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:: June 10, 2006 Finish What You Have
I'm on board for this Finish What You Have Month. Number one is this deer head embroidery, which has already come a long way since that photo.
Other UFOs: this New Look pattern -- actually one of the first garments I attempted, so the stuff you see above has been in a box for four or five years! I was making the pictured dress and part of the reason I abandoned it is because I knew deep down it would end up looking like a muumuu on me no matter what. So now I think I'll go for the tank top. I may re-think the body fabric though. Then, of course, quilting and finishing the quilt. I may (gasp) diverge from the original on the quilting. Oh! Here is a tip I overheard at this month's AAQG meeting: take a digital picture of your top, print it out, then draw quilting onto the printout to experiment with different designs. Alternatively you can put a photo in a plastic sleeve and draw the quilting with an erasable marker.
The rest of my UFOs are knitting. There is the Fry-Up bag and the Hourglass Sweater. Honestly I think "finishing" here will entail "putting them out of their misery." I was always unsatisfied by how the Fry-Up looked in knitting and wanted to use it as a gateway to crochet, but still haven't gotten the knack or the motivation to get the knack. Well! I had given up on the Hourglass sweater, thinking the size was turning out to be way off and having major dissonace about the color. But I just went to take a picture for this entry and changed my mind again. Sometimes all it takes is some time away. Still, I don't think this will be included in this month's push. posted by in _____-Alongs Sorry, comments are closed for this entry. You can always email me through the address on the right sidebar. |
