Almost Done With Project One.

According to my independent study proposal, I should start working on my third project this week. As it turns out, I am just now finishing up my first piece. To be fair, the first project is the most time intensive so it's not surprising that it took longer than my projected week and half.

Today cut the pieces to the proper size and finished the edges with layers of zig-zag stitching. A simple finish that turned out as well as expected. Before the stitching I noticed that the stacked panels made a nice gradient. Ignore my amateur photo skills with the obvious finger in the corner. Here's the ancient Greek and Telegraph panels, two of the most successful pieces:

After sewing today I'm pretty positive that my sewing machine pulls to the left. Is it something I'm doing or something wrong with my machine? Perhaps my feed dogs are messed up? It's not bad enough to warrant a trip to a repair shop, but it is troubling.

Tomorrow I'll start on Project Two! This one involves collecting photos of hands and handwritten quotes. Luckily, there's a party tomorrow where I'm going to bring camera and paper so I can get it done!