It Keeps the Brain from Getting Fuzzy
These bitter cold days, I have been doing the bare minimum outside. Snow and melting with more snow makes for ice that can hide. My main objective is staying upright so I can navigate within my home, running errands and taking in road trips with Dennis.
While digging around in various items of my sewing room, I ran across four pieces of fabric that would make wonderful dinner napkins, table coverings or accents for a festive meal. As there was no clear-cut answer as to what to do with them, it really started the gray matter between my ears to begin to find a solution. The shelves in my sewing room have a great library of books that span decades of collecting and saving.
By hook or crook, there will soon be a pattern
to follow for some wonderful stitching.
The area for stitching on each of them according the weave of the fabric was over the course of a count of 56 stitches. When I decided on the phrase “Bless This Food” . . . well and good, but where would I find a pattern configured for such a unique area? I thumbed through my books over the course of several days. As of this afternoon, I have narrowed it down to two different fonts in two separate books. I have my graph paper and now will begin the work of creating a pattern of my very own that will work for my fabric. I am not sure what the process will entail to create patterns of letters that have not been used in denoted demonstrations to match that font. I am still debating on all capitol letters or a combination of upper case and lower case to get the most desired effect.
Could I just tuck these four pieces of fabric in with the next epileptic drive of gently used items? Most certainly, but where would the challenge be in that? After all, it is all about keeping the brain clear of the fuzzy stuff. Hopefully over time, my graph paper will have lots of squares filled in that I can then copy with embroidery floss onto the fabric. It is amazing what a cold bitter day can conger up.