No matter what your choice of hobby is, one thing is inevitable: leftovers. If you do however have a leftover free hobby, do please share, might be just the thing for me.
Leftovers used to drive me crazy, yes I have a slight OCD and a penchant for neatness, I believe it's inherent to all Virgos.
Now I'm coping quite well, I'm at a point where I accept leftovers as a necessary byproduct of every endeavour. But I'm still struggling what to do with them: toss them, keep them, separate from other items...
When it comes to fabric leftovers I only keep the bigger more regularly shaped pieces and I keep them in a special box.
I made this skirt about a month ago using a rather plain dark wash stretch denim that was just begging for some embellishment.
So I dug out a nice piece of pink Chinese brocade and used it on the godet pattern piece. I also made some bias tape and used it for piping.
The front view:
The back view:
I also used matching thread and made a flat felled seam on the back:
The godet piece was lined with leftover lining from a coat:
I'd be interested to hear about your techniquies in dealing with leftovers.
Leftovers used to drive me crazy, yes I have a slight OCD and a penchant for neatness, I believe it's inherent to all Virgos.
Now I'm coping quite well, I'm at a point where I accept leftovers as a necessary byproduct of every endeavour. But I'm still struggling what to do with them: toss them, keep them, separate from other items...
When it comes to fabric leftovers I only keep the bigger more regularly shaped pieces and I keep them in a special box.
I made this skirt about a month ago using a rather plain dark wash stretch denim that was just begging for some embellishment.
So I dug out a nice piece of pink Chinese brocade and used it on the godet pattern piece. I also made some bias tape and used it for piping.
The front view:
The back view:
I also used matching thread and made a flat felled seam on the back:
The godet piece was lined with leftover lining from a coat:
I'd be interested to hear about your techniquies in dealing with leftovers.
Cute way to fancy up the skirt! I like the finished look!
ReplyDeleteI use leftover notions and fabric and ribbon to wrap gifts with!
Would love to see some of your gift wrapping designs. I was saving this for un upcoming post but I guess the cat's out of the bag: gift wrapping is one of my hobbies as well and I'm always on the lookout for fresh ideas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great modification to this Burda pattern.
ReplyDeleteDear Susan, thank you for your lovely comment!
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