Destashification Mystery Project

Posted on May 29, 2011 by destashification
Destashification Mystery Project

Destashification Mystery Project

Simple to make.

Excellent use of fabric from The Scrap Stash.

It is approximately 3″ by 5″…..and is very useful.

Any guesses?

 

 

 

 

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Fabric Roses: How to Make

Posted on May 28, 2011 by destashification
Fabric Rose: Start

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The fabric flower embellishments include a coral rose, shown on the left side of this photo. They are simply a strip of fabric slightly gathered and rolled up. 1.  Start with a strip of fabric approximately 3″ wide by 12″ … Continue reading →

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How to Make Leaves for the Fabric Flowers

Posted on May 27, 2011 by destashification
Purple Leaves Fabric

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Embellishment Detail Fabric flowers are simple to make embellishments for anything from T-shirts to clutches.  A few leaves scattered among the flowers adds that extra touch to the embellishments. The leaves on the Rose Top were made from the scraps … Continue reading →

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How to Make Those Fabric Flowers

Posted on May 26, 2011 by destashification
Fabric Flowers Detail from Rose Top

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The Fabric Flowers on the Rose Top received numerous comments when I wore it out last night, so I thought I would try my first tutorial on how to make them. All of the flowers except the coral roses are … Continue reading →

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A Rose by any other name…

Posted on May 25, 2011 by destashification

Fabric Roses can be so beautiful.

Rose Embellishments

Rose Embellishments

While searching through The Stash I found some small pieces of dark rose colored silks.  One was a sheer and one was a duipioni.  Neither was large enough to make a top individually, but together they would….

Simplicity 2922

Simplicity 2922

In the Pattern Stash, I found Simplicity 2922,  which is still available.

Rose Silk Top with Embellishments

Rose Silk Top with Embellishments

The yoke was cut from the duipioni and the body from the sheer.  There was just enough of the sheer to line the front.  The yoke closes with shimmery rose colored buttons from The Stash.

The Stash also contained a number of small pieces of other silks and sheers in the pink/rose family.

Let the embellishments begin!

Embellishment Detail

Embellishment Detail

The leaves are created by folding in a fabric edge, then folding the fabric in thirds.  A gathering stitch is made across the open ends and a dimensional leaf is the result!

The sheer flowers are just yo-yo’s with gathers to the back, then tacked to create petals.

Embellishment Detail

Embellishment Detail

The coral rose was created by first hand sewing a tube of the fabric, gathering it slightly, and then rolling it.

The beads were added as accents.  The larger beads are freshwater pearls.

As the temperatures in Arizona soar into the triple digits, I hope to have a number of opportunities to wear this top.

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Luggage: Stash Couture Style

Posted on May 25, 2011 by destashification

Graduation was 2,000 miles away.  I needed something to carry The Stash Couture Wardrobe across the US.

Stash Couture Luggage Set

Stash Couture Luggage Set

I had already engineered and completed the Carry-On, but the dresses and skirts would need a dress-sized garment bag.

Butterick 3934

Butterick 3934

I had some pieces of the fabric used for the Carry-On left in The Fabric Stash, so I dug through The Pattern Stash and found Butterick 3934, which I am fairly sure has been discontinued (it is dated 2003).

The Garment Bag front was almost exactly the size of the blue floral fabric I had left.  I did, however, have to piece the red toile to create the back.  As the red toile was quilting weight, it was interfaced, lined, and quilted.

I did have to purchase the upholstery weight yellow gingham for the sides and shoe pocket, so this is not quite a 100% Destashification Project.

Garment Bag Back

Garment Bag Back

The pattern has a center zipper.  I moved it to the sides.  My Stash contains several 24″ and 72″ metal upholstery zippers still proudly exhibiting their 50 and 99 cent clearance stickers.  The 72″ zipper worked great for this project.

Shoe Pockets closed

Shoe Pockets Closed

I used one of the shorter zippers to engineer a set of four shoe pockets.

The pockets were sized to fit two pairs of my shoes – for this trip it was sandals.

Shoe Pockets with Shoes

Shoes Pockets with Shoes

No heel or scuff marks from traveling as the pockets are designed to keep the shoes separated!

As the dwindling stash of coordinating fabric would allow, the Garment Bag was reinforced with cording and fabric strips, especially at the handles and edges.

Hardware Stores are one of my favorite places to wander.  A true hardware store has drawers and drawers of different connectors, clips, handles, etc.  I knew I would need hardware as clasps, but did not want to add too much weight, so I choose aluminum clips.  The D-rings were in The Stash.

Aluminum Clips

Aluminum Clips

D-rings

D-rings

Finished in time for the graduation trip, the dresses and skirts arrived needing only minor touch-ups with an iron!

For a few hours of sewing, I now have a Coordinated Tote, Carry-On, and Garment Bag. The total cost for Stash Couture Luggage Set was less than $10!

Stash Couture Luggage Set

Stash Couture Luggage Set

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Striped Skirt with Embellishments

Posted on May 25, 2011 by destashification
Striped Skirt with embellishments - left front

Striped Skirt with embellishments - left front

I have always loved Marcy Tilton’s Vogue Skirt Pattern (Vogue 8561).  The pattern must have been in The Stash since it was first printed.  I just could not find the perfect fabric.

