pins are your friends...me, my pins, and the figure 8

well here it is, my figure 8 scarf. Please disregard the dirty mirror, and not so great pic of moi! I finished it a while ago, and it wasn't too too hard. It made me feel better to see the trouble others have had putting smooth voile and velvety velveteen together. Lots and lots and lots of pins are the answer. The good thing is, if your fabric isn't so smooth laying once you're done, the figure 8 covers that up with its pretty folds.

And I learned a couple of things in the process...you're supposed to generally put pins about 2 inches apart. I, in my lazy ways, have many times put them much further apart. And like I have said before, being hasty is never good. Take your time and enjoy things! And when you are working with something like velveteen, or cuddle fabric(minky), or anything stretchy, you need lots of pins...pins are your friends and the more friends you have helping you out the better.

I also learned something else I've been doing wrong, the slipstitch! I was reading and somehow I didn't know you were supposed to stitch directly into the folded crease of whatever it is you are slipstitching. I always put my needle in just below the fold! Well it makes all the difference in the world. In the scarf, you hand stitch the last seam. That's why i didn't make it in the first place, cause I didn't want to take the time to hand stitch, how terrible is that! But it was so rewarding, and with my new "learnin" it was the best slipstitch I've ever done.