenstein theme.
I only had cut away stabilizer for my pumpkin. I can tell you that when cutting away the stabilizer you should ONLY cut the stabilizer, and not the threads. Next time I will use TEAR away stabilizer.
Lastly, you should take into account the puffiness of your pillow. I did not, and this is what happened…a wide open backside. In true Andrea fashion, I think, “Well, it’s the BACKSIDE, no-one will notice. I do not need to ask Harry to come bail me out! I left the gaping hole and called it a day!
Next week….More fun with Halloween projects! Fun might NOT be how I felt about them at the time, but now I feel as though I learned something. AND that is fun, right??!!
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Cheers!
;
Andrea
He has been my partner over the last few weeks. I feel like this may just be the beginning of our relationship. He GETS me…
This week I have decided to try to sew envelope pillows. Seems easy enough. The first pillow I did WAS easy. I sewed some scraps together (Halloween themed) and boom, done. Harry didn’t even have to come and save me!
I then thought I should up my skill set by trying to appliqué on a pumpkin. How hard can that be? Well, since I have never done appliqué before there were a few details that I missed. Like STABILIZER. If you do not add stabilizer, your fabric puckers.
I also choose not to listen to Darren (my husband, who works on sewing machines for MANY, MANY hours a day). I mean, REALLY, what does he know…Nothing. I don’t want to take ANY of his advice. Ever. When he told me to not “push” the fabric through, I decided to ignore him and push the fabric through because I am in a hurry! The result was this…
Uneven lines…Not to mention, I may have also “played around” with the tension. If anyone asks, I will say to them I was intentionally going for a Frankenstein theme.
I only had cut away stabilizer for my pumpkin. I can tell you that when cutting away the stabilizer you should ONLY cut the stabilizer, and not the threads. Next time I will use TEAR away stabilizer.
Lastly, you should take into account the puffiness of your pillow. I did not, and this is what happened…a wide open backside. In true Andrea fashion, I think, “Well, it’s the BACKSIDE, no-one will notice. I do not need to ask Harry to come bail me out! I left the gaping hole and called it a day!
Next week….More fun with Halloween projects! Fun might NOT be how I felt about them at the time, but now I feel as though I learned something. AND that is fun, right??!!
Remember, if you like these posts you can subscribe to the BLOG NEWSLETTER by clicking here.
Cheers!
;
Andrea 
