Today I’m linking up with Making Rebecca Lynne for Thursday Think Tank
Whilst I don’t have a huge stash of quilting fabrics and UFOs, I do have quite a collection of various dress making and furnishing weight fabrics and lots of never completed cross stitch and embroidery projects and I have been considering whether I could find a way to incorporate some of these into projects for my Making Christmas list.


Belle Rose Birds Butterflys Tulip Michael Miller Fabric |
Belle Rose Birds Butterflys Tulip Michael Miller Fabric |
I don’t think I’ll ever make anything out of these because I can’t bear to cut them up but I love the scrap book style mix of different elements and I’m thinking, perhaps I could combine a variety of embroidered pieces/prints/fmq/applique to make some collage-type pieces and use them in things like cushions and bags…
Happy Sewing! to everyone and Happy thinking about sewing :)
Allison
those are some lovely embroidered pieces, I think it would be a great idea to use them in ornaments & pouches :)
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Benta At SLIKstitches
The fabrics would be great as bags. I've made a few based on Pink Penguin's lunch bag, but scaled up to handbag size, I LOVE the drawstring cover over the contents of the bag. (I can't add the link via the iPad, but have it if you want it)
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Cindy
Keep the fabric whole and add a simple scrappy border to make a very cool quilt.
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Archie the wonder dog
Pretty needlework and the fabric is beautiful!
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kristastitched
OOOH, pretty! I also really enjoy the “brainstorming” part of creating things. It's so fun! Hopped over from TTT :D
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Lucy @ Charm About You
I adore that red and white! SO pretty and I agree festive :) Your embroidery is amazing – that cow is making me smile!! I'd love to get into embroidery and winter seems like the perfect time! All those long night, I might just have to have a go in the new year :)
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Katie
I love the red and white embroidery! I'm the same way as far as thinking about projects when I have no time to actually do them. I carry a sketchbook with me everywhere so I can jot down my ideas. So many of them are beyond my skill level right now, but at least they give me a goal to work towards!
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Isisjem
I have some of that Michael Miller fabric too and I've been using mine for Giant hexies that show case the best parts of the print and then the offcuts in smaller pieced giant hexies.
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