While my sewing machine gently weeps

Mum's sewing machine, in fact. Here's a photo of the almost finished doona cover which I gave Santi for his birthday. The motif is a space invader btw.



Some lessons learnt, observations, thankyous:
- Blue and red do not provide much contrast. Blue and orange might have worked better.
- The most time-consuming thing is unpicking (my mother's machine is old and doesn't have a delete button).
- It's really neat when all the pieces come together.
- Mum helped me big time with bobbin tangles and thread snags, so thanks Mum.
- Handmade things make great presents - Santi doesn't uunderstand it yet, but he will one day.

The next project will be some curtains for the kitchen window to help keep the heat in. It's freezing here!