“Las Tunas Grande” in progress
I finally got the pieces of the background cut, sewn and painted. Now the really fun will begin. I miscalculated in my last post how many “tuna” (prickly pears) are in the piece. There are not 46 there are 54. There are also 7 cactus pads. So let’s do the math…that’s 324 pieces that need to be cut and sewn for the tuna (of which 54 are sewn in by hand), 1000 spines that need to be hand-sewn on to the tunas, and then the 54 tunas get attached to the piece. But before that 120 nodes need to be melted into the fabric of the cacti pads and 240 cactus spines need to be hand-sewn and painted for stiffness. The thought makes me tired:) You know I probably should do the counts after I’m finished and not think about all the work until it’s done. Hasta la próxima vez …
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