What to do with this
05-31-2011, 09:39 AM
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In my annual rummaging around in closets, which I laughingly call "Decluttering" I've found a many yard long piece of fabric (must be 10 or 15 feet of it, about 50 inches wide with both selvedges ripped off) with masses of 3+ inch different colored shoes on it. It's primarily reddish, not 100 percent cotton but sturdy with only a little give in it. I have no memory of where this came from, the Fabric Genies hid it in my closet.
I suspect that with a lot of starching, it could be cut and made into....what?
I love it, love the wild shoes on it, but my mind is blank when I try to see something that might be made from it. Not pillows for my couch, the red has a purple tone that does not agree with the deep red/brown of my couch pattern.
I suspect that with a lot of starching, it could be cut and made into....what?
I love it, love the wild shoes on it, but my mind is blank when I try to see something that might be made from it. Not pillows for my couch, the red has a purple tone that does not agree with the deep red/brown of my couch pattern.
05-31-2011, 10:03 AM
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Purse? Shower Curtain?
Never even thought of these, but the more I think about it, the more interesting it gets. I can see a shower curtain in my old, tiny bathroom. Cream walls, tiny dark gray tiles, this would make a darling outside shower curtain over the plastic inner one. And I could put up some of my shoe collection. After I broke my ankle in the mid 70s, I started collecting shoes of all kinds, stone, ceramic, plastic, metal, etc. Even have a commercial foot that was used for making shoes...in my size!!
Yup, shower curtain and a tote. That sounds good.
Never even thought of these, but the more I think about it, the more interesting it gets. I can see a shower curtain in my old, tiny bathroom. Cream walls, tiny dark gray tiles, this would make a darling outside shower curtain over the plastic inner one. And I could put up some of my shoe collection. After I broke my ankle in the mid 70s, I started collecting shoes of all kinds, stone, ceramic, plastic, metal, etc. Even have a commercial foot that was used for making shoes...in my size!!
Yup, shower curtain and a tote. That sounds good.
05-31-2011, 10:08 AM
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Now that you have my mental juices flowing, I can see it glued to a couple of big hat boxes that are still strong and useful, but are looking kind of cruddy. They would be darling with this fabric. Wonder why I never thought of using it for the hat boxes. And then there's a big foot locker from DH's Army days that I want to use as storage at the foot of the guest bed. Put up on painted legs and with this quilted and glued to it, might look nice.
05-31-2011, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Purse? Shower Curtain?
Never even thought of these, but the more I think about it, the more interesting it gets. I can see a shower curtain in my old, tiny bathroom. Cream walls, tiny dark gray tiles, this would make a darling outside shower curtain over the plastic inner one. And I could put up some of my shoe collection. After I broke my ankle in the mid 70s, I started collecting shoes of all kinds, stone, ceramic, plastic, metal, etc. Even have a commercial foot that was used for making shoes...in my size!!
Yup, shower curtain and a tote. That sounds good.
Never even thought of these, but the more I think about it, the more interesting it gets. I can see a shower curtain in my old, tiny bathroom. Cream walls, tiny dark gray tiles, this would make a darling outside shower curtain over the plastic inner one. And I could put up some of my shoe collection. After I broke my ankle in the mid 70s, I started collecting shoes of all kinds, stone, ceramic, plastic, metal, etc. Even have a commercial foot that was used for making shoes...in my size!!
Yup, shower curtain and a tote. That sounds good.
05-31-2011, 11:26 AM
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[quote=QuiltE]Show us some pictures .... and the creativity will abound!
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First I have to learn how to post pictures. And for my Avatar I want my Koko's picture of him hiding from me by standing under the lamp shade.
One of these days.
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First I have to learn how to post pictures. And for my Avatar I want my Koko's picture of him hiding from me by standing under the lamp shade.
One of these days.
