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Denyse Schmidt Darling Posie Plaid

 

Denyse Schmidt Darling Posie Plaid in Zinnia and Blue

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Denyse Schmidt has a new fabric collection for Windham called Darling and the Posie Plaid print really is darling!

Posie Plaid in Zinnia

I ordered some in the pink and blue colorways. There is also a brown colorway called "Nut" which I hope to get later. 

It looks like it was released last month, so it's probably arriving in shops now. There are only a handful of etsy shops with it so far, but there should be more soon. 

Posie Plaid in Nut

If you want this print specifically, I'd make sure to get some soon. The Plaid Posie will likely be the one that sells out first and then becomes HTF, or at least HTF without paying extra.

I've put together a small collection places on etsy you can buy this print. There are other shops with it out there, but I prefer to do my fabric shopping on etsy when possible.  

Posie Plaid in Blue

The Blues

Ki-Mama Sevenberry Fabric

Essex Cotton/Linen Stripe in Chambray

 

Bohin Murano Glass Head Pins

Sample Sale - Pinstripe Denim Grocery Bag (Sold)

Watch for samples here on the blog for the next week or so. I've got some end of summer tidying up going on and have a collected a small stack of sample sale items. 

First up is a Grocery Bag made from a lightweight pinstripe denim. Sold - thanks! This fabric is only about an ounce heavier than quilting cotton, so this is not a heavy denim bag. 

This is the large size in the pattern and it is lined in Rifle Paper Co's "Rosa" print in periwinkle.  

Cotton Chambray in Indigo from Robert Kaufman's House of Denim

Chambray is one of my favorite fabrics--especially the ones with lots and lots of texture like this one from Robert Kaufman's House of Denim collection.  

I almost always have some chambray available in my stash and I've always got my eyes peeled for more of this versatile fabric with the perfect texture. So when I saw this one from Robert Kaufman, I had to have it because it's just sweet, sweet chambray perfection! 

So far I've made two things with this fabric--the Origami butterfly above (see making info for these butterflies in this blog post), and the quilt binding below.  It would also make nice summer weight clothing like skirts or shirts, cloth napkins, cafe curtains, pajama bottoms, quilt backing, etc. 

 

If you'd like to order the pre-made binding, it is available here or here on etsy.  On etsy, you might not see the quantity drop down until it is in the cart. Etsy seems to go back and forth with where they show the quantity available and right now--at least for me--it isn't showing on the item listing.  But I can make any length of the binding for you!  I have almost a whole bolt, after all (at least for now...).

OOP Fabric on Etsy

Tula Pink All Stars Raccoons

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Someone asked about the sun print fabric used in the center of the pincushion in the previous post and if you are wondering about it too, it is from the Bicycle Bunch collection by Abi Hall for Moda.  This post in 2020 featured this fabric. 

Unfortunately, for anyone looking for this fabric in the white colorway, the search might be futile.  Maybe it's out there, but I've looked using a few different search terms and the white seems to be OOP (out of print) and HTF (hard to find) these days. 

Once prints are OOP/HTF it can be a stroke of luck to find them, but sometimes pieces or even yardage of these now quite special fabrics will show up in an etsy shop or other places online. 

Kaffe Fassett Wild Rose

So every once in a while I search etsy for some of the ones I know are OOP to see if anyone is destashing them.  

On my latest search for a few of these gems I put together a collection of OOP/HTF fabrics currently available on etsy. 

If you want to do your own search for something you missed out on, try using OOP, HTF, rare, and retired as part of your search terms. 

Some of the other fabrics mentioned here on the blog that are now OOP/HTF are:

• Clara from the Tilda Woodland collection 
• Garden Serenade from Carry a Tune
• Cassandra by Skipping Stone Studio

There two will likely be OOP soon:

• Where's Kitty from the Dear Stella Catitude collection
• Alfie & Rufus from Alfie collection by Este MacLeod for Windham

Striped Essex Linen Drawstring Mason Jar Bag

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A drawstring bag has been on my sewing radar for a while now and so I've been thinking about what size, what shape, which style of casing, blah, blah, blah.

Then I got tired of thinking about it and went to my etsy favorites and found the Jars to Go Single pattern by A Tiny Forest and I was off to my sewing machine!

After making two of these (pint & half pint), here is a quick summary of my thoughts on this project:

• The finished bags are super useful for any jar lover.
• They are quick to make. It took less than 45 minutes to make the first one.  
• A Tiny Forest allows cottage production so you can sell the finished bags you make.
• I learned a new trick! The trick has to do with holding the lining in place. It can probably only be used if you make a drawstring bag following this same general construction, but it's a good one.  

The fabric used for the half pint bag shown here is this striped Essex cotton/linen and a floral print from Sevenberry.  This listing includes both of these fabrics.

I made a fabric drawstring to match the lining and it's a scant 3/8" wide.  So, so skinny! 

To make this without burning my fingers off I use these Bohin glass head pins to hold down the fabric on a wool mat. The pins stand in for my fingers and the mat raises it up and together they make it possible to press these thin strips without losing my mind or melting off my fingerprints.

The final thing to say about this pattern is these bags also have just one seam down the side/back. If you've made one of the Tiny Bins you might have enjoyed this time saving technique and I was delighted to find it in this pattern.  

 

Speaking of Tiny Bins below is one in these same fabrics (they do look beautiful together!).

This is my Wonder Clip bin. It plops down nicely right in front of my sewing machine and as I sew the clips get tossed into the bin. Then I grab the entire thing and take it with me back to the cutting table.  

Happy stitching!

-Michelle