I don't know what got into me this 4th of July weekend. I had the biggest urge to do some mindless sewing. The kind of sewing that you pick up two pieces of fabric, any pieces, and run them through the sewing machine. Mind you, I still have at least 3 quilt tops in progress for work, but those require mind work.
Crumb piecing and strings are perfect for mindless sewing!! The 1.5" strips in the picturse above are from a previous project, Tracks Herringbone Quilt. I pieced a few more blocks to add to that pile.
The crumb pieces practically fell together! Mostly blue, but also a piece of pink, green, purple or red snuck in.
Lol, I think my camera is playing tricks. I was sure it's mostly blue!
The selvedge from this blue print says "Got the Blues." I had pieced without a plan, posted the above photo to Instagram and Facebook. My co-worker left a comment about seeing what these pieces become.
And that inspired me to make these pieces into something...
... a fabric box...
... Because these threads need some thing...
... like this ☺️ - a 5.25" x 9.5" fabric box. It actually turned out bigger than the 6.5" square I had planned, but that's ok. Looks like I need more thread to make it full. Purple and brown threads would fill it out nicely. Of
Here's more pictures of my fabric box. It's really not that bad for my first attempt.
I might try making another one with stiffer interfacing. And maybe 6.5" that I first thought.
No room for the "Blues."
But always open to inspiration!!
That is so cute, Naomi! So much fun that you had the Got the Blues selvedge.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's fun finding little sayings in the selvedge! I think we'll be seeing more like from fabric designers in the future *fingers crossed*
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