This week I look around at my sewing room and realized that although I think I am pretty good at taking old things and making them new I am not always good at taking my old things and making them new. I have so much fabric that is cut too small to turn into a bag or purse. I have scraps or fabric with tears or stains literally everywhere. They are beautiful pieces of fabric but need to find a way to be used.
Following on from my patchwork bag which I continue to be in love with I have been feeling the patchwork vibe! I spent a lovely afternoon after work last week chatting to a friend and cutting up fabric scraps into more usable scraps.
I have now set about attaching them altogether to create a patchwork something! Given how many scraps I need to work through I think it will probably result in being a quilt but currently I am keeping an open mind.
So far my patchwork has been using new fabrics - patches that have been bought for me by friends. But patchwork was originally about making do and mending! Taking the odds and ends of old clothes, old bedding, leftover fabrics - anything really - and turning them into something useful and hopefully beautiful too!
I intend to get going on that style of sewing for a while - so this is going to be my first piece of patchwork that truly uses odds and ends of fabric. I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out! It will definitely be something I pick up and put down so don't expect a finished product any time soon!
As much as I love the other patchwork I have done that followed a pattern and theme I am starting to love the absolute randomness of it. It feels somehow more authentic! We will see how it looks on a bigger scale!
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