Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Major Surgery Required

 


Repeating a pattern, be it a tatting pattern or a sewing pattern, leads to speed and efficiency, no doubt about it. But there always comes a point in my repetitions when I think I've 'got it' and don't pay enough attention, leading to a ridiculous error of some sort. Here I forgot to turn the pink mouth inwards before joining the two halves of the puppet, so I ended up with a raw edge showing or a dysfunctional crocodile. I'd sewed up the sides very firmly, and towelling is not easy to undo, so I had to cut the seams off, making the body too narrow. Hmmm. I woke in the night with the answer, I suppose my brain had been working on the problem while I was asleep - side gussets. 


I think this will be fine. I try to keep the price of the puppets down by minimising waste, so I didn't want to have to abandon him! 

5 comments:

  1. I think I like him better with the side gussets! Solutions do seem to come at the strangest times!

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  2. You are clearly the Queen of Solutions ❤❤❤❤

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  3. You always do such a great job!! :)

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  4. It's good enough to chew babies' cheeks ❤

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