{"id":2113,"date":"2016-02-02T17:06:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T22:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailysew.com\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2016-08-03T10:19:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:19:32","slug":"what-to-do-with-fabrics-you-love-but-just-cant-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-to-do-with-fabrics-you-love-but-just-cant-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do With Fabrics You Love But Just Can&#8217;t Wear"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2115\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-01-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_ft.jpg\" alt=\"2016-01-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_ft\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-01-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_ft.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-01-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_ft-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Fabric Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Four months ago I counted all my fabric and realized I had a\u00a0ridiculous amount of it. I started a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailysew.com\/2015\/11\/the-use-it-up-fabric-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">year long ban on buying fabric <\/a>in order to use what I have and reduce the size of the stash. However, I recently discovered\u00a0an unforeseen drawback\u00a0to using up my fabric stash; I own fabric I wouldn&#8217;t want to wear.<\/p>\n<p>My rule when I bought the fabric was to only buy fabric I liked. I figured, unlike food shopping, there are no super good for you fabrics that you have to have whether or not you like them. Fabric is all dessert and if I&#8217;m going to eat ice cream it&#8217;s only going to be flavors I like. I don&#8217;t even sample the blueberry kale ice cream (<a href=\"http:\/\/thehopicecreamcafe.com\/#menuSpecialty-desserts\">yes, that&#8217;s a flavor here<\/a>). My rule worked until it was time to sew clothing for myself.<\/p>\n<p>Apparel sewing is what I enjoy best and I&#8217;m a slow (but detail oriented) sewer so I want what I make to actually be worn; to fulfill a need in\u00a0my wardrobe (and I have a needs since all the things I have sewn go with nothing else I have -except store bought jeans and solid t-shirts)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2116\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2116\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Carle's Animals\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Carle&#8217;s Animals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Currently, during my fabric shopping ban, I pick a sewing pattern for a garment\u00a0I need. I go through\u00a0my fabric stash; what am I going to make this tunic, skirt, shirt, out of (I&#8217;m usually thinking linen) and then I notice my mountain of fabric is almost entirely\u00a0bright prints &#8211; which I love &#8211; but they don&#8217;t necessarily work for the style I want or they don&#8217;t flatter my coloring or they aren&#8217;t\u00a0appropriate for my age. As cool as the fabric is, I don&#8217;t think I should wear a dress printed with Eric Carle&#8217;s animals. If I was five I would be adorable but I&#8217;m a lot older and &#8220;little girl&#8221; is not the\u00a0look I&#8217;m going for.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2117\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2117\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Love this but I only have a yard of it.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love this but I only have a yard of it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What am I going to do with all the fabric that I do not want to sew into clothing for myself, or cannot\u00a0because I don&#8217;t have enough yardage? Here&#8217;s the funnel:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Why did I ever buy this?&#8221; Fabric<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>can be used for making a muslin if the drape is similar to the final garment<\/li>\n<li>pass it on\u00a0to friends that sew or charity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Not Suitable for My Wardrobe but Larger Pieces of Fabrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pajamas! (I really need some)<\/li>\n<li>Pajamas for my kids (They are adults, who am I kidding? They just still live at home)<\/li>\n<li>Linings for other garments when possible.<\/li>\n<li>Quilt backings<\/li>\n<li>Charity sewing. Like\u00a0walker caddies and wheel chair totes (<a href=\"http:\/\/cyberseams.com\/article\/105724\/tips\/sewing_charity_list.html\">here&#8217;s a list<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Too Small to Make Adult Garments From\u00a0Fabrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facings for yokes, cuffs, collar bands, pockets, waistbands, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Bias binding<\/li>\n<li>tote bags (for gifts)<\/li>\n<li>Place mats, napkins, table runners other home crafts<\/li>\n<li>pillowcases<\/li>\n<li>Quilts &#8211; strictly functional since fabric choice is limited to what I own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you do with fabric in your stash that is not quite right or is too small for sewing clothing?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2118\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2118\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My next pair of pjs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-02-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My next pair of pjs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four months ago I counted all my fabric and realized I had a\u00a0ridiculous amount of it. I started a\u00a0year long ban on buying fabric in order to use what I have and reduce the size of the stash. However, I recently discovered\u00a0an unforeseen drawback\u00a0to using up my fabric stash; I own fabric I wouldn&#8217;t want [&hellip;]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-to-do-with-fabrics-you-love-but-just-cant-wear\/\" class=\"post-read-more\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[218,232],"class_list":["post-2113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sewing-life","tag-fabric-stash","tag-what-to-sew"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2016-01-tds-bg_fabric_stash_use_ft.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EZxn-y5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}