The Generosity of Strangers

. . . . Or at least friends of friends.


One of my friends has a friend who was cleaning out her storage building about six months ago, and the hubby and I swung by to pick up the "leftovers" for a garage sale I was having. I wound up with a truck full of furniture -- and a car full of cloth. While there were some really nice fabrics with generous yardage, let's just say, not all of the pieces were my taste. However, I hate to waste, so I kept it all . . .



Then, a number of my friends gave me a bunch of clothes for the sale, most of which went out of style in the 80s. But a lot of the pieces were made out of really nice cloth. It would be so easy to cut them up to repurpose them . . .


Then, for an unrelated project, I answered an ad on Craigslist offering free scraps from an upholstrey shop. Tons of pieces, most of them small. But they could work just find for quilting or applique . . .



And, of course there are the always the odds and ends left over from other projects, and the yards of fabric I just have to have when I go down to the cloth district, then never get around to doing anything with.

I've set myself the challenge of finding something attractive to do with all of these leftovers and castoffs. Yet, I'm like most people in that I am very busy. So I'm going to focus on things that can be made in an evening or in a weekend.



I'll provide insturctions for what I've created, but feel free to tell me what you would have done with the same pieces of cloth.

There really is so much fabric . . . so little time. I'm glad you've decided to check in on my quest. I hope I inspire you a little to create something of your own.