My new central air-conditioning unit was finally installed today!! I've been without A/C for the past three days, during this big heat wave. It was 86ºF (30C) in my bedroom last night. Thank goodness it had cooled down outside so I had lots of windows open and several fans running. Unfortunately, because of the rain squalls yesterday the install was delayed and instead took place beginning later this morning so I didn't get to attend my guild's first Saturday of the month's stitching day. Turns out it was only 16C in the room where stitching took place and they froze.
Not wanting to move much in this heat, I did some stitching - a start on the Robin Pickens 'Seasonal Courier: Blackbird's Autumn. Wanting a break from that I did some sewing.
On my recent fabric order from Kallisti Quilts, I thought one of the fabrics would made a great backing for another project bag using the Yukata squares. The pattern is the traditional Seigaiha or ocean wave. I actually used the back of the fabric as the blue colour more closely matched the squares on the front.
and a fabric strip under the zipper.
I have no idea if the Japanese characters are upside down or right side up.
I used the easier method of sewing it together, cutting the backing 1" wider on all sides then trimming it down to 3/4", then double folding it over to the front and sewing it in place. This method is way less labour-intensive than cutting and attaching a binding strip then hand-sewing it into place.
I really liked this line of fabric and wish I had purchased more.
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