The Rain
The rain has been coming and going in between a few sun beams. KNUJ radio thought it would amount to 1.5 inches in total accumulation.
The rain has stalled the garage work. It might also be that the service door has not yet come in to the Truman Lumberyard. One or the other . . . or both.
Today needed proof. That proof was that each of the two sewn tee-shirt quilt blocks had finished out in close proximity of one to the other. Measure once, measure twice and . . . mission completion. Spot on, making it more hopeful that I can pull off having a reversible project.
My church tables are consumed. There is one more border, black, that will be finished tomorrow. Maybe. In the foreground I included my set of the “Tape Maker Set.” By cutting fabric of choice into strips, bias tape can become as wide and in any color that is needed. I chose one inch wide fabric. Inserting the end of the fabric and guiding it through a narrow two inch channel of the desired size, it won’t take long and the raw edge presents itself out the other end. That fabric end is pinned down into the covering of the ironing board. Using a hot steam-iron, the mechanism with the fabric pulled through it is slowly backed up allowing the steam-iron to follow and hot press the now newly folded fabric into a tape with no raw edges. I used a decorative stitch that zig-zagged, sewing the tape down from edge to edge onto the center of the seam of the sewn together blocks. The process for this project took about 23 yards of Grammie manufactured tape. It sure dressed up some god-awful looking tee-shirt designs.
It is gray out with a looming of a few more rain showers. I am done for the day and without any help, I could sit here in the cherry red chair and perhaps nod off for a bit.
With that I will take my leave. ♥