My
list of things I need to work on is patiently waiting on my studio
desk. I continue to treat myself by finding projects on hand that get
pushed aside when more pressing tasks need attention. I bought this
wool little runner kit a couple of years ago. The canoe, of course,
caught my eye. The wool pieces came with the kit, and, had the pieces
been larger, I would have made the cabin red, with a green roof. I
stitched on the pieces with a hand-stitched blanket stitch over the
course of two evenings. It made me think back on the old days, when my
sewing group did handwork as well as machine work. My friends that are
in an angel sewing guild are pleased. I backed the runner with another
big piece of wool, and did a blanket stitch around the edge. Years
ago, we used computer paper with its perforated edges to keep the
stitches consistent. There probably aren't that many left that would
even know what "computer paper" is! I just went for it...the stitches
are perfectly imperfect. And, I had fun making this little project and
remembering auld lang syne. Jerilynn
I think it's charming!
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