Every day should be nice for the holidays -
No hurry -
Just sewing a column or two or three -
When I get the chance - ;))
Four are done so far -
With another two under the needle -
And - as long as I'm not in "cutting" mode -
It doesn't take much brain power -
And is very relaxing -
Especially at this time of the year -
With so much going on -
Since it's not a race anyway -
I'll take it nice and easy -
While I take time out to do other stuff -
It will all get done -
Sooner or later - LOL - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
First - my "puzzle" friend and I put this puzzle together last week -
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving -
A "Patchwork" quilt - so fun! - ;))
Sorry for the blurry photo - but it was a "Luxe" - 500 piece -
Then - over the weekend -
I played with cutting some of the strips for the Imperial Bargello -
The pattern is symmetrical - and - because I'm LEFT-handed - and cut from the RIGHT end of strips and panels - and NOT the LEFT - as the instructions state -
I had to come up with my own little plan -
I started with the RIGHT panel - and in the center of the pattern - then cut my strips in order all the way out to the outer edge - reading the pattern from LEFT to RIGHT - but cutting the strips BACKWARDS - from RIGHT to LEFT -
Then I "reversed" the order when I laid out the strips from LEFT to RIGHT - with the help of my little chart - reading from the center to the RIGHT of the diagram - and shifting the strips UP and DOWN as needed to make the design work -
This may sound confusing and not make much sense to those of you who are RIGHT-handed and can cut anything according to the instructions as written - but being LEFT-handed - I often need to compensate in one way or another - and this is just one of them. The "instructions" are usually pretty clear - it's the "directions" that mess me up at times - LOL - ;))
It looks like it's working nicely - so far -
But I haven't started to cut the LEFT panel yet -
So I don't know for sure what I need to do to get THAT one to come out correctly -
I should be able to lay it out like I did the RIGHT panel -
And then just go around to the other side of the kitchen island -
To cut it UPSIDE-DOWN and BACKWARDS -
Starting again in the center of the pattern - then cutting my strips in order all the way out to the outer edge - reading the pattern UPSIDE-DOWN from LEFT to RIGHT - and cutting the strips BACKWARDS - from RIGHT to LEFT -
But we'll have to wait to see if that will actually work -
Like it does in my head - LOL - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
