In Studio
It is Wednesday and I am in the studio. Ester’s wooden box got some love today. Working with double-sided tape can be tricky. I had the 1/2″ roll I needed to apply the fabric band on the wooden band at the bottom of the box.
Today I measured once, twice and three times for the hand-stitched embroidered band to fit comfortably on the area between the bottom band that is stapled onto the box and the area after the cover is put on the box. 3.25″ finished is what I have to work with. Folding the remaining fabric over on each side was the task at hand. Lots of pins. Oh so many pins to achieve the consistent 3.25″. I used fabric-backed stabilizer to iron on the back of the embroidered band to do just that . . . to stabilize so as to not stretch when the two-sided 3M double-sided tape is applied. I have left the band to totally dry before it and the tape meet up.
Tomorrow I may well tackle the tape. My plan is to run three rows of the one-inch double-sided tape onto the back of the embroidery. I will start the roll of tape and leave a tail. I know if I try to start taking off the backing at the point I want to start, it will not be a clean start.
The studio is going to be closed down.
Well anyway, Dennis is having a good day of birthday. I need to get an onion in as he is already salivating on fried potatoes with lots of onion. Dennis wanted a scramble for supper. That is the fried potatoes with lots of onion, chopped up Jimmy Dean pre-cooked sausages and scrambled eggs put in at the very last.
With that I will take my leave. ♥