When I left you on Sunday, I was well on my way with creating the uniform.
When I started the next morning, it was time to attach some of the 3-D pieces, starting with the lapels. This was a bit fraught with anxiety as I kept forgetting exactly WHAT had to be in place before I sewed, meaning that there was quite a bit of un-sewing going on….ARGH!!!!
But at last, the lapels, pockets, pocket flaps, and sleeves were all attached together…..
I decided that the background behind the uniform would be light grey, so added those two pieces as well……
One of the most stressful things about the Cherrywood Challenge is that they MUST be 20-inches square!! Now I had to decided exactly how wide the uniform would be and then trim it to a square…..
Next it was time to talk borders! I felt that the grey would be perfect and quickly sewed three sides on, pinning the top…..
….but it was just BORING and BLAND.
Not a combination that you ever want to have!!
I was fairly sure that I would have to remove the borders that I had already sewn, but before I did that, I put the piece on my design wall and spent some time just looking at it while I sipped my cup of tea……
I decided that I really like the grey, but there was just too much of it. What would happen if I added a strip of color in the middle of the border…. maybe something a similar color to the Good Conduct Medal……
OKAY….I am starting to like it better!
But first I had to decide what I was going to do with the top border.
I spent time at my computer, auditioning different sizes and types of fonts and came up with one that I liked…..
I pulled out my bag of “Wonder Under Bits” (you do have one of those don’t you?)….
….and prepared the letters for fusing…..
But, what was I going to fuse them to??
There were two red fabrics that I was interested in, so I cut three 2×3″ squares out of each fabric and auditioned them…..
It was DEFINITELY the darker red on the right!!
Before I could officially fuse them, I needed to sew all of the borders in place.
You may notice in the above photo, I have fixed the red inset border to go all the way to the top.
After making copious measurements, I came to the conclusion that the horizontal area needed to be a bit smaller. Instead of ripping off all of those borders (thankfully I had made them WAY too wide), I close to make another seam 1/4-inch inside the first one…..
….and trimming off the excess…..
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Come back tomorrow for the harrowing journey of adding borders so that the quilt is EXACTLY 20-inches!!!
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