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
