It’s the backing. Not as exciting as the front, but it still needs to be done. That’s what I worked on today after mailing out my Potholders and a couple of small Meditation Trees.
It always takes me longer to do the backings than I think it will. I forget what’s involved. Making the sleeve for a rod to go through at the top for hanging, hemming the sides so it’s “square” and of course all the sewing.
I always hand sew the backings.
The old fabrics I use are so inconsistent they’d never work on my sewing machine. But I also like what the edges look like when I hand sew them. It’s more organic, like a free-hand pencil line. Not one made with a ruler.
I used a piece of old linen table cloth for the backing. They work well. Tomorrow after I finish sewing it on I’ll see if I need to do some tacking to hold it together. Each piece is different, but sometime when there is something heavy like the tree in this piece, it needs a bit of shoring up.
I’ll post a photo of it all done tomorrow. My Meditation Tree is sold.
