I saw the old thread about this pattern, but I wonder has anyone else made this?
I'm about to make it, and it seems there aren't very many people that have successfully finished it.
I was hoping at least 5 people would pop in here and say "I made it and it worked!"
I did notice someone's pictures online- (Not the MDC mom who's turned out fantasticly) of the one they finished and it doesn't look good, so I'm a little intimidated by the circles not retaining the circular look without puckering and looking all wonky.
I will post pictures if I get it finished.
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Okay it took me a day of taking my time to get it all cut, and choose which fabrics I wanted to go with which ribbon- and mark the pieces properly and get oriented with the pattern.
Lots of handsewing, some pattern omissions (like no instructions about the gusset interfacing?!) and no real totally clear directions about adding ribbon, which of course I had to go and make it that way.
2nd day I completed rings 1 and 2. Day 3 I completed the rest.
I would recommend stuffing the dickens out of these rings. I think it looks sloppy softly stuffed.
I've also seen others using a whip stitch on the handsewing of the inner gusset, and the handsewing part where you close the rings after stuffing. That imo also looks sort of messy- as you can really see the stitches. I used perfectly matched thread and used the ladder stitch Heather Bailey recommends for closing the rings after stuffying, and I used the whip stitch only on the pole part. For the inner gussets which are entirely handsewn I used a backstitch and then a straight stitch repeat.
It is hard! The instructions are great as long as you can learn easily from a picture/words.
The most important part is keeping the circles circular. If you don't then you end up with a wonky looking project.
I will never make this again, but it was fun!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3684820...7622274656094/
I'm about to make it, and it seems there aren't very many people that have successfully finished it.
I was hoping at least 5 people would pop in here and say "I made it and it worked!"
I did notice someone's pictures online- (Not the MDC mom who's turned out fantasticly) of the one they finished and it doesn't look good, so I'm a little intimidated by the circles not retaining the circular look without puckering and looking all wonky.
I will post pictures if I get it finished.
************************************************** *****
Okay it took me a day of taking my time to get it all cut, and choose which fabrics I wanted to go with which ribbon- and mark the pieces properly and get oriented with the pattern.
Lots of handsewing, some pattern omissions (like no instructions about the gusset interfacing?!) and no real totally clear directions about adding ribbon, which of course I had to go and make it that way.
2nd day I completed rings 1 and 2. Day 3 I completed the rest.
I would recommend stuffing the dickens out of these rings. I think it looks sloppy softly stuffed.
I've also seen others using a whip stitch on the handsewing of the inner gusset, and the handsewing part where you close the rings after stuffing. That imo also looks sort of messy- as you can really see the stitches. I used perfectly matched thread and used the ladder stitch Heather Bailey recommends for closing the rings after stuffying, and I used the whip stitch only on the pole part. For the inner gussets which are entirely handsewn I used a backstitch and then a straight stitch repeat.
It is hard! The instructions are great as long as you can learn easily from a picture/words.
The most important part is keeping the circles circular. If you don't then you end up with a wonky looking project.
I will never make this again, but it was fun!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3684820...7622274656094/
