About DH, there is another issue. For some unexplained reason he objects to being identified as "Dear Hubby" or DH as most blog readers will recognize. What I am instructed to use as his label is HRH - His Royal Husband-ness." Don't hold your breath...
FINISHED finally: my last great idea that took forever. The Sun-glass Cases deemed for my female family relatives for our summer sojourns. In order of creation are:
Step ONE: reach into the basket and start pulling out scraps and arrange in any position, stitching into a 'crazy' block.
Step Two:
Keep adding and stitching until you have a cloth big enough to cut a sizeable square.
Step Three: adds the batt and backing cloth, top stitching in any direction, any pattern and any density UNTIL you have a sufficiently quilted cloth to make a glass case cover. The purpose of quilting three layers is that the final product should handle, feel and act like a single, integral layer.
Step Four: After trimming to exact size and backing with a lining fabric, the top binding is first machine stitched in place, then folded over and hand sewn to complete the top edge. The next step in the process is to fold over and top stitch the bottom and side to secure the case.
As the last touch a snap is sewn inside the top of each case to prevent the glasses from falling out. This is a two step process (two-sides to the snap) and can only be done by hand.
Finally, all finished and photographed. These are just some of the selection of eighteen. Some have already been selected for the West Coast gals, the rest head to the Midwest with sister Jan to the family reunion in June.
Simple, no? Well maybe not hard science, but the time consumption was longer than I had planned and it may be a while before I assign myself such a detailed project again.
Listen to me. . .like I have that kind of discipline, not. bb
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