It looks impressive and I must say it is but I also must say it was much easier than I thought it would be. It started out as a basic sweatshirt I purchased at Wal-Mart. I then cut it up the middle, took off the ribbing at the neck and waist and split it up the side. I then reshaped the sides and bottom so it wasn't just a boxy top. I attached the bias binding at the neck, front opening and bottom. Then I had all sorts of fun creating the flowers and appliqueing them on. The applique was what I thought would be so difficult, but upon discovering a Teflon applique sheet, all the scary and difficult flew out the window. The Teflon sheet made it very simple to assemble and apply the flowers and then I just had to stitch around all of them. It sounds more difficult than it really is. Yea, it took some time but I was having fun creating it so the time just flew by. When I got to the beach I attached all the buttons. I chose to put snaps on instead of make button holes and risk messing a button hole up. Since I have had my new machine I have not messed up a button hole but I still hold my breath each time I start one because they were always more difficult in the past. I am really happy with the final product.
No comments:
Post a Comment