Thursday, October 29, 2015

I enjoyed learning the technique for making chenille, although the class was too crowded with seven participants. Before we even got started I realized that I neglected to bring my ruler bag; Deb shook her finger at me but she had one I could use. Then she said we needed a walking foot; again I was without one but this time when she shook her finger I was able to tell her that she never gave me a supply list. My class machine doesn’t have a walking foot (although I’ll look for one in Victoria next week) but my regular foot had no trouble going through the four layers of fabric.

We started off by drawing lines half-an-inch apart on a small sample piece and then we moved on to making the same markings on our project. There wasn’t a lot of table space for spreading out and several of us ended up with lines that weren’t quite straight. Deb assured us if they were a little off it wouldn’t matter much. Then we moved on to sewing on the lines and using the chenille cutter to slice between the lines.

I got a start on stitching the lines on my larger project but I didn’t get very far before it was time to pack up and go home.