Before we get down to the nitty stitchy, last week I shared the link to the Woven Star tutorial with you, I had meant to tell you a few things that made my life easier when making them. So, here you are:
- Starch your fabric before cutting – it gives the star a crisper (literally) finish, and helps keep the initial folds in place.
- Cut a 13” x 3.5” strip, rather than 12” – it just gives you a bit more to pull through and eventually cut off
- Use a pair of Easy Grip Pliers – they call them hemostats in the tutorial, and they are ESSENTIAL, as you cannot pull the fabric through the weave with just your fingers.
I can see these becoming a favourite at the shop all year round.
Now, onto the nitty stitchy…
We managed to get Molly into the church on Friday evening to see the Christmas Tree Festival all lit up and sparkling. Think she was more interested in the sniffs to be had, but I had to carry her around just in case she desecrated holy ground!
It was so lovely to have it back in the church after a two-year absence (damn you Covid!). Fi and I took our ‘tree’ down this morning – it’s now set up in the shop, minus the twinkly lights.
Sunday saw Mum and I judge the children’s craft classes at the South Molton Fatstock Show which was back again post-pandemic. There were three stand out entries, the upside-down wellie boot reindeer, the Lego Santa, and a moving handwritten poem.
I’ve been concentrating on getting row five of my Galaxy quilt together and attached to the Mother quilt this past week, and getting the bits ready for the last row. Here’s how it’s looking:
We’re doing Christmas for the last month of Focus Cutting Sewalong (yay!), and I’ve done the first two blocks of the theme. They’re not overly Christmassy as I don’t really want six festive themed blocks at the end of my quilt. So, I’ve gone for winter themed fabrics.
The FCSAL Mother quilt is gradually getting there as well…
I don’t know whether you’ve noticed how nippy it’s gotten of late…the first few days of December have gone into the blues for my Temperature Quilt for 2022…
For those of you wishing to join in with my Kaleidoscope SAL in 2023, I am frantically working on the ‘paperwork’ and web pages. I’m hoping for it all to be live next week.