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Practice Makes

When I purchased these two quilted art tags from 14carrot I wanted to make them into book covers using thrifted fabric, as I did with the ones I used for my journal. These would be for holiday gifts, though, so I tried not to mess up sewing the covers last month.

I meant to make them both from this sunflower print, but my first attempt was too small for the sketchbook I wanted to cover (the curse of yellow!) The second attempt turned out okay, I think, but I then ran out of sunflower fabric.

The second cover with the nectarine-colored floral fabric turned out a bit too large, but it still fits the sketchbook, so I decided to use it.

The most frustrating part of sewing for me is measuring. I always make mistakes, usually because I eyeball things when I'm sewing instead of marking the measurements on the fabric. Or, when I do mark the fabric, I make a mistake with the ruler. I know this is my weakness, and I can keep practicing and hopefully get better with it.

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