Lesson learned

The importance of planning ahead.

I've been working on a little craft project/gift for months...putting it off because I wasn't sure exactly how to do it. The time came, so I had to just go for it; I decided to venture into the unknown, determined to figure it out as I went.

Cut the fabric, sew on the hand-cut letters, check the spacing, etc.

One last check before I sew the 2 sides together. Looks good to me...

side 1: "congratulations"

side 2: "!yadhtrib yppah"
oops.
I took the rest of the night off from working on it.

The next day, and a few deep breaths later, Tim helped me make sure it was right, before anymore sewing.

"happy birthday!"

"congratulations"

Much better.