Thank you for all the excitement over my amazing fabric find at the Wellesley town dump. I had to start using it right away, so I cut into one of the larger floral scraps and made a plush snail shell with a linen snail body.
And then I thought maybe it would be cool to try to make a scarf using a few of the quilt squares. Searching around in my fabric cabinet, I uncovered a stack of hand-dyed felted wool sent to me by a blog reader (4?) years ago. The wool is soft and warm and perfect scarf material. I cut it into squares, pieced it together and made a long strip for the back of the scarf.
Then I spent a wonderful half hour sorting through all the quilt squares and choosing a few favorites for the front of the scarf. I sewed them together in a repeat pattern, including two that used the snail shell fabric, and then attached them to the wool backing. And then I put the snail right on the front.
And it is wearable plush so I can send it to New York for Luv-able and Hug-able and Wear-able which opens on December 9 at gallery hanahou. I think it would be awfully nice to keep warm this winter with a snail scarf made from 100% reclaimed (and 100% beautiful!) fabrics.
Linda says
What beautiful hand-dyed felted wool and an ingenious use of the found fabrics…thinking out of the box as usual. The model sends the scarf over the top!
Maribeth says
Clever! Sweet girl to boot!
Silk scarf says
she seems very cute…