I’ve been making these pouches for years from all my scrap fabric. I have a huge ten gallon grab bag full of beautiful sewing remenants waiting for a project. This project is fast and easy to make. You can find several of these pouches in my etsy shop.
A fellow Sacramentan recycles vintage hand bags, luggage and shoes by adding handpainted motifs to her items. You can find Roundtrip on etsy. Making something plain and old into something new and hip rocks!
This messenger bag has great colors. I love that w3bch1ck protected the burlap part with clear vinyl.
An iPod case recycled from another leather handbag. Geoffgn did the ultimate recycle, an old bag into a new bag.
Skirt made using Blue Scraps
First off, this skirt took me forever to finish. Too may interruptions, with sick kids, then I’m sick, then school ending for the year. But it is finally done and I am super happy with it.
Second off, I recently joined Twitter and am having a blast connecting with other artists, vintage clothing collectors, etc. On twitter I hooked up with Solsisters Handbags and on her blog was a tutorial for Flip and Sew handbag. It was exactly the technique I was looking for to make this skirt.
Laying out the Sew Lines
Normally I fully line all my skirts. I decided to use my lining as the base for sewing the strips of fabric. Using my taylor’s chalk, I marked where my sew lines would be and created a sunburst pattern. I then created the same pattern on the back of my skirt to match the front.
Just remember the strips are sewn to the opposite side of what is shown above. Therefore, the design will be on the opposite side from your chalk marks.
Front after sewing
I’ve wanted to make this skirt for awhile using the increasing stash of vintage fabrics hanging around my studio with no where to go. Above is the front of the skirt with the strips sewn to the wrong side of the lining.
Sunburst Hippie Chic Skirt
Here is the front of the skirt. I decided not go too far up the top side of the skirt with sunburst. The reason was not to have seam bulk across the waist and hips. This style is a-line and it hugs the waist and hips.
Skirt Back
Here is the backside. There is a seam down the middle and I was a little off on matching my lines up. Next skirt I will work to clean that up.
Side View
Side view. You can see that the front and back meet up.
Close up
Close up.
Inside of skirt
Here is the inside of the skirt. I have the fun pattern from the lining showing on the inside. If you look carefully, you can see where I’ve sewn the strips to the lining.
Pennant Banner Red
Finding new uses for scraps is always fun. All these vintage fabrics are beautiful and I hate to throw away the scraps. Here is one of my newest ways to use up the scraps. Above I made a bunting garland or pennant banner from vintage tablecloth fabrics in reds.
Pennant Back Vintage Chenille
Then on the back side, I used my scraps of vintage white chenille. When flapping in the wind, the chenille helps give each pennant some weight and texture. I am now working on a blue banner, then a pink banner.
Vintage Tablecloth Fabric Pennant Banner
These banners would be fun for weddings, baby’s room (out of reach of course), birthday party or any party. For next year’s Cinco de Mayo, I am going to put together a vintage tablecloth southwest theme!
Wedding Pennant
My husband and I threw a birthday party for ourselves this year. He is only 2 days older than I am, so we share our birthdays. It was a Mexican theme and I was looking for inexpensive decorations for the room. I made tissue paper pom poms or luminaries in red and yellow and it looked fantastic. You can find the directions for making the pom poms at Martha Stewart Weddings.
It made me think of all the store bought patterns I had laying around which have been cut into. Why not use the tissue paper from the patterns to make the luminaries? So here we are.
I even made tissue carnations from the vintage pattern tissue. Here is a great online tutorial at Folding Trees.
Put together as a bunch.
Close up.
