Dear Liza,
To put the cities in my French map quilt, I used the same Heat N’Bond fusible interface that I had used to attach the Massif Central and the shorelines.
I traced three different sized circles to show different sized cities. The cap of a vitamin bottle made Paris, a wine cork made the medium sized cities like Nantes, and the cap of a chapstick tube made smaller towns, like Angouleme.
I cut all the circles out during the Olympic beach volleyball matches, which made it much less monotonous. Each one was peeled, then placed and pressed into place.
I realized, once they were all down, that Paris was a bit too far east and north. For a few days, I tried to convince myself that it was fine, and I was going to leave it where it was.
But every time I looked at it, the error bugged me. So I decided to move Paris… which meant I had to move the Seine, the Loire, and all the cities along both rivers.
There were bad words. I’m still in the process of removing and replacing the dots, and you can see where some of the adhesive is still there.
I managed to get “Paris”properly named, so at least I have a point of reference going forward.
I am embroidering each name in a cursive script, much like my own handwriting.
That’s going to take some time, too, but I am happy I corrected the error while it was still possible.
Again, I beg your patience.
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 