This one will be a graduation gift for my nephew. His favorite color is yellow. He thinks he is getting black and yellow (cause that is what he mentioned to Jess)
A couple months ago at guild I found this book on the "free to take" table and I grabbed it up fast and then noticed there was a woman about to reach for it to look at it and I sheepishly said, "oh, did you want this?" Luckily (for her) she replied, "No, I would never make that, you go ahead".
I smiled and said "thank you" all the while thinking this could have gotten ugly....just kidding (no, I'm not!) This book has been on my "want list" for a couple years now and with me on a spending freeze due to being unemployed, well.....
this was the find of the year!
ANYWHOO....
So I started with the book and chose a pattern.....
I am making one of these in the yellow to orange red family.
Then I went shopping IN MY STASH for all the fabrics. I love having a big stash.
After HOURS of cutting 3 pieces about 9" wide off of each fabric, I pressed and starched each piece and folded them for cutting. Don't they look pretty?
Then today, I got out my trusty GO Cutter and 2 1/2" Die and got to work.
Pretty soon I had this big pile of strips all ready to be sewn into fabric panels. That will commence tomorrow I believe.
As you know, there is a some waste with using a GO cutter but with a bit of planning and stealthy cutting, these will not be wasted. I will cut a snippet off of each to create my fabric legend.
Then they will go in a bag and be used as garden ties for our tomatoes, peppers, etc. We used to use zip ties but those seem to cut into the plants a bit. We will have the most colorful garden in town! Waste not, want not!
Now for the stash report:
Fabric IN this week: 0 yards
Fabric used this week: 15 yards
Total IN this year: 0 yards
Total out this year: 15 yards
Total Busted 15 yards
4 comments:
Those would tie up tomatoes, roses, etc and be thrown out soon for the birds for nesting material.
You're my kind of gal using those strips in the garden.
Love that you found the book you wanted and can't wait to see it pieced together. Will stay tuned in for the updates!!!
I'm happy you found a book you've been wanting! I just love that kind of find - and for free too! Your bargello is going to be stunning! Looking forward to seeing it when you are done.
I Loooooooooooooooove Bargellos! I cant wait to see the progress on this :)
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