January 14, 2012

Someone dropped out of the cookie tin exchange at the last minute, so I ended up getting this particular tin twice.  Check out Cookie Tin Exchange – Round 1 to see what I made the first time around.

I added this Scrappy Framed Star. I was drawn to this pattern when I received the cookie tin in round one. I decided then that the framed border was too difficult. But when I got a second chance at a star pattern I decided to throw caution to the wind and started to work.

The pattern called for sewing the tiny pieces of the frame individually, but I used the technique I learned in the Bargello class to sew a strip and cut it to length. The method worked well, but I did the math wrong and ended up with an extra piece on each end.

But isn’t that what creativity is all about? Making something work that you goofed up on in the first place!