I'M DOING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you might have noticed that you haven't seen any progress on this:
That would be because the next step had me worried--trimming off the edges into a smooth curve.  After all that work, taking any cutting implements to it in any way just scared me.  It's sort of like cutting steeks in a sweater, and on Pinterest I'd seen some spicy spiral runners where people had obviously trimmed badly and left wonky-looking runners.  So, it was easy to drift into other projects while this one languished, but I caught myself looking at other fabrics to put together for other versions of this, and decided it was time to gird my loins--at least figuratively, as I think with my hip problems I shouldn't be doing any girding anywhere near my loins--and finish this baby. 

Using my dressmaker's curves,
I started cutting point to point, and, having to take one break for some deep breaths, I have:
a table runner ready for backing!!!!!  Since this is the first one, I'm going to use fusible fleece for the batting.  Thankfully, the runner doesn't require binding--one sews the front and back together, then turns right side out.  Maybe in the future I'd try bias binding, but one step at a time............

Comments

Meredith said…
I am proud of you!!! Brave, brave, woman that you are.
It looks fantastic.
Meredith
March 15, 2015 at 1:03 PM
Anita said…
Lovely! Definatelpy worth the wait to see this step....
March 15, 2015 at 7:31 PM
handmade by amalia said…
This is pretty! It looks very intricate work, looking forward to the final reveal.
Amalia
xo
March 15, 2015 at 10:29 PM
RobinH said…
Oh, very nice! Well done.
March 16, 2015 at 9:09 AM
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