You know, I bashed about some other titles for this post, along the lines of “gone cold on ideas for fabric”, lots of chilly references and at one point even a bear pun, but they just didn’t work, I fear I’m losing my knack!
A couple of days ago my neighbour popped around and threw some fabric into my hand and asked me if I could come up for some ideas for it. Half a yard of large scale novelty polar bear print quilting weight cotton from VIP Cranston. She commissioned a shower curtain for their old house out of it and the half a yard was what was left over. Her friend who made the shower curtain gave it back to her thinking that she could do something with it and instead it’s been sitting in her home for three years taunting her.
Now it’s sitting in my home taunting me instead. I am flat out stumped. To me the print is too large and the yardage is too small for me to think what to do with it, the best I could come up with are some drawstring laundry bags but that’s not exactly exciting. So instead I am turning to you dear CB readers. What kind of things could I suggest to turn this piece of fabric into? Valerie (my neighbour) has a new polar bear-less bathroom so it doesn’t have to be kept in there. She also has two sons at 2.5 and 1 year old and they’re always keen on something new. She is at a novice sewing level, but I’m more than willing to help her out with anything more complicated and she has access to all the bits and pieces in my sewing room so not much is out of the realms of possibility.
So let your imagination run wild and tell me what you would do with it. I couldn’t bear to let it go to waste.
Pillow case for a small childs pillow, maybe with a hem of white or blue to match. My children had small bed pillows the size of an airplane pillow when they were young and we made special pillow cases for them that could be changed and washed.
Thanks Julie, I’ll pass it on to her
Anyone else with ideas?
cushions is all i could think of
Kid’s PJ top, if you have enough for shorts – use a pale blue plain to stretch, and then add some white fluffy snow trim and penguin-shaped buttons!
You could stretch it over a canvas frame and use it as a picture/wall hanging.
a bear shaped pillow! instead of making a pillow case, cut out the outline of one of the bears, cut a backing piece, sew, stuff. you could do it with the 4 or 5 bear configurations there on the fabric and have a whole bear pillow family
Here in Canada… this is a very common print on flannel. I would probably use it as the center panel of a baby or little boys blankie. You could trim it out with co-ordinating fabric. Minky or flannel on the back would be lovely for cuddling.