PRACTICE MAKES IT PERFECT/BETTER

You can say that I have always had a strength (or maybe it is a weakness) to think I could do whatever I see someone else doing. It is definitely a weakness right now because I have so many projects going that are not completed because I'll see something else and want to start that one immediately! Well....I had never seen a pennyrug before I began the world of blogging. Of course, my husband will say my decorating style definitely changed after blogging, also. Back to the pennyrug.....I would see some of the most beautiful work and the idea hit me that I should try it. I didn't have any wool but had bunches of felt so one of my new friends told me of a site to get this freebie pattern for a pennyrug table runner of a Christmas tree. I cut the circles out (which wasn't as bad as I thought) and found a tutorial for stitches. You have to know me to appreciate the fact that I don't sit very much UNLESS I AM WORKING ON SOMETHING (or on the computer). Last night I thought I'd sit and watch the ballgame with my husband and work on this project. I had about 10 of the "pennies" stitched and I thought that something didn't look right. I put my work down and pulled the tutorial back up on the computer and realized that I had done all my stitches (that had been done) completely backward. See picture below.

I wanted to put the thing in a bag and forget it but thought that this is something I'm going to really enjoy once I learn the stitches correctly so........I took them all out and started over. "If at first you don't succeed...try again!" While I watched the ballgame I was able to complete one tree. There are two for the table runner. I KNOW...I KNOW that the stitches are horrible but this is my first (well second if you count the ones I took out) attempt. I'll show you the finished project hopefully next week.