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It was a fun week this past week, with a couple of days to sew, plus Virtual retreat on Friday. I got out the scraps from the mis-cut pajama pants, and I think I may have enough fabric to get a top, if I find the right pattern.

Going through my pattern boxes, I did find a top with princess seams. This might work since I do not have enough width to put a piece on a fold. I needed to move on to another secret project, so I’ll come back to this in a bit.

This week we ...

This week, I worked on finishing the bird quilt. After sewing the binding by hand, the next task was to make a label. I had a bird panel left, and thought it would be great to do an embroidered label with it. I added some side panels in the same fabric as the backing to make it large enough for the hoop.

Top and bottom fabric was added to the panel, and then it was hooped for embroidery with stabilizers.

But, when I started to do the stitching of the label, the font size is too small and was not ...