Okay. I'm up.Three days in a row I've been awake for more than about 40 minutes at a time. Behold!, the power of homemade chicken soup and garlic.
And so I got going on the cards for a postcard swap I joined via postmark'd art [http://www.postmarkdart.com/]. I first thought about doing some kind of leaf study, then I thought about doing something for a moonbow idea I've been harboring for a while. I did a moonbow sketch and pulled fabrics, but... no... that won't do. Then I remembered I had some quilt blocks that weren't going together in quite the way I'd hoped and that were about the right size. Where... where... ah! in the downstairs room that has become an attic. Whilst cleaning -- yes, I'm awake enough to tackle a small portion of the ongoing excavations -- I came across yards-and-yards of something I'd bought while in thrall to Stack-and-Whack. Yes! These go together and the flowers are the right size for a medallion. Off I go.
Today I discovered a heretofore unsuspected superpower -- I can (almost) melt Mistyfuse with my bare hands. I'm not sure this is useful, but I will try to use my power for Good.Forging on... Misty-fused the medallions to the blocks, Fast-2-Fused the blocks and backing together, and discovered yet another reason to hate math. F-2-F is 28 inches wide. You'd think that meant you could get seven 4-inch pieces across the width. You'd be wrong, you get almost 7. I understand the bit about cutting lumber where you have to account for the thickness of the saw blade when you measure, but come on... how thick is a rotary blade? Thick enough, I guess.
Now I just need to unearth the sewing machine... I know I brought it back from the April retreat, it's got to be here somewhere... find some thread that goes-with, and Finish. It's good to be back.
Oh, addendum to the postcard exchange lore posted previously: Make one for yourself so you have a complete set.
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You get *almost* seven cards because f2f is *almost* 28" wide. One selvedge end is usually very thin and peters out just before the 28 inch mark. I would have warned you if I had remembered.
FYI: A rotary cut has no kerf (the amount displaced by a saw blade when cutting wood). How do I know this? I tested it out - thanks to my middle school science teacher who instilled the "let's find out" credo in me.
I did put a ruler down on it to "find out" before I started -- which came up as 28 inches. Hence my confusion. I do tend to be skeptical...
huh? no don't even attempt the math on me... this is why i never measure except to see what the finished size is. the postcards are very sweet, will there be hand embroidery?
Sooo...who'd have thunk I love these florals? Yes, I do.
Make sure you keep posting photos of the finished pieces. Natalya's idea of embroidery thrills me but, no doubt, you have your own vision.
And forget the math....I subscribe more to the 'looks about right to me' school of physics.
I want them to be finished by the mail-by date (end of August) so I don't think I'll try any handwork. There's a cool 'how to sew a circle' tip on fibre and stitch that I want to try, so I think I'll do that.
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