My face must have been a treat when I got the pouch almost finished and realised I had the zip pull on the inside of the pouch. After verbally lambasting myself, I got out the seam ripper and made it good. The verbal lambast was a good one though.
Now I have a finished pouch that is useable.
Useable is good.
I fussy cut a bunch of 1.5" squares for the strip down each side, so that they finished at 1" each. To add a bit of interest I stitched in the ditch with 12w aurifil, and added a couple more lines of stitching on the cream and purple Essex linens. Used.
It's not as quick a finish as I would have liked due to the numpty factor, but it is a finish and I can show you, and Helen can stop asking me for a birthday present for her friend. Job done!
Susan
Join the numpty club! we've all done that but most of us aren't brave enough to post about it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely finish, and I understand the frustration factor well. Lucky birthday recipient!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Brenda.......been there, done that .....and will no doubt do it again....and again.....
ReplyDelete"Numpty factor" - you got me laughing with that, Susan. Seriously, how can one sew without having that factor? ;o)
ReplyDeleteBu**er! Glad you could rescue it - it's brilliant!
ReplyDeletelove you, you tit!
ReplyDeletewe all have done it xxx
ReplyDeletehow frustrating but looks like you fixed it just fine. I had to read the post to figure out what was wrong with it ...
ReplyDeleteWell done for getting a grip, unpicking and doing it right! Too often my mistakes get flung against a wall and left to gather dust in a dark corner!
ReplyDeleteLovely pouch, but you shouldn't tell the world about the bloopers! If you kept shutm no one would have known :0
ReplyDeleteIt would have been a good sleeping bag for a small creature. He/she could zip-up from the inside.
ReplyDeleteIlaughed twice on this one once on Instagram and now reading this blog post
ReplyDeleteMwahahahahaaaa. Love Andrew's reply.
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