So a play day was had with my friend Helen who bought one of the patterns from me (Emerald ... doh! ) and we printed off the MJ Kinman practice template ...
Unfortunately my printer is rather
fuclogged so the destruction were pretty illegible but after a couple of wrong turns we figured out what we had to do ...
and after sticking the template together, tracing the pattern onto the FP, choosing the fabrics,ironing the bits onto them, and cutting them out it was fairly straightforward.
The only thing is, the practice gem had 13 facets whereas the real deal have 13 million !!! But the edges of our gems matched tho' the inside facets didnt so well... that will be dodgy drawing or cutting or sewing then ... They still looked pretty damn good for a first effort.
Ive spoiled myself recently buying things that I really dont need but justify them by five months stood in a carpark for hours and hours on end and I have bought her Gemstone quilts book ...
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where she encourages you to design and make your own gemstone ...
... Who knows ... maybe one day!
I will practice with the template I downloaded until Im very confident I can do the lovely fabrics included in the kits justice.
But for a first effort, I dont think its too shabby ...
here we go,
Helens Pink Tourmaline
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and my Emerald
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But I do console myself with a line in the destruction leaflet for the kits ....
Tip No 6 - The seams in these gems arent supposed to match !!!!
Im good at
that!