TESTING, 1, 2, 3!
FINISHED BLOCK #51 NEW YORK FROM BARBARA BRACKMAN'S CIVIL WAR. THEN THIS MORNING A LITTLE BIT OF THE WHITE STUFF ACTUALLY FELL. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DUSTING; WE WILL SEE IF IT LASTS. THEN I DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW AND THAT I HAD NOT DONE BEFORE. I HAVE DEFINITELY DECIDED TO USE TWO DIFFERENT FABRICS FOR MY BORDER. HOWEVER I WAS THINKING OF MAKING SOME SCALLOPS IN MY BORDER . SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY A METHOD I HAD READ ABOUT. IT MAKES VERY SMALL SCALLOPS. FIRST TAKE TWO DIFFERENT FABRICS AND SEW THEM TOGETHER USING 1/4 SEAM ALLOWANCE. THESE PIECES ARE FOUR INCH WIDE AND TWO INCH WIDE. PRESS SEAM WELL TO ONE SIDE. I WOULD USE A MATCHING THREAD TO DO THIS ,HOWEVER I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS SO I AM USING A CONTRASTING THREAD. TAKE A DISSAPPEARING MARKER TO MARK ONE INCH FROM SEAM LINE. AND PRESS AND FOLD THE LARGER PIECE OF MATERIAL TO THAT LINE. I PUT A PIN EVERY FOUR INCHES ALONG FOLD LINE ...