Fabric Stash: Check It Out!
If you haven’t yet, please read last Thursday’s post. It’s important. I hate to cover it up with new posts, but I don’t want to stop posting, so this is my compromise.
It is now June, and according to my brain, time to start summer projects. I got a head start with the socks. (I’m on pair #2, by the way.)
I sorted through my fabric stash over the weekend, pulling bits for a couple of projects, and wound up with this collection of checked cotton and seersucker:
I rescued it from a sorry yard sale fate; it belonged to my sister-in-law. At the time, I had no plans for it. I guess I still don’t. Any ideas?
I’ve seen cross stitch worked on fabrics like these, and for whatever reason, I get an image of picnic napkins when I look at the fabric. Of course, I’d wind up using them for indoor as well as outdoor dining if I did make them into napkins. And there’s so much I could make placemats as well.
But what else might they be?
Oh, and the best part? Check out the tags:
They’re all dated on the back side, and they’re all about 30 years old. Can I call it “vintage” fabric?!
Thirty years is a long time to wait to be useful. It’s time.
If you haven’t yet, please read last Thursday’s post. It’s important. I hate to cover it up with new posts, but I don’t want to stop posting, so this is my compromise.
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Shelly Wrote,
Ideas for the fabric: right now, patchwork shorts of plaids, checks, and stripes are definitely in, so I see some cool selections of the fabrics to make great Bermuda shorts. How about making some baby quilts with the fabric? I’ve seen plenty of quilts that are made from a solid piece of fabric attached to batting (or whatever that stuff in the middle is called) with decorative stitching applied to hold the pieces together (use, say, a solid fabric for the opposite site of the quilt, or a patchwork of those materials for the opposite side). The decorative stitching would be of flowers or something like that for a girl. Then put a simple border around the outside. I see those all over. How about tablecloths to contrast with those napkins you’re making? Know anyone having a baby? The seersucker makes great baby clothes.
Link | June 2nd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Kat Wrote,
Does that mean I’m vintage if I’m older than that fabric?
I see ATCs! Of course, I see ATCs everywhere this week.
The look like picnic stuff to me. Napkins, blankets, etc.
Link | June 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 am
Jen Wrote,
Hmm…shorts. Never crossed my mind. But maybe that’s because I’m still wearing *long johns.* They generally come off for a few days each summer.
A pieced tablecloth, though…that’s a possibility.
ATCs? Sure! (Those are Artist Trading Cards, folks, and specifically, FIBER Artist Trading Cards, or FATCs. Kat and I taught a needlework class on them in January.) Of course, I can just use the scraps for those.
Maybe I’ll Google “gingham” and see what comes up.
Link | June 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 am