It’s
Tuesday and I meant to post this last night as one of my tips and tricks posts
but I didn’t get it done. The tip is at the end of this post. Okay now for a
little update on my UFO’s, Www.allpeoplequilt.com
UFO
Challenge for 2016.
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| Samantha Doll with refined hair |
February’s
number was 5. That was a good one for me because I had listed the rag doll I
was making for my granddaughter. I’m happy to say that she has received her
doll. It took a little bit of doing because of the hair. I had crocheted a cap
and then added bangs and a lot of hair to it. Too much hair! So it was back to
the drawing board with suggestions from my daughter to start over again. Well I
didn’t want to take the time to start over so I stewed over it for a bit. I
thought about cutting the cap and reducing the amount of hair at the same time
but you know what happens when you cut into crochet work. It unravels! Hummm
what to do?
Then I
remembered a conversation I had with a quilter at the Houston Quilt Show. She
did knitting and crocheting and then cut them up to include in her quilts. How
did she keep them from unravelling – she fused them with interfacing. Ah hah! I
could do the same. And I did. I’m still not 100% pleased with the hair but it
is better than it was so I’m happy for now. I may make some hats with hair
attached later but for now Samantha can play with her and I can move on to
other works. I’m currently working on three of these dolls for another idea I
had.
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| She Colored Everything Yellow Crazy Quilt |
Oh and back
to the UFO list AllPeopleQuilt pulled number 3 for March. That is my “She
Colored Everything Yellow” crazy quilt. Twelve blocks are sewn and waiting for
the hand embroidery. This is another project that will probably not be finished
in a month but it will be moved forward.
My tip: Don’t
rule out applying ideas from one discipline to another. It worked for me – from
quilting to rag dolls.
Happy
creating!
Rose
