{"id":3453,"date":"2011-07-29T11:28:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:10:50","slug":"reap-as-you-sew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/07\/29\/reap-as-you-sew\/","title":{"rendered":"Reap As You Sew!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After making a half dozen baby quilts, I found myself with a nice amount of scraps in various shapes and sizes. I love the fabric, and I can’t bring myself to discard the scraps. I hang on to them figuring that they can be used for something especially since I recently discovered that a fabric designer’s line does indeed have a limited run. For example, Denyse Schmidt’s\u00c2\u00a0collection\u00c2\u00a0“Katie Jump Rope” which I adored – is now only available in small quantities on certain retail sites, or for a hefty price on Ebay. Lesson learned?<\/em> When you find something you really like, buy yards and yards of it!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rooting around in my studio, I found a pile of long strips of beloved, but no longer available fabrics in my stash. I arranged and rearranged them, and sewed them together. Then I sandwiched a piece of leftover quilt batting in between the front and back, and stitched them up. Voila!<\/em> In less than twenty minutes, a new hot pad for the dining room table!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After making a half dozen baby quilts, I found myself with a nice amount of scraps in various shapes and sizes. I love the fabric, and I can’t bring myself to discard the scraps. I hang on to them figuring … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177,19],"tags":[542,538,539,540,20,541,3665,6],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-2","category-sewing","tag-craft","tag-denyse-schmidt","tag-designer","tag-fabric","tag-handmade","tag-sew","tag-sewing","tag-tina-garceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-TH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8265,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/06\/05\/sew-camera-pouch\/","url_meta":{"origin":3453,"position":0},"title":"How To Sew A Camera Pouch","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I never leave the house without two things - red lipstick and my point and shoot. 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