A Real "Finishing Friday"
Since there will NEVER be a piece of fabric that big again that gets the thread/stippling treatment, yesterday I decided to make a project bag out of the big blue piece: It will be interesting to see how it holds up. On the one hand, it could snag on just about anything, but on the other hand with all the extra stitching, it is the strongest cotton bag in existence. It still needs handles, but I had an idea for attaching some silver ribbon in the center of cotton handles--which would be an even cooler idea if I actually HAD some silver ribbon and wasn't on a buying-ban until November. Another idea is to add decorative stitching in silver to the handles.......but I've run out of silver thread. I thought I had some silver embroidery thread, but so far I haven't run across it. I haven't lost hope, as the sewing room still needs some unpacking and a LOT of organizing, but for now this is "The-bag-which-shall-remain-handle-less." I had sort of hoped it wo...