Wednesday, 16 March 2011

And now to make it life size...

Well, this was the hard bit!

I has initally decided to make the quilt the same size as a double duvet, but having measures the wadding I have to make the quilt (thanks Jess!), it is not quite wide enough, so instead I have decided on a comfort blanket sizes creation, approximately 5ft long and 4ft wide.

So now I had to transfer my pattern from A4 to the size of the quilt. (No easy task!) I acquired some freezer paper from my lovely friend Emily to make the pattern with. I stuck 3 strips of it side by side to make it right width of the blanket and then cut it to length.

Now I have to turn it over and draw by hand the design on a much bigger scale. The countries have had to be drawn geometrically shaped to make the sewing of country borders a little easier. After a few rubbings out and shouts of "No Zimbabwe, you'r not that shape!" or "Stop moving Mali!" I think I got it right....


Then I had to number the countries so I could refer back to my image afterwards and sew the countries together in the right order. I have, esentially made myself a 'sew by numbers' pattern and I am really proud of myself! :) 


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