Completed Pencil Roll

As I mentioned before, I find pencil rolls to be a pretty quick project. I have have the hang of them now and they put themselves together, pretty much, as long as I am paying attention.

Deirdre's Pencil Roll closed
Deirdre’s Pencil Roll closed

or so I thought.

Not so with this beauty. Trying to be the good little green girl, I used a beautiful teal, feather design FabMo fabric for the outside. I talked about these fabrics before. That fabric became the bane of my existence.

Deirdre's Pencil Roll half open
Deirdre’s Pencil Roll half open

It would not stay put. I tried to sew all of the pieces (back, front, flannel, pocket) together, like the directions say, and that upholstery fabric wouldn’t cooperate.  It was very slidey for some reason and I would end up with an inch of flannel on the top and an inch of upholstery fabric on the bottom. I ripped the whole thing out three times. It was very frustrating.

Deirdre's Pencil Roll open
Deirdre’s Pencil Roll open

If you don’t look too closely the piece turned out ok. That FabMo fabric looks really good, but I will pay more attention to my how my selections feel next time. This is a gift and I hope the recipient likes it. I can’t, however, send it off until I show it at CQFA on Saturday.

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

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