... and yet, so far!As you can tell from the picture, I didn't meet my goal of finishing Gather Hearts by Valentine's Day. I motored along and got the backstitching and beading done in record time, and then went to try out my first bit of memory thread.
I settled for a smaller piece to try out first - the little bit of darker green on the left that runs from the checkered heart to the bright pink heart. I eyeballed the piece, cut a little extra and was ready to go! Finagling the thread into the fabric was tricky, but over all, I thought the couching would go quickly.
And then I got to one of the longer pieces. Securing the thread near the hearts was easy, but securing it out in the middle of the open fabric was much trickier. I had trouble straightening out the areas where they had been wound around the plastic bobbin-style holder. Fiddling too much with a certain spot made the thread inclined to fray and look wobbily. Overall, it took most of last night (a good 2-3 hours of stitching while my husband played video games - aren't we romantic ;) ) to do most of the memory thread shown.
So, so far, I'm not sure whether the memory thread is worth the hassle. I'm reserving judgement, however, until the project is finished - which I hope to do tonight!
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