Is fabric part of “stash” if it is destined for a particular project? I suppose that until I actually cut into it the fabric is still part of stash. This week’s fabric does have a destiny – charm square skirts and matching tops each for Clare and Stella.
The Santorini fabric is for Clare; the Hushabye for Stella.
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Fabrics from top to bottom: from Anna Maria Horner’s Good Folks; Heather Bailey’s Pop Garden; Heather Ross’s Mendocino; Kaffe Fassett. Bought here. The Pop Garden fabric is destined for children’s clothing, and the others for quilts.
The scale of the floral motifs in this fabric is huge! I’ve included a charm pack in the photo to give you an idea of scale.
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I’m sure that all the Melbournites and Victorians are loving the rain. At our house it is also raining inside the kitchen - the skylight is leaking and there is water all over the floor and the benches. I think that almost every towel we own is laid out over every flat surface. I had better things to do today than wash towels and clean up the kitchen.
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This week’s Sunday Stash is a gift from the very generous Peggy.
My blog was the first one that Peggy came across, back around the time that Stella was born. She has been unfailingly sweet to me ever since, and clearly she knows me well – just see what she sent me! Fabric, including those saturated tones of Kaffe Fassett, fantastic black and white Michael Miller damask, crochet books and magazines, and gorgeous green cotton yarn. All with a beautiful card. Thank you so much Peggy for thinking of me and for brightening my week. You are one of life’s special people.
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I finally succumbed. After seeing so many lovely examples of items made from Heather Ross’ Far, Far Away fabric, I decided that they would be the perfect choice for Christmas outfits for the girls.
I’m planning on sewing the Swingset tunic and skirt by oliver + s for each of them. Clare has chosen the unicorns and snails.
And Stella will be wearing these:
These are high on my list for pre-Christmas sewing!
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Some more fabric from GJs, chosen by Clare for a summer skirt. Hopefully it won’t stay in the stash for long!
I’m going to use the Little Hip Skirts pleated skirt pattern by Favourite Things and alternate the two fabrics around the gores of the skirt. It’s a great pattern – I reviewed it for Sew, Mama, Sew! a little while back - and should be effective with this pinkness.
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The fabric diet has been broken. I went to GJ’s with Clare on Friday to get some shiny and sparkly material to make her a dress to wear to a disco party. The remnant tables were full – and I love a remnant table! Some more stretch fabrics to become clothes for me (with scissors included in the photos for scale):
and this amazing broadcloth that I have no idea what to do with but I loved it. The pattern is huge and goes right across the fabric width. Pity I didn’t iron it before taking the photo.
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Thanks to Tamara I am STILL posting Sunday Stash! This week I have some dress-weight cotton sateen bought for $2 per metre from Darn Cheap Fabrics.
I’m not sure yet of what this is destined to become. Something for me, but what? From a distance this looks like birds with pointy beaks. And before I make anything for summer I need to lose some weight – it’s been gradually creeping on over the past year and my always-present pot belly has increased to resemble a 5 month pregnant stomach (I’m not kidding – people are presuming that I’m pregnant again, and I’m definitely not!) Time to knock off the chocolate and wine and possibly even do some exercise! Dammit, I love my choccy and wine….
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Lecien quilting cottons, bought for $3.95 per metre from Darn Cheap Fabrics.
Both very pretty! I won’t be using them for quilting though – they are quite lightweight and will make lovely summer dresses for Stella. Thanks Tamara for hosting Sunday Stash! I do enjoy seeing all the fabrics that are out there.
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When I spotted this on the bargain table at Darn Cheap Fabrics I knew that Clare would fancy it. It took her about one second to spot it in my craft room and take possession, especially once she realised that all the scenes are from Cinderella. There was only 90cm left – a skirt perhaps? Or shall I use it to trim other outfits – after all, it is pretty out there (not that a fabric being “out there” has ever stopped me or my girls from wearing it).
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These lovely fabrics were purchased at last weekend’s craft fair from Kelani. Just a fat quarter of the first one:
oh, so pretty! Plus an Aunty Cookie mix pack.
Would have loved to buy more, but suffered severely from too-much-choice-itis. I particularly adore the special edition Lara Cameron fabrics that are sold by Kelani, but need to work out what special project I want to use them on. At the moment I’m thinking of a skirt for myself from this one and/or maybe this one but I also love the prints by Shannon and Caitlin and all the Ink and Spindle girls, and then there is Kristen … my goodness, the list keeps on getting longer. I actually have fabric by most of these talented ladies in my stash already – I just need to USE it rather than simply look at it and sigh….
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