Posts Tagged ‘ fabric ’

Practical house stuff, parts one and two

Number 1: Pillow covers for extra duvets all done. I ended up folding the velour blanket in half and cut it to end up with two long skinny strips. I tri-folded each, right sides together, until I ended up with a fat envelope where the nice end was on the outside, to make the outside [ READ MORE ]

Sketching out some practical house stuff

  • March 30th, 2011
  • Posted in Made it

Sigh. It’s not glamorous. But sewing practical stuff from the stash beats spending real money that could buy shoes. Or plants. Plus it’s all easy straight lines. Number 1: Somewhere to store the extra duvets. What if I put them in big square pillow cases? Envelope-style pillow cases made from a purple velour blanket? Then [ READ MORE ]

I’ve been working, really

Been doing an assembly line lately while staying with family and dealing with flu. I have so little free time I’ve been using it to do instead of to chronicle the doing, you know? Finished one top from a silk-cashmere sweater and some stretch elastic recently purchased at the Gaffney’s. Washed and ironed a ton [ READ MORE ]

Trying a binding from some scraps

I think this is the best stash fabric I have to make a binding for this sweater dress refashion. Used it years ago to make a wrap dress for a family anniversary party. There was plenty in the scrap to cut a long enough bias strip to bind the new scoop neckline. There were not [ READ MORE ]

And fabrics

For spring consideration, stuff kicking around the house. A gray and black and lilac on white rayon blend. Gray twill. Gray and white leopard poly/rayon blend. Black and white dotted cotton blend. Magenta sheer silk. Purples (except the velvet) Purple on white polyester Fun, c/o Gaffney’s and Vogue, mostly. Yard sales, too[ READ MORE ]

Word on Georgie-girl

Sleeping standing up. Nose pokes out.

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