2550

pieces of fabric on the wall

2550 pieces of fabric

take 17 down 

and sew them around

2533 pieces of fabric on the wall...

yes, yes those ARE boxes of Irish Spring - i put the leftover slivers that are too small to use in the shower into the new bar's box, and then place it in with stuff that i don't want getting stinky

and if i had made the 150 buffalo that way

i might have gone a little cuh-ray-zee 

and started trying to write new lyrics to 100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall...

okay, okay - a little cuh-ray-zee-ER...

i'm just sayin'

anywho...

after making the first four beasts 

and finding that i SHOULD HAVE TESTED the left-facing pattern - i'd made 50 copies already - ugh - there is no way they could have survived on the quilt prairie with their humps on backwards and their front legs where grass was supposed to be

i knew that i had to come up with some kinda plan...

i wanted to use scraps and stash that i've been hoarding saving - which meant that i couldn't just cut four 2 browns for the buffalo, green for grass, and blue for sky pieces of yardage into 17 groups of workable pieces...

so...

i measured and tested, just to be sure the sizes for each of the 17 pieces

head - middle - butt ... cuz i'm a yes-butt-er

and made labels for 17 envelopes to hold the cut fabrics

legal-sized envelopes - cuz that's what i had

chain stitched

what a tangled web we weave

trimmed each of the seams

how ever in the World did i live without that add-a-quarter ruler?!?

trimmed the completed parts

slice and dice

laid them out to sew together

your left ... your left ... your left your right your left

and

we have the BEASTS!!!

 TA DA!!!

the boxes of beasts are going sideways for a while ... i've gotta work on microwave-a-bowls and crayon wallets and other fancy stuff for a bit...

The difference between a hero and a coward is

 one steps sideways.

Gene Hackman