Wednesday, July 15, 2015

New Frame!

Hey again long time no see!  Lol I know I just posted but I got really excited!  I didn't think I'd have my new dowels ready for at least a few days but I got the urge and pushed through the pain and I finished cutting the dowels for my frame!  I walked home from work today which sucked (I live about 2 miles away from work) because it was super hot and humid.  When I got home I took a quick shower to cool off and finished the sawing of one dowel which was about a foot and a half.  I was feeling really accomplished and figured I'd leave the rest for tomorrow or the next day.  Then my hubby took me to dinner (wings YUM!) and when I got home I just had the urge to at least start the second dowel.  Well I got so into it I decided to finish.  The last about 3/4 of it were a real pain (literally) but I finished!  It took about two hours of non stop sawing for the last one, I didn't time the first.  I even sanded them down and because I was so excited I framed up paradise!

Now my tension is tighter because my fabric isn't folded.  I'll have to get those clip things for the sides but that can wait.  I noticed it made the lines pretty much disappear but I know they'll come back.  I'm sorely tempted to blast it with some water to see if they relax but I'll wait until I'm done stitching.  

The grand total for today is 48" sawed, 2 sore arms and 1 good size slice on my finger lol.  Not bad though since it stopped bleeding after a short while but it's in s horrible spot.  It's on my right index finger on the side of the top joint which means every time I button my pants or shirt (I have to button my work shirts) or do a lot of other stuff it gets irritated and hurts.
Lol sorry couldn't resist.

The dowels are 36" long and 34" of that is cut so I can slide the fabric through.  That should be long enough for any future project unless I ever decide to do a super size in which case I'll find someone with a power saw lol.  But all in all I'm very proud of myself!

Thanks again for listening!  See you next time!

13 comments:

  1. That looks much easier to manage Heather!

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  2. Well, kudos to you for making your own dowel rods! And I love your nails!!!!

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  3. Great job, as they say- no pain, no gain. I didn't realize how big this pattern is, oh my, I'd go nuts, lol. It's so beautiful seeing that lovely fabric stretched out. Have fun stitching:)

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  4. Ouch. You're right that's a bad spot. I don't like scroll frames. I just LOVE how tight the fabric is in the Q-Snap. But Congrats on making the size you need. Glad it worked!!

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  5. Beautiful frames, Heather! Congrats on all your hard work. Ouch, that does look painful. Glad all your hard work was worth it :-)

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  6. Ouch!!! The frame looks great.

    Linda

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  7. Congrats on the frame - new dowel rods and nice tight piece! :)

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  8. Yikes about the injury, but congrats on sawing your own dowels!

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  9. This is great, kudos to you for sawing that, especially straight! I'd have a rather wiggly setup if I did that by hand LOL.

    I do have a question though, what are the clips you talk about for the sides? I like using scroll frames for larger pieces but the slack in the sides drives me nuts. I've seen people baste around the edges to the frame sides but clips seem a lot less damaging.

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  10. Well done! Maybe you'll be a carpenter in your next life?! Or not..haha! Looking forward to seeing you make good use of your new - and xlarge - stitching tool!!!

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  11. Great job!!!!! Doesn't it feel great when you get something done instead of procrastinating... cause I'm a serial procrastinator so I get it!

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  12. I've been thinking about doing the same thing if I ever do one of my supersized too because buying scroll rods that big will cost a fortune! Well done!

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