I decided to take the plunge and make a commitment to NOT buy any new craft supplies for the next 3 months! Well, with the exception of extraordinary yard sale finds and of course, adhesives. So I set to work on my shoe box of small/medium sized fabric scraps.
Here is the box of fabric that I turned into....
A throw quilt! I just cut a ton of 5x5 squares and sewed them together. Then pieced together fleece remnants (that I originally bought to make stuffies, but I've got tons of sweaters to cut up for that) to serve as both the backing and the batting. I just used a straight stitch on my sewing machine to "quilt" it. The thing is kind of little. I think it's like 40x50 inches, perfect for the couch.
The edge looked like crap because I had just zig-zag-stitched the edge because I got bored and/or lazy. So the next day I got some motivation back and crocheted a border, using nearly a whole skein of forgotten stash yarn. To make the holes to crochet in, I just used the 1/16'' hole puncher part of my Crop-O-Dile to punch holes along the edge, 1 inch apart.
I had just enough yarn left over to either make a small ball of yarn that would go unused probably FOR-EV-ER, or I could continue with the stash-busting spirit and make a little pom-pom monster. The chose the latter. I made 2 pom-poms, sewed them together, then glued on some craft felt ears, paper eyes and teeth, pipe-clear arms and legs, then a wee straw hat from the stash. And of course he had to be holding a rooster feather because that's country, and I thought it went with the straw hat. I also tied a loop of yarn to the top of the hat to make him into a hanging ornament.
Anyway, much love! I feel like crap today! Here's to a better day tomorrow :)
4 comments:
Wow love what you've done with all your bits!! .... I once set myself the challenge of not buying any new crafty stash 4 6 months, I could still not see a dent in my stash after that time .... Hope your crafting spending ban has more success!! Hugs Juls xxx
I love the crocheted border you came up with. It's a great contrast, and really makes everything "pop". I'm excited to see how you bust that stash these next few months!
The crocheted border is gorgeous.
Great job! I love the quilt and the little monster.
I am finally starting to dig through my stash of fabric and clothes for repurposing. I made the kiddo a super cute tank top in about 10 minutes, then had to make one for her new American Girl Doll.
Speaking of which, I should probably get off the computer and get more sewing done.
Hope your day brightens up!
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