Sunday, January 3, 2010

I'm On The Edge

Well, not exactly on the edge, but too close to it.

I ended up starting my project that I had decided not to start after all on New Year's Night. Last night, I had time to sit and stitch on it for 3 hours. And at the end of that time, I realized that the left hand side is only about an inch and a half away from the edge of the fabric. I always leave 3 inches all the way around, so I'm not sure how this happened. I got frustrated and went to bed.

After thinking about it and looking at it a few times today, I think I'm going to start it over on a darker fabric this time. I could spend time pulling the stitches out and saving the entire piece of fabric that it's on now, but since it is on 28 ct and I use a #24 needle, it may not look very good if I do that. I'm just going to cut off the messed up part and use the rest of the fabric for something else. But it's getting late to be starting anything new tonight, so I will wait until tomorrow to tackle it.

The piece is called Raise A Glass Of Cheer by Blackbird Designs. I love it! I hope that 2010 will be a better year for me than the last 3-4 have been, so I'm doing this one in anticipation of that...

4 comments:

mumzy said...

Taking things out is not one of my favorite things, so understand your frustrations. Will look forward to seeing a picture of the finished product. Positive thinking on having a better year this year should bring one for you. Good luck for the coming year and hope it is a very good one!

Pumpkin said...

Oh crud! Throw that stupid frog to the curb >:o( You could keep it and just sew on extra fabric for stretching but it depends how much allowance you want around the piece. I hope you didn't get too much done. Good luck starting again!

Pam said...

I did that with the project that I am working on. I was thinking in my head that I needed to leave three inches on each side, but then I cut the fabric I only left three inches total, instead of six. By the time I realized it I had done too much to rip it out, so I am going to make a wall hanging out of it. Would that be an option? I would hate to think that you have to toss what have done already. Good luck with the project, whatever you do.

rusluvsme said...

Where are you Suzanne? How is the project going now? I hope better!

Amanda