Moira in N.E. England

I started making a 1.5 inch wide border from 3 strips of contrasting fabric - orange/green/orange.

I sewed the pieces for the first side together but as I pressed the seams I realised it seemed rather wide. When I checked I had cut each strip 1.5 inches wide! Why did I think I needed 3 strips that size to make a 1.5 inch border?

So I unpicked it, cut the strips to the correct size - and sewed it again.

Now that it was the desired size I sewed it to the top. One side done, or so I thought. I had left it on the ironing board and every time I looked at it something didn’t look right. I realised the colour combination would look much better if it was green/orange/green. I tried to convince myself it was ok but it wasn’t - so I took it to pieces again!

I made another strip - the right size in green/orange/green - and have sewn it to one side the top. Success!

But because I had cut all the strips when I started I now have twice as many of the orange and only half of the green - and they are all 1.5 inches wide!

Sometimes the easiest of tasks can turn out to be anything but!