Vogue 8561

There is one fabric that I will break the Destashification Rules for and that is Stretch Linen, especially when less than $2.00 per yard.  This pin-striped Stretch Linen was in two pieces, but felt I had finally found the perfect fabric for the skirt.

So I took it home and pre-washed it…..and one piece shrank considerably while the other piece did not! The stripes on the two pieces were no longer the same width apart!

I almost gave up on project until I realized that the difference in the stripes could be used to emphasize the design elements of the skirt.

Striped skirts with embellishments - front

Striped skirts with embellishments - front

Before I started cutting, though, I went to Sewing Pattern Review to review comments of others who had made the skirt.  After reviewing all the pictures, I realized the March Tilton pattern was a straighter skirt than I had envisioned.

Neue Mode 22678

No problem, I was sure I had a long full skirt pattern in The Stash.  Unbelievably, I did not!  So I downloaded this pattern and created similar design elements to the original Marcy Tilton pattern.

Striped Skirt Front Pocket

Striped Skirt Front Pocket

The pockets were cut directly from the Vogue pattern.  However, I used a very simple Foundation Piecing method to make them.  I scanned in the pocket pieces and then reduced them until they were the correct size.  After printing them out, I could sew directly on the printed line to get the curved and pointed shape perfectly!

Marcy Tilton’s instructions for cutting the bias pieces provided guidance.  I cut the pieces larger than required, steam ironed them and then made the final cuts!

In addition to fabric, my stash contains numerous embellishments.  I used beads, buttons, buckles, and ribbons to embellish the skirt.  The X’s on the pockets and topstitching followed guidance in the original Vogue patterns.   I placed small pieces of scotch tape over the pocket edges and drew the X’s on the tape to reduce “mishaps”.

Striped Skirt - back pocket

Striped Skirt - back pocket

Stretch Linen is very comfortable, but being white it required a lining.  The Stash provided a white cotton to use for that purpose.

I wore the skirt to my daughter’s graduation dinner with a black top and received a number of compliments.

(…and I would probably break the Destashification Rules for Stretch Silk, too!)

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Stash Couture – Smocked and Beaded Linen Top

Posted on April 21, 2011 by destashification
Smocked and Beaded Linen Top

Smocked and Beaded Linen Top

Smocked and Beaded Linen Top

This is a vintage dress pattern:  Patt-O-Rama 8337-T.  It even had the original smocking transfers.

Patt-O-Rama 8337-T

Patt-O-Rama 8337-T

I liked the design of this dress because the front is shaped.  It almost forms a “Y”.  The upper portion is quite wide which allows for the smocking, but the pattern narrows quickly to the waist.  This eliminates the volume typically associated with smocked garments.

Smocking Dots on Linen

Smocking Dots on Linen

This pattern front and the “smocking dots” were also shaped to create a true bustline.  When I discovered the dots were no longer iron-on-able, I was going to try the pleating machine, but it only pleats in a straight line.  So, transfer paper and disappearing marking pen…..

The fabric is a cream tissue weight linen – perfect for Arizona’s heat.  But, perhaps not-so-perfect for smocking.  The linen was just a bit too stiff.

Beaded Smocking Detail

Beaded Smocking Detail

I added beads at each smocking point.

Smocked and Beaded Linen Top and Jean Skirt

Smocked and Beaded Linen Top and Jean Skirt

The top was made to coordinate with an embellished jean skirt I am currently working on.  More embellishments to follow…

Jean Skirt Embellishment Details

Jean Skirt Embellishment Details

…and finally, the top with a coordinating sweater – required for AC chill chasing!

Love this sweater!

Love this sweater!

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RE-Kindled

Posted on April 13, 2011 by destashification
Stash Couture Kindle Cushion

Stash Couture Kindle Cushion

The Kindle required a cover that:

  1. Providing cushioning while in the Purse.
  2. FIT!
  3. Was Stash Couture!

An earlier attempt met Requirement #1, but its remake no longer met Requirement #2 – so it was not too useful!

Crazy Quilting is a favorite activity and I love making these little “Beaded Goddess Faces”.

The Stash provided the beads, the polymer clay and mold for the face, the fabric, the piping, the embroidery threads, ribbons, button, and even the batting!

Kindle Cushion

Kindle Cushion

The only purchase was the Bias Binding – in orange!  I never use orange.  I was thinking yellow, but the binding tends to attract the most dirt which yellow would show….so orange it was!

Beaded Goddess

Beaded Goddess

Love the beaded face.  So much fun to create!

…And best of all – the Kindle fits perfectly!

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12 Yard Quilt!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by destashification
Whole Cloth Coverlet on bed

Whole Cloth Coverlet

Returned by the Long-Arm Quilter more than a month ago, I finally completed the binding!

It is fast approaching temperatures too hot to work on such a large object, so I knew if I did not finish the binding soon, it would wait until next fall….

…so, with the two NCIS shows providing entertainment, it was finished last night.

The photo shows it on the foot of the bed – which is where it was intended for.  There is coordinating wall paper in the en suite bath.

It required more than 12 yards of fabric as it is reversible.  The fabric is Waverly Paddock Shawl in a brown/black colorway.

…..and I still have enough fabric to create a pieced quilt!

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