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Scrappy Quilt Bracelets

January 22, 2015 by Cyndee 1 Comment

21-DSCF2694Scrappy Quilt Bracelets

16-DSCN4483You may remember my scrappy fabric tags I made a couple of years ago. I loved that idea.

02-DSCF2577I have been working on expanding on that idea by turning scrap cutter quilts into wearable art…more specifically I wanted to see if I couldn’t turn these scraps into bracelets.

I’m a little embarrassed to say that each step took a little bit of refining until I was able to get a consistent result with each one that I tried. I almost threw in the towel a few times, but the time wasted and each failed attempt just made me even more determined to make it work.

My first fail was cutting the strip for the bracelet. I didn’t take into account the quilting stitches on the quilt. Quilting stitches hold a top, middle and bottom layer together. When I cut a small strip, it basically peeled apart in large areas. Stitching on vintage quilts is also unreliable. There were areas where the seams came apart. AARGH!

01-DSCF2580My fix for those problems was to top stitch over the surface of a scrap of quilt. I emptied a spool of thread while meandering in a scribble design.

03-DSCF2586I was then able to cut my bracelet strips without them falling apart.

04-DSCF2601The next step was getting the words onto the strip. I decided to use my character stitches on my sewing machine. That worked the first couple of times and then…AARGH! Old quilts can be kinda lumpy and my machine didn’t want to stitch the tiny letters over the lumps. I finally tried stitching the words on muslin. Eureka!06-DSCF2608

I then stitched the the muslin to the strip in my favorite shabby way.

15-DSCF2673If you want to try this and you don’t have character stitches on your machine I also tried it with stamps as an alternative.

07-DSCF2616I embellished around the words with little pearl beads.

The next failure was the buttonhole. Yep, for the same reason the character stitches didn’t want to stitch…those !@#$% lumps. AARGH!

Deep breath. I was not going to let this project beat me!

17-DSCF2682Light bulb! I finally had good luck with a button/loop closure. Elastic cord formed the loop.

09-DSCF2625With the bracelet strip placed on canvas fabric and the knot of the loop inserted under one end, I stitched around the edges of the bracelet a couple of times. Just like the shabby tags, I didn’t stitch perfect lines.

13-DSCF2637After stitching the canvas backing to the bracelet I trimmed the excess away and added a button to complete the closure function.

14-DSCF2686And then like eating potato chips, I couldn’t stop at just one.

Enjoy!

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Posted in: Jewelry, Sewing Tagged: bracelets, crafts, cutter quilts, quick transformation, recycled, restyled, scrappy, sewing, shabby chic, tags, trash to treasure, vintage, vintage quilts

New Etsy Listings-Scrappy Tags

January 24, 2013 by Cyndee 4 Comments

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Since I received so many nice compliments on my scrappy fabric tags, I decided to list a few in my Restyled Junk Etsy store.

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I’m selling them in sets of three and I only have these three sets listed right now.

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I thought I would wait and see how they do before I add more.

Check out these tags and my other offerings in my Restyled Junk Etsy store.

 

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Posted in: Etsy, Sewing, Trash to Treasure Tagged: decoration, Etsy, labels, quick craft, quick project, quick transformation, restyled, scrappy, sewing, shabby chic, tags, trash to treasure, vintage

Scrappy Fabric Tags

January 6, 2013 by Cyndee 23 Comments

Like eating potato chips, I couldn’t stop at just one of these scrappy tags…

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…or two…or three….well, you get the idea.

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It started out with this pile of lace bits.

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Then there was this bag of burlap scraps and white fabric pieces.

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I began doodling with some letter stamps…

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…and then started layering the pieces together.

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I stitched with absolutely no rules. It was so freeing. Is that even a word? Yes, I say it is.

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It may not have been necessary, but I stitched every layer separately.

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I went back over stitches if the mood struck me. I loved the shabby, scrappy look.

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When I finished one, I just couldn’t stop. I got into assembly-line mode and began cutting, snipping and fraying several stacks of tags. I realize now that even thought the laces were varied, the layout seems to be the same on all of them. Next time, (there will be a next time because I haven’t put any of the materials away) I plan to rearrange the layout.

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Although I loved them, they didn’t look quite done once the bits and pieces were stitched together.

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Out came the bobbles and doodads. (buttons and jewelry)

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This batch was decorated with vintage brooches and earrings, but I’m thinking the next batch will be embellished with old buttons and charms.

For 2013 I am embracing the phrase “You never know if you don’t ask.”…So, if you enjoyed this post and this blog, would you consider following this blog?

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