Table Scraps Challenge

 

October is nearly over. Time for the Table Scraps Challenge. This month the “color” was Light and/or Dark NEUTRALS. And the TSC prompt was denim.  I haven’t made a couple of denim button front shirts that I like to wear over tanks in the summer, over tee-shirts in the fall and spring and over long sleeve shirts in the winter. 

A favorite well used one with a Fall theme had seen better days. 

Faded is ok with me, but holes in the elbows…..not ok. 

So I went to my crumb blocks box and found a light neutral piece and a dark neutral piece. I put a scrap of light weight Heat n Bond on the back of both pieces. I rounded the corners of each one and ironed one on each elbow of my faded denim shirt. 

I whipped stitched each one into place. Then went back and blanket/buttonhole stitched both. I began practicing some embellishment stitches.      ⤴️

       Looks like I need more practice ⤵️

I finally ended up using a small embroidery hoop to save my left hand. Stitching on a sleeve takes constant rearranging of the fabric and your grip!

I preserved, even adding an embroidered butterfly to a worn spit on the sleeve placket. 

This is the left sleeve. 

And finished.    Maybe it’s just mending, but I used an interfacing, so it’s 3 layers and I “hand stitched/quilted”  them.  And I used up some of my scraps and save a shirt from the landfill. 

Sharing with like-minded quilters/makers at The Joyful Quilter for Table Scraps Challenge. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.