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kellie79 Member since 11/17/07 Posts: 7	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/6/12 0:11 AM Hello, does anyone have a great pattern recommendation for a single yard of fabric? A shell top or skirt perhaps? Thank you in advance! K
stirwatersblue Intermediate KS USA Member since 12/13/08 Posts: 2471	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/6/12 0:43 AM There's at least one whole book devoted to this! I haven't read it, but here you go: One Yard Wonders by Patricia Hoskins. :) FWIW, if you do any costuming for Renaissance fairs, it takes about 1 yard of fabric to make most bodices/corsets and doublets/jerkins for men. (YMMV based on size, of course, but it's a good guide.) ------ ~Gem in the prairie
marec   Intermediate OR USA Member since 5/11/08 Posts: 3548	Login to reply to this post In reply to kellie79 << 1 member likes this. Date: 11/6/12 10:46 AM Hi kellie79, The Sorbetto top is a free pattern from Colette Patterns and takes less than a yd. ------ my blog: http://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/ Sewing through my pattern stash-125 completed.
ElizabethDee   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 12/27/06 Posts: 709	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/6/12 4:25 PM Pencil skirt!
jannw   Intermediate WA USA Member since 9/3/06 Posts: 7392	Login to reply to this post In reply to kellie79 << Like this post Date: 11/6/12 4:28 PM Last May, there was a One Yard Challenge. I couldn't find the Gallery or contest report...maybe someone can...but that should give you lots of ideas. ------ 2009-113.25 yds 2010-115.5 2011-80.25+30+donated 2012 86.3 yds.. 2013 21.0 Everyone who sews seriously has a stockpile of fabrics, because it is natural to purchase more than can be sewn in any one season" Singer, Timesaving Sewing, 1987
CRUST Intermediate Member since 3/21/12 Posts: 87	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/6/12 10:01 PM bags hats underwear (flannel or tweed panties!) contrast fabric lining fabric, potentially gloves
SecondHandRogue   Advanced Beginner RI USA Member since 12/28/05 Posts: 515	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/6/12 10:21 PM I haven't tried it yet, but the portrait top in Gertie's new book has a couple of good reviews and only takes a yard. I have a yard of liberty lawn hoarded for that pattern:) ------ Yards sewn 2012: 34 Yards sewn 2013: 13.5 (goal 70!)
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7401	Login to reply to this post In reply to kellie79 << 1 member likes this. Date: 11/6/12 10:37 PM Do not overelook the very cute Decades of Style 'One Yard Bias Flapper Apron'. There are reviews of it here. -- Edited on 11/6/12 11:01 PM --
kathi s Beginner CA USA Member since 1/23/03 Posts: 1658	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 11/6/12 11:30 PM I have 1 1/2 ids of a beautiful mossy green and tan tweed that I bought at the old Poppy store in Berkeley, Ca 36 years ago to make a mini skirt for my then petite body. It has survived several moves and house cleaning assaults and even though I don't have enough to do much, I can't bear to give it away. Help!
blessedtosew Intermediate AL USA Member since 4/16/08 Posts: 860	Login to reply to this post In reply to marec << Like this post Date: 11/7/12 7:51 AM Could you post a link to that? Thanks.

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