I am determined to try out some new interests and really wanted to start with a quilt. Well, the opportunity has come up where I need to make a small quilt/wall hanging and it's great because it's pushing me into actually doing it instead of talking about it. With the help of my sister I have picked out a pattern and the first bits of material that I need. Of course nothing is all that easy as the pattern I have picked has a reasonably large bit of embroidery on it so I guess not only will I be learning how to quilt but relearning how to embroider (not that I ever really knew). I did manage to go to the shop by myself and pick out the embroidery yarns (not that difficult as the pattern tells you which ones to get) and got home all ready to start. Crap, forgot to buy a needle! Did I do that deliberately so that I had a good excuse not to start?
A week later with a few hours to spare and knowing that I have to do this I pull out the material, the yarn and my newly purchased needle. I need to start with blanket stitch. OK, I know what blanket stitch looks like and I know I have done it before.......... ok, time to google. What did we do before we had computers? Third attempt and I am off, this is easy..... so long as you don't care what it looks like! I have now decided that this quilt will have the rustic look, uneven stitches are sooooooo rustic, hehe.
And I'm off, I can do this, at least until I finish the blanket stitch and I have to another stitch............
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