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Date Started | November 25, 2009 |
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Date Finished | November 25, 2009 |
Trying to find another Burda article online, I stumbled on to her recent proclamatio= n that it is now all about "Bold Cutouts!" If there is one thing = that Burda teaches you, it's not to argue. Things will be far more efficien= t and pleasant if you just do what the German sewing Frau tells you to do. = Stitchin' macht frie!
I decided that a Bold Cutout table cloth would be a good project for the= scraps from my Sleepy Owl = Tee. I cut up the largest pieces into strips and assembled them into a = long cloth. I folded back all the edges, ironed them flat and sewed them do= wn, so I have top stitching running around all my seams. My edges were fini= shed with handkerchief rolls.
Then I borrowed some quilters shapes and cut out diamonds into the cloth= . I cut larger diamonds (about 5/8 inch allowance) of my accent fabric. The= n I slipped my table cloth over and fused these to the back of the cloth so= their right sides would be showing through the holes.
Now to sew! I liked the way the variegated thread showed on my Sleepy Owl Tee, so I picked two = threads that would go with the accent fabric and planned to satin stitch th= em. This is where I learned that Bold Cutouts on the bias like to stretch a= nd pucker. After a couple bad sides, I figure out to run a straight stitch = around the edge to stabilised them. The difference is night and day. Next t= ime I see any instructions for basting or stabilising stitch, I am not goin= g to poo-them away. Listen to the Sewing Frau, or she brings ze punish!
So I straight stitched all the edges and then went over them with a sati= n stitch which covered the straight stitch. No I can wake up in my PJs, and= camouflage by the table...now Monday morning can't find me.