What do you do with your test stitching? I'm cleaning out my sewing area and have an ecclectic stack of embroidery on white muslin and no idea what to do with it. I'd hate to see it go to waste.
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Heather, dear one, if you are not going to do one of these many things, please make sure your test stitching goes to another. HaHa. A flower for you.
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7151I use my adult looking test patterns to make lap quilts for nursing home patients that don't have anyone left in their lives. The kid stuff goes into quilts and are donated to our Children's Hospital. So please never throw them away, someone will appreciate them.
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by justheather
08 May 2008
Sounds great. Separating them really sounds like the way to go. Flower for you :O)
20661Do not throw away for sure my dear. I am planning a quilt with mine. I am going to put sashing between the blocks to liven it up some too. *4U ><>
15057you could either make a quilt or quilt cover for the local nursing home or use it to make a cover for your sewing chair, or cover for your machine :)
5120I give them to my gran daughter, and she makes a quilt with them
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by claudenicolas
08 May 2008
I would say patchwork, i have not written the good word in english(always my difficulties in this langage)
25533when I moved I gave lots of ribbons fabric bits of anything to OSSH (after school care)they loved it for craft
7833I would suggest postcards or grocery bag. It is time for recycling and a coton grocery bag is great! I do my test on simple cotton or on denim and both get great on bags! Cheers
1675hather, it looks like you have some good answers here - good luck and let us know - what you did with them. Hehehe! *4U
211079I donated some to the physical therapy department at a hospital where they use them for crafts.
Also sewed some to the outside of a shopping tote.
15711I cut them out, mount them on some pretty paper and then onto cardstock and make cards out of them
29871most of the purses that I've shared, started with test stitching. I find that most testing comes out just fine. I like to test on denim or twill...then I build a purse around it!
7310You got all the suggestions I was about to make: quilt, sample booklet, bags and totes, apply them to boxes. Hope you find a couple of projects that suit you.
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by mops
07 May 2008
and centre of potholders, use it as a pocket on whatever you fancy (from pinafores to children's pants)
145302put together a sample booklet, You may want to do a lot of selling one of these days. & U would have examples of your work right there to show 4U a*
145791I was also goind to suggest and quilt. There are lots of organizations that would love to have donations of quilts. Project Linus is one of them.
www.projectlinus.org
62461Well, you could turn them into a patchwork quilt,
or wall hanging.*4U for doing such a stack, and
hanging on to them !!
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