In a previous post I implied the next project would be Betsy's Crow design and make it into a pillow. Would you believe I'm still on my game plan? No detour!
Did yard work yesterday and drew a pattern today to ship tomorrow, so only accomplished a wee bit of hooking on Betsy's Crow. FYI!!!!! see those extra drawn lines at the perimeter? Those were NOT mistakes of Betsy's but rather me thinking of changing the dimensions to fit the pillow form I have here. Uh....nope, changed my mind.
Betsy's design is 12 x 16 and my pillow form is 14 x 14. So decided to keep Betsy's dimensions and I'll use the lesson learned from Betsy in our class a couple Novembers ago. You'll have to follow the blog to see the process.
Also did the preliminary work so my pillow will have the Betsy primitive bound edge. Hmm, haven't read about that? Well dear pals guess you'll have to stay tuned to see how everything unfolds.
Have a great evening and let's all be kind to one another.
Saundra
Only the right side hit and miss on Hannah needs to be hooked, then steamed and bound. As always I will take my time completing the binding and maybe carry it with me to work on as I wait for a doctor appointment or picking up my grandson from school.
I'm glad it is taking me a while to complete this small task because it has enabled me to ponder that Crow pattern of Betsy's waiting in the wings. Good grief, the photo just taken of the linen looks horrid on my screen and hope you all don't feel like you have vertigo when you look at it. When I made the Hearts and Swags piece into a pillow I used Betsy's recommended technique of buying a cheap pillow at Walmart. But, this pillow form has been in my stash forever and the design from Betsy is accommodating.
Anyway, my plans are to make the crow pattern into a pillow. I will put Betsy's crow on one side and I will draw out a Magdalena-style Crow for the other side. When I hooked my last pillow (seen below). This is a photo with a flash, sorry it is so washed out but at least you can pick out all of the Heavens to Betsy wool I used in it.
The back was a wool patchwork. It is only from the back side that you can see the wonderful old looking binding technique we learned from Betsy in our class. That binding gives me a warmness of having to make do and appears that the pillow needed repair so gives a look of age. Well I want to do that binding technique on the new pillow.
So I'm thinking if the back is hooked as well as the front, then the binding technique will be visible from either side equally. Which means eye candy on both sides and not hidden in the back where the thinner exterior is.
Haven't drawn out the other crow yet and haven't started gathering wool yet either. Obviously am hoping to use up some of my worms on the Betsy side and not sure about the other side yet. But the wheels are turning in my head and am thinking about how I'll hook the other side. Stay tuned to see what happens and right now I've no idea myself. Hey, it is all in the journey.
Have a fantabulous evening.
Saundra
Now only the hit and miss ends need to be hooked on Hannah so time is getting near for the 'next one' on my frame. Was thinking about a Maggie Bonanomi design but that would have to be drawn on linen. Drawing isn't a problem with me as I'm used to drawing patterns. It was the visit through the drawers of patterns on backing that put a halt to that idea. Believe it or not I've 29 patterns already on foundation...sad but true. Instead of drawing out something new my plans are to pull a pattern already drawn to reduce my stash.
First in line (as of this minute but I reserve the right to change my mind at any given second) is Betsy's Crow. I love crows and think it would make a great pillow, it is a pattern purchased last November while in a class with her.
After taking inventory of my 'stash' I have typed a list of the pattern names, the designers and size of the patterns. This way it will be easier for me to pick the next one by looking at a piece of paper rather than pulling out ALL of the rug patterns again.
During this process, thus far I've earmarked 5 to list on ebay when I get in the mood to sit in front of the computer for a stretch at a time. This won't be the first time I've reduced my stash on ebay, but it is so easy for one pattern purchase at a time for the numbers to creep up.
