Sewing away

 I decided to sew the edging on overlapping the row of rings with the hem of the huck. That’s the middle picture in this post. It will take me quite a few hours and my time is mostly taken up with recovery activities and music practice/performance. Hopefully I’ll have a picture of my progress ready for next week’s posts.

Hemmed and ready

Is that like locked and ready???? No! I know it’s not. But, it feels good to get this far!

I have a bit more pinning to do before deciding just how I’m going to sew this on. If I were going to be using this sample a lot, I’d run another batch of sewing along the hem. Just to lock in the separate picks and ends. (Weaving terms for the separate threads of the warp and weft.) But I don’t think I’ll be stressing it that much.

What option should I choose?

 

sewn on to edge

I gathered my courage yesterday and picked up my scissors to trim the huck sample and begin hemming. Before I started snipping, I took the time to fit the edging. I had been laying the tatting on the weaving just to make sure the corner treatment worked. I even consulted an experienced weaver who tats also to ask how I should hem the lace weave. I also took a poll of the family sitting and talking during our Thanksgiving celebration. Here’s the options I inquired about:

Which one do you like?

    

sewn on to hemmed area

sewn on to border

Finished, I think

 

I finally got this motif to the finished point. I think. The original bedspread had several more rounds to each motif. I chose to add just the one. The thread is Olympus metallic. It worked up just as well as the Liz Metallic. Still prefer cotton, but I wanted to experiment. Perhaps that’s why it took me so long to get this far……

Whew! Where did the last 10 days go?

 I’ve gotten good news on the physical front. So good that I’m almost back to work. Still taking it slowly and still at half time. But, that progress has put me back in the “what am I supposed to be doing?” phase. I lost track of posting to this blog. Mostly because I didn’t have anything I could share with a photo. I’ll have photos next week.

In the meantime, I’m still doing the exercises, practicing in short spurts, and slowly increasing the time I spend with shuttle or needle in hand. I’ll get there……..

Can I have an extension?

 That’s what I found myself thinking the other day. I haven’t been able to get back to work as quickly as I wanted to. If it’s one thing I learned so far in life, what I want to do isn’t what my body seems to be able to do. The ole can I, will I, conundrum.

So, I’ll be adjusting my goals and aspirations today.