Monday, October 1, 2007

Day 1 of rug hooking: Putting the pattern on the backing

October 1, 2007 This is the pattern design now. The borders will probably change as I go. It took me a full day to prepare the backing. I had to iron it because it was folded badly for a long time and some of the creases were quite sharp. Next I zig zagged the edges with my 1975 sewing machine that is in desperate need of an adjustment. That took forever. Then I traced the pattern onto red dot. (You can purchase red dot on the supplies page.)

I only traced the center of the design out to the scrolls. I left off the borders because I will probably change them anyway.


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