My girls, of course, do not let me off the Xmas thing entirely (the idea of abandoning the presents has never quite taken off) and then there was also this issue of Quilting Arts Gifts, with some very inspiring things to make... so this is what transpired:
Of course I do realise it's way too late for the so-called "festive season" but that's too bad. Those who have the Gifts issue of Quilting Arts Magazine will recognise it, but I gave it 7 sides instead of 3 or 4 or whatever the article said, and I made it round instead of with straight sides.
I had tremendous fun making this. I used iron-on interfacing as the base and cut fabric into scraps and ironed them to the base fabric, together with bit of lace, braid etc. I am a compulsive hoarder, so I used up lots of my little bits and completely justified my hoarding, which will now intensify even more! Then I free-motion machined all over it to hold everything down. I had a long string of beads left over from making the chandelier, which I decided to drape around it.It's something about using up all the little bits that others throw away that keeps drawing me. I know you can't "make a silk purse out of a sow's ear", but that is not going to stop me trying! I'm learning what "bits" have potential and which don't, but I don't throw even a 5cm bit of thread away anymore. I have lots of little jars and bins everywhere to save them in. Gives me great pleasure. (I didn't ever claim to be sane, did I? If so, let me retract that immediately.)
So now I have this... um... Festive Season OBJECT. It is about half a metre tall. Jessica said it looks like a wedding dress (!) (I love that I always get straight talk from my daughters.) What do I do with it? Pack it away in a box until the 2008 festive season...? I guess so, what a pity. Oh well, next year I will either be pleasantly surprised and impressed, or I will wonder what on earth I was thinking, which will give me great amusement... :)
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Actually, my first thought was that it looked like a wedding dress as well. Don't get me wrong, that's a positive thing. It's really, whatever it is :)
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