Christine Sews

I spent today cutting out and sewing drapes.  The cutting out took ages.  I laid everything out on the floor and crawled around, using a builders tape measure and a laser level to keep everything straight.

I will update with pics .  It was a crazy amount of fabric.

I bought pleather for straps at Joann’s Sunday, having to return because I discovered I had run out of buckram .  And I did not have any plastic canvas.  So that is what you have to look forward to this week:  pleather and plastic canvas. Sounds strange, no?

I would have purchased the pre-made straps if I had seen any that weren’t extremely tacky.  But I didn’t.  So now I can at least attempt to make some that are not tacky. There’s no telling if I’ll be able to pull that off.  But that’s a joy of sewing.  If I hate it; I can take the seam ripper to it and try again.

I did not purchase this interesting green. I got one yard of black, and half of a golden tan color.

I also oogled the Viking Husqvarna sewing machines.   My very basic machine is really taking a beating.  So I should really pass it along to someone who will be more kindly to it.  And get myself a machine with needle down, and a teflon foot.  And will leap tall buildings with a single bound.

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