I was given a pink floral and lacy duvet cover, and as pink is not my favourite colour (not that I was ungrateful for the donation I might add) it was dutifully washed, cut into usable pieces and put away till I got my head round as to what to do with it. As it turned out that did not take very long, the first thing I made was some bunting for Poppy (my grand daughter's) new bedroom, seeing as she loves pink, so 15 flags in all and I even used the lace that came with the original duvet cover, well would be rude not to really.
Then the The Great British Sewing Bee popped onto our screens and Poppy saw the smocked dress and said she loved it and could she have one! I rummaged through my materials and finally came up with some blue & lilac floral and a good match in a plain lilac. Poppy of course wanted a pink one, that at least should have been a good cue for me to remember the duvet! well it didn't, and now I am actually glad my memory chose not to remind me, as this combination worked well together, and have to say Pops loves it and she does look cute in it. I have no idea how long it is since I last smocked and I had forgotten how much fun it is (once you get the tension right that is). Should I be worried that I keep forgetting things?
Have you made anything with your duvet? please share would love to see your creations.
5 comments:
Well now, there you go. Beautiful. A fabric pattern like that never goes out of style. The more simpler the pattern, the longer the life. Well done. Tammy
Looks lovely! I made curtains from a duvet for my old house. When the house went, I left the curtains because the new owners loved them (and I was itching to make something new!). I never did make a new set!
I see I am not alone then, phew that makes me feel normal:) I just bought a duvet yesterday for 1 euro and well will let you see it another time. Thanks for popping in with your duvet curtains story Sydney,and must be about time to make a new set:)
Poppy looks so lovely in the dress. I'm currently making a summer dress from old curtains - never throw anything away! xxx
My mum used to make me dresses from old curtains when I was a tot and I never gave it a second thought,and probably explains why I am a horder now of all sorts of fabrics curtains and all:) Would love to see the dress when finished Carolyn.
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