September 2015

Poly Crepe De Chine Project

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Sep 27, 2015

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Here is project #1. I used the Poly Crepe De Chine. The print is "Balance" by scrummy. The Poly Crepe De Chine is so very beautiful. It is soft and thin. When it first arrived, I fell in love, but I had (still have) no idea what to do with it in the real world. I would love a skirt or a shirt, but the fabric is so very thin anything I make will need to be lined, but then I lose the feel of it on my skin! What to do? My next thought was of a nightgown.

Challenging Myself With Sewing Up Some Spoonflower Freebies

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Sep 20, 2015

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For the last year-ish, Spoonflower has been sending out free samples when they start selling a new type of fabric. The consumer gets to pick the design, and Spoonflower prints it on whatever the new fabric is, and they send out an 8" x 8" sample. No shipping.

I have been hoarding these samples for awhile as I have no idea what to do with an 8' x 8" square of any type of fabric except put it in a quilt. I don't want to do that, besides, the fabrics I have samples of don't really lend themselves to quilting.