Nearly

but not quite

In spite of coaching from my paper heart weaving tutor ;-)

But there is success to report in other areas.  Six Christmas puddings made and wrapped ready to store, Christmas cards designed, prototyped and going into production as I write.

Comments

[Mary]

You're getting better and better. Most impressive, despite the remaining tail, a minor matter.

[Marianne]

I admire your perseverance! I had a go this afternoon and very soon realised that the paper you are using is too thick and not slippery enough! After a small snip I could get away with it on the two I tried but the one you are attempting I won't even go near. I am going to get the Christmas stuff down from the loft this week-end so I can make our "Adventskrans" and I will see if there's any "glanspapir" left. If there is I will mail it to you. It is so unfair that I have made you struggle so hard not realising how difficult the paper is to weave. I am so sorry!
I have tried this evening to troubleshoot why they are so tight. I have never tried cutting heart baskets this way before and I suppose the fact that they are cut out "flat" gives no room for the fold first of all (when cutting by hand I fold the paper first then cello-tape the design which originally was only half the basket to the oversized paper and then cut on the lines with a scalpel), secondly I have just opened the files and I am wondering if the fact that I "thinned" the lines from 2.2 px to 1 px is making a difference when they are machine cut. I did check before sending them off that the print-outs I did fitted on the A4 paper and that they were the correct measurements as far as one can tell with a ruler and the not-wonderful-anymore eye sight but I know from experience that no 2 printers prints exactly the same so maybe a cutter has the same kind of "personality". There is obviously a lot more to this than just sharing the files and I am truly sorry that you have used so much time trying to get this to work when there is obviously something not quite right about the material I have sent you. A bit like a recipe with a missing ingredient! I feel really bad about this :'(

[Dorothy]

You are nearly there Gill. YOu are way ahead of me with the cards but I do have my (bought) pud! :-)