Aloha, all!
If you've looked through the Stampin' Up! 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog, then you know that one of Stampin' Up!'s newest offering is fabric. The fabric isn't just there by itself. You have to know that, if it's Stampin' Up!, it COORDINATES with something! Absolutely true with this new product. It coordinates with Designer Series Papers, with Card Stock, with Buttons, with Ribbons – in fact with all things colorful! Of course, being in the Holiday Mini Catalog, you can expect that this first offering of fabric relates to the holidays.
Each of the two sets of fabrics in this first offering contains 3 fat quarters that are 28" x 18", larger than the typical fat quarter cut from 44/45" fabric. Today I'm sharing some pictures of my very first project with this fabric. I have to tell you that I've been tip-toeing around it for a month not wanting to cut into for fear I'd – what? I don't know. I just couldn't do it the fabric was so pretty.
This project is called a Folded Fabric Star Ornament, and requires absolutely NO sewing! I used to make them back in my cross-stitch days when I would make the central motif from a cross stitch pattern. But that was two eons ago! So this first one, using the Candy Cane Christmas Fabric Set, had a few glitches in it. I'm back in form now, though, so the next one – using the more "vintage" flavor fabric should go a lot more smoothly.
One of the glitches was using the striped fabric. I'd highly recommend extreme care in using the striped fabric. In order for this ornament to have a nice symmetrical look to it, the stripes should all be the same. Of course I discovered this AFTER I'd cut all the squares. So there I was laying them all out to try to find at least 4 that were pretty close in pattern to each other so they'd lie opposite each other on the ball.
Another glitch was that I discovered too late that, if I'm going to use 4 layers (as I did in this one to add the dark strip – not a Stampin' Up! fabric, by the way, but I wanted the accent), the center area needs to be kept much smaller. There I was at the end trimming the edges because they overlapped – a real mess! But even from the side, it still turned out pretty nice! I topped it all off with a pouf of Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, and Real Red Taffeta Ribbon.
After I finished this ornament off with a Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad I remembered that Stampin' Up! has buttons that coordinate with this fabric, and its sister Designer Series Paper, also called Candy Cane Christmas. The Big Designer Buttons are also featured in the Holiday Mini Catalog. So out came the rhinestone brad and on went a button. I'm still cogitating about whether I like this particular button with this ornament. All advice and critique is welcome!
If you'd like to try one of these yourself, you can find basic instructions for the Folded Star Ornament here.
Have fun with it!
Wow! You did a phenomenal job and I love how you designed your fabric ball. Great Job! I like the rhinestone better than the button, but the button is cute too. That took a while to do and your project is just lovely.
Thanks,
Theresa
Oh, this is phenomenal!!!! Perfect project for me because I hate sewing… and yet I can have a lovely fabric decoration like this without sewing???!!!! Simply awesome.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous! I don't sew at all either, but I don't think I can do this even without sewing. This should be published in Stampin' Success for sure. Thank you so much for sharing.
Sandi Dailey
gdailey@concentric.net
Adorable! I've been staring at my fabric too. This is so cute! Thanks for sharing!
I also have the SU fabric and haven't used it yet. I've been waiting for just the "right"" project and I think this is it. Just beautiful! Thanks for posting the instructions. I'll let you know how mine turns out!
I remember doing these 2-3 eons ago too! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, that ornament is phenomenal!!! I love, love it! Good luck with the So Shelli contest – I could totally see this being a winning project!