Practice
May 9, 2008 by jowynn
When I finished the gold purl S yesterday, here’s how much of that thread I had left. I have lots of other gold threads, but not that one.
I had to eke out the last inch of the S with damaged purl because that’s all I had left and it was barely enough. It was damaged because I unstitched the bottom of the S twice.
This work was beyond my skill level. It looks okay at a distance, but up close, it will not pass muster. It definitely will not do in a photograph. I think I will have to consider this my practice cloth.
I’m thinking, should I take out this patch and replace it? Or should I start from scratch and piece a second block? If I decide to do that, I will have to order some more 12 inch stretcher bars for another frame.
And of course I will need to order more gold purl.
Do I have the heart to start over? We’ll see.
Even if it doesn’t meet your standards, it’s very beautiful. Maybe stitching the flowers will glam it up a bit.