(Apologies again for the crappy photo, my camera still has mysterious dirt trapped inside the lens.)
(Apologies again for the crappy photo, my camera still has mysterious dirt trapped inside the lens.) This is eventually going to be an 1830’s patchwork dressing gown. I miscalculated the size of the triangles slightly, so mine are a bit smaller than the original. After drafting my pattern, measuring the pieces, and doing some rough calculations I’ve worked out that I’ll need just over six thousand triangles. I currently have 4071 cut out, and an unknown number of those sewn together. Today I spent 2 hours just placing contrasting triangles right sides together and stacking them neatly next to my sewing machine. Yesterday I sewed triangles together for 4 and a half hours straight, which is way longer than I normally go without taking a break. This is by far the most engrossing project I’ve ever worked on. I started it over a year ago and can leave it untouched for months at a time, but once I’ve picked it up again I just don’t want to put it down. I want to keep putting more and more coloured triangles together… I don’t have a smartphone but I imagine this is the same sort of feeling that makes people endlessly play those little games that involve lining up coloured things? Yes? -- source link
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