Bedsheet or BedSHIRT?
- fabman556
- Mar 1, 2019
- 2 min read
You'll never catch me wasting fabric. Which sort of explains the size of the scrap fabric stash in the sewing studio. Textile waste is a HUGE world-wide environmental issue. Read more about textile waste here:
So, when the fitted flannel sheet from our queen-size sheet set was worn out prematurely, I was determined to find a use for the flat sheet. It's still in great shape, and has a slightly broken-in look and feel...perfect for a casual flannel shirt! [There are quite a few people making assorted garments from old bed linens...Google it!]
The wide width of the sheet was an asset in this case, and made matching the plaid at the side seams very easy: the front and back patterns pieces could be positioned side-by-side on the fabric. Lining up the plaid after folding the sheet in half was the biggest challenge, and that was easily accomplished.
No tricks to sewing up this shirt, just standard sewing procedure with fusible interfacing in the collar and cuffs. It was fun to re-purpose the sheet into a shirt.
There's enough fabric left to stitch up a pair of lounge pants, like those in the above photo. Now, what to do with the pillow cases...lots of inspiration here:
In Other Shirting News
I have spent a considerable amount of time at work over the past six months or so, along with several other members of the Springs Creative team, developing and executing a new quilting fabric collection which launched last week, exclusively on fabric.com.
The Baxter Mill Archive "Spirit of Africa" collection is digitally printed on 100% cotton. Digital printing allows for far greater detail than conventional printing methods. This limited-edition, premium collection includes 12 fabric designs, 4 quilting pre-cut products and 2 quilt kits. Check it out here:
The Baxter Mill Archive fabric brand features re-interpreted art inspired by our archival library of hundreds of thousands of fabric samples gathered from all over the world. Our in-house designers re-imagine these into a scale and palette which is relevant to today's consumer. Check out Baxter Mill Archive here:
Of course, I had to have a shirt using all 12 fabrics...a walking fabric collection! The adventure was in trying to figure out how to accommodate all the fabrics, and I ended up adding a narrow vertical flange to the front and back to get in the last two designs. The fabric was easy to work with and washed up well.
Until next time, keep those sewing machines humming, and think about what kind of walking collection you can be (not necessarily a fabric collection).
@danthefabricman
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