Heroic crafty deed today

[wiseheart]

Originally, I had planned to sew on the bells to the Wichtelmützen. Instead, I dug out the fabric for the textile book and made the heroic attempt to cut out the pieces for the cover. It took me more than an hour and included lots of crawling around on the floor on all fours (no other surface in the flat was large enough) and getting a very sharp pin into one finger. Which required desinfection and then some band-aid that would keep the bright yellow desinfectant from getting onto the pink, white and purple fabric. Fun, fun, fun! (NOT!)

But the deed is done now, the pieces are pinned together, and I think I've figured out a design that actually might work. Whether it truly does will show when I start on the sewing. I wish I could do it with Louise the Younger (= mini sewing machine), but no chance to produce a straight line; these electronic machines are simply too fast for me. So it will be hand sewing, which means the sewing lines will be slightly crooked, but (hopefully) less so than they would be if I let Louise loose on the fabric.

Still, I can't help admiring elwenlj, who does this thing voluntarily and all the time. This relatively small piece is scaring the living daylight out of me; I can't imagine making entire outfits by hand!

Not much else got done today. I peeled and pre-cooked the asparagus in the morning; tomorrow they'll be another improvised dish, with asparagus, fried breadcrumbs and tuna - let's hope it will be edible. I also peeled the potatoes for Mum, who volunteered to make the potato goulash. In our house, she makes the time-honoured family recipes and I make the experiments. That way, we have fun with new things but can eat sensible food from time to time, too. *g*

Later on, my friend Evie called, and we were gossiping for almost an hour. Now, that was fun indeed!

Comments

[meathiel]

How big will that fabric book be???

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

66cm by 17 cm when open. It has 3 pages, so that is 21cm by 17cm when folded.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Lol. I've just ordered some more fabric, so there is much hand sewing in my future. I really must get that sewing machine fixed one day. I, too, have trouble sewing a straight line, but garments are big enough that any slightly wobbly seams are not as noticeable.

[artemis10002000]

Oh man, I feel you on this. I'm bad with hand sewing and my finger joints hate me for it, but sewing with the machine isn't actually any better with small fiddly pieces.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I also have problems with doing straight lines when sewing. My maternal grandmother and my paternal grandfather would have fits- they both had a dressmaker´s workshop.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You are still my hero for making entire garments by hand.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I never had this problem with Grandma's old sewing machine. Firstly, it was as slow as I wanted (which was very slow, but that worked for me just fine) and secondly, it had a large horizontal surface on which to spread out the fabric. Today's sewing machines don't have that. The fabric hangs down on both sides of the needle — how on Earth am I supposed to produce a straight line under such circumstances?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

This particular piece isn't that small, but that's part of the problem, since Louise is a 20cm by 20cm baby.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I envy you your industriousness (if there is such a word) Just thinking of all that sewing tires me out.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The small things that can be made in front of the telly aren't that bad. This one, though, fills my heart with dread. *g*