Coulda, shoulda, woulda

 I could have finished the Spring Roundels yesterday.

I should have finished the Spring Roundels yesterday.

I would have finished the Spring Roundels yesterday, but I hit the wall when it came to making yet more twisted cording. I have been making a LOT of twisted cord lately, and I could not face picking up the twister thing-y one more time.

But today, I hitched up the Granny panties, twisted cord, sewed it on, and another finishing project is complete!

I was overthinking and overanalyzing why it seems to take me so long to put things together. I mean, really, these are just three circles, and not huge. So I looked at each step.

I had to glue the padding to the shapes. But the shapes were already made--I didn't have to make my own templates and cut them out. And I didn't have to deal with interfacing.

I had to trim the excess padding away.

I had to trim the backing fabric into a circle.

I had to trim the embroidered linen into a circle.

I had to stitch gathering threads into backing fabric and linen.

I had to gather the fabrics around the templates.

I had to lace the fabrics to the templates, which serves to smooth out the edges and pull the fabrics neatly around the templates.

I had to sew an embroidered panel to a backing panel.

I had to make twisted cording.

I had to sew the twisted cording around the edges.

And, finally, I had to make little silk ribbon bows and attach them to the top.

Nonetheless, I coulda done this all in a day if I had just applied myself, but the Spring Roundels, designed by Barbara Jackson for Shining Needle Society, are completely completed.

On to the next project!