Remember the Arabesque? Well, I just knew I wasn’t going to leave it the way it was. Not after I spent so much time on it. I just couldn’t face unpicking it straight away though so I let it lie awhile. Anyway, on Thursday I took it to sit and sew and sat and un-sewed.
It took me a good two and a half hours to unpick that binding. Then I pinned it carefully and added some more quilting around the outer arabesque and then quilted a 1/4″ or so in from the sewing the line.
I have undone the binding where I attached the two bits incorrectly and now I just need to cut some of the fabric to see if I can get a match then I will be ready to re-bind. I’m not sure if I’ll do it by machine or hand. I guess it will depend on how I feel on the day. Wish me luck!
I am continually amazed by your prodigious output!!
You have great stamina to continue to work and improve on the same piece. I though it was great the first time but I’m not very artistic. I guess the builder is the one never satisfied.
It will be lovely when it’s done (it was lovely anyway), but it will be lovely AND you’ll be happier with the result.