A tiny bit of sewing 11-08-20

I have not been able to sew while I have been confined to home.  Don't really know why this should be so, as I have millions of unfinished projects and imagined projects.  I guess pain is truly a deterrent to doing most anything.  

"Happy Birthday"  Del Thomas - CA  2020  9(" X 6"

Cotton fabric, fusing, machine pieced, appliqued, quilted.

 

My sister's birthday is the 12th of November and I haven't been driving and didn't buy her a card before all this happened.  So, I decided I could handle a very small project and I made her this card.  It isn't a great original idea, but I have always enjoyed making these cards with candles.  In this case I dug around in my button box and couldn't find eight "flames" alike, so I just used two odd ones.  She might not even notice!   We will just ignore the further five years she will attain on Thursday - one candle = ten years.  No half candles. 

The back and the base are scrounged from the scrap bag of a friend who never saves scraps.  I love taking a workshop she is in so that I can rescue her discards for later use.  She had already quilted this "sandwich", so I didn't even need to do that.  As I was making it I hadn't thought of how to get it in the mail!  I'm so used to having wheels, so my friend Carol braved the PO on a Saturday to send it on its way. 

A small result.  But a big accomplishment for me right now. 

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