Delightful Department Store Fabric Tour

Greetings friends, happy Monday! I am thrilled to be today's stop on the Delightful Department Store Fabric Tour - thank you so much for stopping by for a visit. I have some classic, vintage-looking projects to share...all created with the new Delightful Department Store Fabric Collection designed by Amy Jordan for Poppie Cotton. I enjoyed being creative and playing with these soft, detailed, 1950s-look prints. This brand new collection (shipping to shops this month) has illustrated ladies that adorned sewing patterns in the 50s and 60s, soft roses, along with charming ginghams, and a fun print with shopping/lunch receipts, postcards and tickets…all done in a lovely, cheerful color palette of yellows, pinks and teals. I find this Poppie Cotton collection quite nostalgic - it reminded me of pretty hat boxes...and I knew I was going to cover boxes with this fabric months ago. This month, for my projects, I didn't use any patterns - in fact, I just started playing and these were the results. 

To start, I covered a set of nesting paper mache boxes. These boxes measure approximately 5", 6", 7" and 8" in diameter. The largest box worked perfectly for showing off the retro-look women in their fancy attire! For the two larger boxes, I covered the entire lid with fabric...and for the two small boxes, I opted to cover only the top and used mini rick rack around the perimeter.

Next is where I really had some fun - I decided to create a mini dress form pincushion. I have seen these done before, but didn't have a pattern, so created my own....and I was so tickled with how it turned out! Once I had the torso stuffed, I decided it needed an apron to hold a small pair of scissors and a seam ripper. I did a few quick measurements and made a simple apron with a satin ribbon tie. Since my mini dress form was going to be for pins and sewing tools, I decided to use a pink Clover Water Soluble Pencil for my stand - I put the writing end with the cap side down in a vintage wooden spool of twine...and yes, the fabric pencil is still useable. I was so giddy when it all came together exactly as I imagined...and I feel like it really captures this fabric collection. I get asked a lot about how I can work without a pattern...but for me, that is truly when the magic happens!

I hope you have enjoyed this stop on the fabric tour and are feeling inspired - thank you for visiting with me today. For more creative projects using the Delightful Department Store fabric collection, visit the Poppie Cotton Blog. If you love this fabric collection, be sure to check out your favorite quilt shop - Delightful Department Store is shipping this month.

I am already working on my project ideas for the next Poppie Cotton Fabric Tour in August - it is using the fabric collection "Prairie Sisters Homestead" (click on the link to see a preview!). Plus, I will have a new Therm O Web project tutorial posted in August, as well…so, be sure to stop back soon...