Perseverence

This morning has definitely been a learning curve.  I packed away the jewellery making components and brought out the fabrics and sewing machine.  All my good intentions for making  herbal pillows with a removable cover went out of the window when I couldn't get the inner lining (muslin) to cooperate.  The muslin was in fact cheesecloth and much too fine to handle as the threads kept getting caught in the machine.  I think it will be better suited for containing bouquet garni or to make bath bags.

For my second attempt I decided to do without the liner and just contain the herbal mix in a pretty fabric.  It started off good but then I realised that I had sewn the handmade label in the wrong way.  On the third attempt I had the right side and wrong side of fabrics facing each other and didn't realise until I went to turn it out, I also sewed the label in the wrong way round.  On the fourth attempt I have produced a passable if not plain cushion.  My word of the year 'perseverence' paid off in the end but I will need to persevere some more if I want to improve on the above effort.

Now I could do with some advice.  Do you think I should leave the pillows (when I make them) as they are, unadorned or do you think that they need some embroidery or further embellishment?  I would be interested in your feedback. The pillow above is approximately A5 in size (half an A4 sheet of paper).

I am glad that I got the machine out of its box and astounded myself that I could change a bobbin and thread up the machine!  I am looking forward to using it a lot more from now on.