Fixing Mistakes

At the workshop I attended in February this year, Carol Wood (who is brilliant!!) advised us all, "Every stitch you put in, you may someday rip out."  Boy was she right. I keep 2 seam picker tools nearby in a cute little plastic case from Daiso that was designed to hold a kid's chopsticks in the lunch box.

Only the cheap polyester/nylon satin brocade is ruined. I can save the coutil, yeah! I'll just cut another piece and try again.

Yes, I went to YouTube and watched the Bishonen Rancher channel about how to insert a busk. If I wasn't so cheap and stubborn, I would pony up the $19 for a DVD that accompanies the Laughing Moon pattern that I am making right now. It's the pattern's designer going through it step by step by step. Probably more stubborn than cheap. Anyway, the YouTube video explains it pretty well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcqOgBncg0k