Siya's dad was transferred to another city. This was December 2012. I hadn't known their departure date. And, finally when i did get to know of it, i had two days!! Somehow, all my projects have been last minute!! Luckily have managed to complete them all and they have come out fairly okay.
So the race against time began........ once again.................
Decided on making a bed spread for her. It would be colourful bugs and a couple of flowers. I sized them fairly large thus enabling quick appliquéing.
It had four bugs in all, two on either ends. There were two flowers, again one on either end.
For the bugs i alternated the fabric between the wings and the body. That way, every bug was different, yet, there was something common which held it all together. i so wanted to blanket stitch round the wings just to give it more texture, but sadly, ran short of time ( had to happen).
i had this colourful shirting material lying with me, so i used it to surround the centre panel. There was no batting needed as it was a bed spread. Used white cotton for the lining.
Though most of my projects have been last minute, i doubt if i was so much on the edge for any as i was for this. i managed to finish the spread by half past eight at night!
By the time my husband and i rushed to Siya's house, she was fast asleep :( . I couldn't see her reaction. However, her mum called the next day and told me that when she woke up in the middle of the night, she was shown her gift and she insisted that she wanted to sleep on it! Very sweet of the parents to show it to her at that hour!!!
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