I love laying out the fabrics and swapping them around to find the perfect combination. Unfortunately, it just wasn't happening. I love my plaids, I mean really love them. They are my favourite fabrics bar none, but I just could not make them sing for me. Back to my stash I went to rethink my plan of action. I found a lone charm pack of 'Adoring' by Sandy Gervais looking very folorn on the shelf, and thought the blues and aquas might give me the touch of iciness I was hoping for.
I made so many mistakes while making this. I guess that's what happens when you leap straight into things before planning them properly. Lesson well and truly learnt! I forgot to reverse my applique, which didn't matter a great deal, except I did particularly want his hat dangling to the left. I was using the charm pack to make half square triangles, and I wasn't thinking about what size they would be. I made four at a time using this method, which I thought would give me the least wastage. I hadn't considered the bias edges, and they were a pain to deal with. I'd starch them if I were to do this again. I started sewing them together, and then realised that I didn't like the size, so had to cut them all down! Finally, I sewed them together wrongly. I couldn't be bothered to unpick at this stage, so I just had to make do! Here is what I did.
He looks a bit sad with no eyes, but they are going to be buttons, so have to wait til last. I have almost finished the quilting today, so hopefully tomorrow I will have a finish to show.
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