Patch #143 I love you
I was absent on Mother’s Day this year, off strolling about New Orleans. So my card, made by Meg and Griffin, was not received until Tuesday …
Written across the bottom in orange crayon were the letters “NANA” … and all I could think was how much love and effort went into forming each one.
Having recently revisited a technique I used (and then forgot) on Triangulation (see Index in side bar), I decided to document the process this time lest I forget again.
First I chose the fabrics I wanted to use for my patches and ironed them into 1 3/4″ strips (using cover stock cut to size) …
Next I photocopied the text and cut out the letters. Using a large needle to poke holes in the text, I transferred the marks to linen by going over each hole with water-erasable marker …
I cut the patch to size and finger-pressed the ends …
inserted a bit of harem cloth inside the patch …
and used Jude Hill’s invisible basting stitch (aka glue stitch) to secure the edges …
The actual stitching, with two strands of floss worked in Jude’s split back stitch, gave me the chance to experience the path that G took in forming each letter …
In the end, I made three patches in our favorite colors …
orange for G, blue for Don (aka Pop Pop) and green for me.
N.B. The individual patches can be viewed in the Retrospective posts for
May 10-12.