BLOG 527

 

Blog 527

 

An extra gift was needed at the eleventh hour and it needed to be made rapidly! It was for my hair dresser who I value highly. I am not a vain person, more of the practical variety, and anything for a quiet life suits me just fine! But I do appreciate the skills of someone who can tame my exceedingly fine hair. I always wear it short for the least effort and she always manages to sculpt it into some sort of style. I admire her skills and I wish there was a comb just like her fingers which just rake through my hair and make it look wonderful!! I usually make something for her each year because she is interested in crafts and this time I decided to make a cover for a notebook.

 

Notebook

 

I chose a fabric, cut it larger than I needed and then placed it onto a strip of wadding. I did some motorway driving on my sewing machine (flat out and foot down) to make undulating lines of stitch which reflected the colours in the fabric. I am sure it is good for my machine to make it sew like this and afterwards I will treat it to a good oiling!! When I won this machine in competition, I made a book of the stitches and this proved very useful for this exercise.

 

Fabric

 

Threads

 

Stitch

 

Book of stitches

 

Once I was happy with the stitched cover, I added a lining strip in two parts with RS together. This left me with somewhere to turn through which wouldn’t be visible. I trimmed the seam and cut across the corners before turning it through to the RS.

 

Lining strip 1

 

Lining strip 2

 

RS out

 

Decorated front

 

Once this was pressed and the flaps were sewn, it looked great! And at this stage I forgot to take a picture of it. I wrapped it up and gave it to the recipient so there was no ‘after’ picture so I set about making a second one for a birthday present and it is this you see as a completed item.

 

Another book cover

 

As this is my last blog before Xmas, all that remains is for me to wish you all a peaceful and healthy time. In Wales, we only have Christmas Day free from severe lockdown measures. But rather than dwelling on the negatives of this situation, I shall be positive and make the most of what I have and appreciate who I am with. The pressures are off and life is tolerably and enjoyably simple.

 

Patchwork tree