I haven't been stitching at all the past two days. I've been busy sending "stuff" on to new homes. Between my sisters and nieces, I've cleaned up an overstuffed buffet, china cabinet, and at least one cupboard.
I have so many useful and nice things I don't use anymore that I decided to let them go. What I've pulled that they don't want will be donated. I have to say, it feels pretty great, too.
I'm not finished yet either, but I work tonight, so I'll take it easy today, and get back to it tomorrow.
Now, about this picture of my butterfly... I'm sure you must be wondering what the white thing is next to it. I can tell you that when I was in Kentucky with Owen and my classmates, there were a lot of jokes about its appearance!
What you're looking at is actually off-white muslin, sewn into a tapered tube, filled with emery (it can be sand, too), and then sewn closed. This will actually be the body structure for my Monarch.
When I finish stitching up the body "cover", it will actually encase the filled muslin piece. Before I can do that, I'll release my wing parts from the ground fabric so they can be attached and the wires imbedded inside that cover, too.
You can imagine, it's going to be a bit futzy manipulating all those parts. I'm going to see if I can get a short video of that part of my process to share with you when I get to that stage.
I have a little tidying up to do this morning, so I'll close for now. I'll see you tomorrow! Have a great weekend, friends.
It's just so satisfying to pass this accumulation on. I know that all too well.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't think we're ever done. With all the stuff I've unloaded, oops I mean passed on
I haven't thought about any of it.
Enjoy the weekend.
Shirley
I think our quilt guild 'free table' is going to be put to good use when meetings start up in the fall because I really do need to downsize some more 'stuff'. It's hard to part with my stash though because I keep thinking that maybe I'll need it one day.
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