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A multi-purpose selvage fabric "canister"... |
I didn't really know what to call this, but after much consideration, it feels
right to classify it as a "canister" even though it's not made out of ceramic or
metal.
In any case, it's a straight cylinder style container, made out of the sheet
of selvage fabric that I posted about
here.
Here is a quick summary of what I did.
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Here are some pics of the finished item from various angles.
A medium weight interfacing (like the Decor Bond that I used) works well to give this canister some stiffness.
I'm glad I mixed up the orientation of the selvages when I laid them out on the interfacing. Whether used as a container or a stand, there will always be text that is right side up.
He's been sitting in a corner of my desk for years. This looks to be a perfect fit.
I don't know how the idea to seam it into a tube and
then fold it in half came to me, but once I tried it out, I knew I had to
complete the concept by attaching a base to it.
I didn't bother using any selvages to make the base, although one certainly could. (If you are one of those who has a lot of selvages at your disposal, go for it.)
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| Turned upside down, it's a platform for something... |
Turn it upside down and it functions as a drum style stand for something
like this old Valentine stuffie.
Here is a quick summary of what I did.
Take any rectangular piece of selvage "fabric" (selvages sewn to a medium
weight interfacing like Decor Bond) and pin the short edges together.
Sew and then flip half of it right side out onto itself.
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| Create a tube and turn half of it out on top of the other half... |
This results in an open ended cylinder that shows the fabric on both the
inside and the outside, with the top edge being folded. At this point, I
gave it a good press so that it would hold its shape.
Next I made a circular template (using the top edge of the cylinder as a
guide) and cut two circles out of Peltex. Fabric scraps were fused
onto them and then trimmed to 3/4" all the way around.
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| Create the base out of two pieces of Peltex and some scrap fabric... |
The fused circles were stacked (with right sides out) and sewn together,
right against the edge of the Peltex. The resulting piece was then
basted to the "lining" part of the cylinder. This can be a little tricky to
handle, so either make big stitches like I did here to get 'er done (and then go around again with smaller hidden stitches), or make small cuts into the seam allowance of the base to help it conform to the cylindrical shape.
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| Baste the base onto the lining part of the tube... |
After that, I pulled the top part of the tube back down until it was flush
with the base. The final step was to slipstitch around the base to attach it
to the
outside layer of the selvage fabric.
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| Slipstitch base to outside layer... |
One final trip to the iron to give it a good press and it was done. Quite
simple, really.
Here are some pics of the finished item from various angles.
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| One view... |
A medium weight interfacing (like the Decor Bond that I used) works well to give this canister some stiffness.
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| Another view... |
I'm glad I mixed up the orientation of the selvages when I laid them out on the interfacing. Whether used as a container or a stand, there will always be text that is right side up.
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| View of interior... |
The finished size is approximately 5.25" high with a 4.25" base, meaning
that I probably started off with a sheet of Decor Bond measuring
10.5" x 14.5". But as I pointed out, you can use any size rectangle to
start. (And of course, you can also make this with regular fabric, no
selvages required.)
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When I got the idea to do this, it was with no specific end use in mind. (The pencil crayons shown at the top were already being contained in my original "proof of concept" Voilà Vase.) For the time being, it's home for the Valentine puppy.
When I got the idea to do this, it was with no specific end use in mind. (The pencil crayons shown at the top were already being contained in my original "proof of concept" Voilà Vase.) For the time being, it's home for the Valentine puppy.
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| Home for a stuffie... |
He's been sitting in a corner of my desk for years. This looks to be a perfect fit.
For the sewing room, this could be a thread catcher (if made on a shorter scale)... or perhaps a container
for a new collection of selvages!
'Til next...
'Til next...
That's a fun and useful selvage project! I might try one, but use a lining for the inside and selvages for the exterior. You could also use foam stabilizer too, which would yield a softer feel to it, but would stand up nicely too. I did make a scrappy short container with foam and it worked, so I could make that one using selvages and maybe try different stabilizers to see which I prefer. I find Decor Bond tends to wrinkle my fabric when I turn a project, and the same with fusible foam and Peltex. So I prefer the sew in stabilizers for that reason. Thanks for the inspiration Rochelle. Your Valentine Pup is cute!
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