Prep.

Before I started sewing I always thought that it was a lot of sitting at your machine creating beautiful pieces of work with special tools that made everything perfect. How wrong I was. I soon realised that (or so it seemed to me) most of sewing is actually preparation and even if I'd spend hours cutting out each piece of fabric it always ends up a little bit wonky, I think this translates to the final product as well... it ends up not looking quite as wonderful as I would like it to. No matter what I used (rotary blade, scissors) nothing was working.

 It really was some time (and many frustrations) before I realised what the problem was...my markings and lack of ironing! I always thought "well if i stretch it whilst I measure it, it's the same thing" well wrong; each of those little bumps I ignored or stretched out willy-nilly resulted in wonky lines. Silly Abby.

If I'm in a rush (and it's something for myself) I'll save myself some time and skip some ironing I don't mind something that is a tad wonky but I'm glad I did learn the importance of ironing.
These pictures are of a couple of 'in progress' projects I have going on they were taken on my iPhone which is why they aren't of the most fantastic quality.  =)