The Bird

I was going to make a small corner decoration on a flour-sack towel.  The minute it started sewing out I knew I was not going to like it.  After just a few stitches the flour-sack material looked like it was stretching and puckering.

I took the towel off the machine and cut the dots that had already been stitched.  I know I told all of you that I would show you my mistakes, but this project had started and stopped so quick that I never thought about the camera!  So with scissors in hand and tweezers in the other I plucked pink threads from the towel.

Once the pieces were picked out I put another small piece of stabilizer under where I had just worked because the stabilizer was torn there.

With another design in mind I tightened the towel in the hoop and put it back on the machine.  The bird stitched out quickly and was what I hoped it would be.

The flour-sack towel had a small hole where I picked out the first design.  I just sewed the design over the hole.  I can see it but it doesn’t look like it will fall apart.  I wonder if there is fabric glue I can use on it?

The lesson I learned form this project is:  Do not take out stitching unless absolutely necessary.  I don’t like taking stitching out.  Maybe next time I’ll just sew something over it.

Once the towel was washed (for the second time) it had shrunk again.  The shrinkage helped to pull the towel together and the torn area is nearly invisible now.  I guess there is something good about shrinkage! 

Thanks for listening ~