While idly chatting with Dear Hubby tonight, I began to wonder how much a 2.5 inch square costs.
In round numbers, consider a meter of fabric to be 1x1 meters, and a meter of fabric to cost Eur 20, then you get 10000 square centimeters per meter of fabric, or Eur 0.002 per square centimeter.
A 2.5 inch square is roughly 6.35 cm on a side, or about 40 square centimeters per 2.5 inch square, which corresponds to roughly 8 Euro cents per square.
Yes, this is how I spend my evenings sometimes.
Kansas Troubles is a good choice to honor Hilde. Her life
was certainly not trouble-free, but she managed to push through and be
herself no matter what.
Trying to be a film actress, she was severely
impacted by the world war, with several of her films not coming out
until after the war. She performed the first nude scene in a German
film, and nearly lost her career over the scandal.
When David Selznick
gave her an opportunity to appear in Hollywood films, she nearly lost
her contract over the strict controls that the studio demanded to have
over her public persona.
Things began to turn around when she started
singing in the 1960s. Her most famous song is one of my all-time
favorites, "Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen."
In her later life she
battled cancer, ultimately losing to emphysema in 2002.
Kansas Troubles went well again. Oddly enough, I kept the pattern from Amethyst with my Grandmother's Choice fabrics, even though several times I considered throwing it away. Finally I told myself to trust my instinct and keep it, I'll eventually see the need. Und voilá there it is!
The scrappy points were nice, because I could use up my little scraps that I'd been keeping for an opportune moment.
Today I'm referring you to Hildegard von Bingen. Talk about the ability to get stuff done! She really rocked her world with her accomplishments.
Take a look at some of her greatest hits:
Just a touch of glue on the paper held it to the fabric long enough to cut the shape out. Tip: apply the glue to the paper/fabric that will be reused. You can remove and reset the piece several times. I use this stick in my machine embroidery as well.
Then I took some dual-sided iron-on interfacing, a la Steam a Seam and applied thin strips of it to the back of the star on the edges. Iron on, remove paper and iron onto the field, quick and easy.
Then I chose a coordinating yellow embroidery fabric and stitched a double blanket stitch to hold the edges down.
Him-Jo jelly is delicious! (Himbeer-Johannisbeer Marmelade, or raspberry-redcurrant jelly)
I used 3M Post-it glue to hold fabric down right before I sewed it, and it worked very well
When I wanted to sort fabric strips light to dark, I turned OFF the light in the room and sorted them by the ambient light (this was 6 a.m. and rather dark, with a nearby streetlight)
Leaders and Enders works. While I was sewing a stripped rectangle this morning, I also sewed 2 dozen Irish chain squares
My laundry is done, but the mending is piling up.
I'm going to go see what Zweigart has going on at their open house in Sindelfingen today
I'm now all caught up on the BOW!!! Next one will come on Saturday evening. This was also straightforward, although there was another error. These errors may well make me decide to give up on the larger project, and just finish with a wall hanging or table runner. We'll see.
A flower block is a good time to talk about Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist.
She was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her passion and drive brought improvements not only in sustainability, but also women's rights.
This was a tough block, and I am not pleased with the result, so I've called a halt to this one. If and when I finish the BOW, I'll re-evaluate if I want to redo this one or not.
