Welcome to the Tour de Couture.
Since 2007, spinners have been participating in the Tour de Fleece.
The brainchild of blogger Katherine Matthews, the tour is immensely popular with spinners and knitters (hand –cyclists) alike. The organisation is now in a Ravelry group .
I have been intending to participate for years but there is always something to prevent me. This year it is wedding preparations. I have WAAAAY too much sewing to do to indulge in spinning.
So I am the sole entrant in the Tour de Couture.
Every day of the Tour de France I will sew or engage in sewing preparation. A majority of this sewing will be related to our wedding which is 5 months away.
Today I cut out more bunting.
Our decorating colours for the wedding reception are purple, green and white. I have been gathering old textiles in those colours. Many donations have come from friends, but most have come from the free clothing bins at our tip shop. I am choosing mostly cottons in all shades of purple green and white, laundering the (mostly) garments and sheets and cutting out bunts.
When all the bunts are cut which will be when all the fabric runs out, I will sew the bunts onto strips of old white sheeting.
The larger scraps left from cutting the bunts are becoming other wedding decorations but they will wait for later posts.
Our decorating colours for the wedding reception are purple, green and white. I have been gathering old textiles in those colours. Many donations have come from friends, but most have come from the free clothing bins at our tip shop. I am choosing mostly cottons in all shades of purple green and white, laundering the (mostly) garments and sheets and cutting out bunts.
When all the bunts are cut which will be when all the fabric runs out, I will sew the bunts onto strips of old white sheeting.
The larger scraps left from cutting the bunts are becoming other wedding decorations but they will wait for later posts.
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