Back Side Of Feathers

I saved the loon tail feathers to do today - I was tired when I got to them last night and they looked… scary complicated. 

Before starting, I color coded the different sections. It might look silly (especially since the designer has color codes on there already) but I absolutely could not keep two of the colors straight.

So spend 5 minutes playing with pencils? Or risk who knows how much time ripping (and swearing) again?

These 2 blues are my nemesis 

Pencils win every time!

Fortunately, tips I learned on previous FPP projects are starting to come back and my joins and seams are looking much better. Tomorrow I’ll sew the two halves together and this month’s project will be done!

Things I want to research before next month: 1) how to match up seams when the pieces are joined on a slant; and 2) techniques to unpick oopsies without ripping out the entire block.