Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
While I was working on the masks, most of the time I remembered to keep the selvages to maybe make a couple more Pinnies. Not that I needed anymore, just that I thought when I’d see those particular selvages, I’d remember all the masks I made for the doctors and nurses, hospitals, nursing homes and all the places I had sent them as I did my little part for the Coronavirus.
First I decided I would sort them into color groups. Some were multi-colors that I wasn’t quite sure which group they would end up in. Maybe they would be in a couple groups.
While I was sorting, I had a brilliant idea!! I would use them to make a table runner. Then I had a supersized-brilliant idea. I would use the selvages to make spools of thread!!
I sketched out a couple options for my brilliant idea on a 3” x 5” recipe card.
And added a few measurements.
I pressed the selvages. I tried to remind myself to center some of the words.
Next, I put a press cloth, a linen dish towel, on my ironing board because I was going to use my basting spray; which was a mega bargain from my favorite store; to hold the selvages in place and I didn’t want to get my ironing board cover all sticky.
I need a new ironing board cover anyway, but with the stay at home order and some stores being closed, I figured it might be a while before I would be able to get one.
I started placing each selvage onto a muslin backing, rearranging as I went to get a look I liked. I’ll trim later.
My thread is getting down. I wrote in The Masks that if I used all of this spool of thread, we are in bigger trouble than anyone thought. Dust? What dust?!?
I decided to zigzag the selvages onto the muslin.
Proverbs 31:13 She seeks out wool and linen with care and works with willing hands.
So far I have five spools done. Well, five threads done less the spools. I need to find some wood grain fabric in my stash. I think I’ll wait until I get all of them done before I start trimming.
Found my wood grain fabric!! I knew I’d get to it eventually.
Half square triangles for the spools.
Sides on.
Spools attached.
Spools of thread pinned on my mock-up board. I love them!! They are quite a bit bigger than I was thinking they’d be, but then again I was looking at my sketch where they were about a half-inch in size.
I actually had enough selvages to make several spools so this project I decided to make a wall hanging.
One Bizillion, do you see it? It seemed like that’s how many selvages I had for the Mask Spools.
And how about this one, Designs by jb? I’m positive they meant me!!!
I can hardly believe I had as many selvages as I did. All from fabrics I’ve used in the masks for the coronavirus pandemic.
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