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Picture post!
Mar. 25th, 2007 08:25 pmI have promised pictures of a thousand different things lately, so here is an attempt to get myself back on track. This is about as far into the backlog as I'm going to go, which is okay because I am worrying about it far more than you are anyway. Everything past the first thing is going under a cut--click for crib, dresser (before and after) and bedroom/bathroom renovation pictures.
Because I am somewhat insane, I sewed three dozen two-sided flannel cloth wipes. One dozen is backed with terry, for those jobs that need a bit more power. Most of them have different patterns on the front and back. It doesn't take long to make one cloth wipe like this. However, it takes for-freaking-ever to make three dozen of them. I am (very) roughly estimating that I have approximately a quarter's worth of fabric invested in each one on average, but there was a significant time factor involved. I did it because it was a hell of a lot of fun, and I smile when I look at them, and if something is going to make me smile while I am wiping up poo--I am all for that. In one of the last dozen I made, I accidentally put the wrong sides together, and one of the pattern sides was facing inside--I didn't even notice it until I was ironing prior to top-stitching. This prompted the following conversation:
K: I am such a dork. *showing mistake on remaining wipe*
M: I think it'll be okay.
K: No, I'll just rip the seam out and start over.
M: It's a shit rag, baby.
K: It's a shit rag FOR DUCKY.
We are freaking hopeless. Anyway, I'm very proud of these, simple and silly though they might be. If nothing else, I managed to make myself slog through the last dozen even though I was bored with it already.
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Because I am somewhat insane, I sewed three dozen two-sided flannel cloth wipes. One dozen is backed with terry, for those jobs that need a bit more power. Most of them have different patterns on the front and back. It doesn't take long to make one cloth wipe like this. However, it takes for-freaking-ever to make three dozen of them. I am (very) roughly estimating that I have approximately a quarter's worth of fabric invested in each one on average, but there was a significant time factor involved. I did it because it was a hell of a lot of fun, and I smile when I look at them, and if something is going to make me smile while I am wiping up poo--I am all for that. In one of the last dozen I made, I accidentally put the wrong sides together, and one of the pattern sides was facing inside--I didn't even notice it until I was ironing prior to top-stitching. This prompted the following conversation:
K: I am such a dork. *showing mistake on remaining wipe*
M: I think it'll be okay.
K: No, I'll just rip the seam out and start over.
M: It's a shit rag, baby.
K: It's a shit rag FOR DUCKY.
We are freaking hopeless. Anyway, I'm very proud of these, simple and silly though they might be. If nothing else, I managed to make myself slog through the last dozen even though I was bored with it already.
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