things don't always turn out as you imagine
I had in mind a particular layout for my main blog. It involved a hand stitched banner, with a crochet avatar of matching wool. I tried several different fabric and wool combinations, finally ending up with 4 ply on calico. Which of course I didn't wash or iron first.You can't tell but I did draw out the letters first in tailor's chalk. So after a night spent stitching, I washed and dried it, alongside the sheets, on a moody, cloudy day.
I thought it looked OK on the line. But it was too big to go on the scanner so I had to try and take a photo. I tried different lights and vantage points. Then I ironed it and tried again. Nup. Looked like crap on the page. No matter what I did. So I went with something else. As you do. Sometimes even ironing doesn't fix things. Oh well, I'm reasonably pleased with how it turned out. Except of course, for the bit where I missed a whole night of crochet.
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For a brief moment, I thought you had a big, baggy pair of white undies on the line under your embroidery. Um, no, sorry: it's a fitted sheet. Just because they are on my line...
ReplyDeleteLOL, snort, even my undies aren't that big! But I can see how one might think that at first, funny.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I thought you were being funny posting those "undies" on the line.
ReplyDeleteNow you just need to spend a night embroidering a "Mrs Washalot", because it does look very good on the line with the light coming through.
I came back to add: I hope you weren't offended by my comment about big undies because I'm a *ahem* larger person so am just as likely to wear big bloomers but I wasn't inferring anything about you... now I'm rambling and probably digging a big hole! But I'm glad to see that it gave you a laugh!
ReplyDeleteno, I'm not at all offended. I do wear big undies myself and I found it pretty funny. And you're not the only one that thought so either. hee, hee
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