We’re welcoming a new year of inspiration and making with Design Bundle #5. This is the first of two bundles for the year that include a variety of pre-selected fabrics and notions for practicing favorite techniques and treatments, exploring colorways, and to adding to growing Swatch Libraries in the home design studio.
The fabrics in this newest bundle include hues of taupe and brown with Natural, Sand, Doeskin, Ballet, and Camel 100% organic medium weight cotton jersey, pre-cut into 10” X 16” swatches. Featured designs are Anna’s Garden and our newly released Variegated Stripe stencil, which are hand stenciled on the jersey by our production team. The Variegated Stripe stencil is a full-sized version of the design used in The Geometry of Hand-Sewing. Find the Variegated Stripe stencil online in 10mil Mylar or available as a US Letter or A4 downloadable PDF.
To embellish your swatches, embroidery floss, thread, beads, and sequins are included with your bundle in complementing tones of browns, greys, and greens.
You can find inspiration and instructions for a variety of appliques, beading treatments, and stitches in our Studio Book Series, look to our upcoming Techniques class at Craftsy, or embellish the swatches with the treatment of your choice.
Design Bundle #5 includes:
Design Bundle Color Card
10 – 10” x 16” swatches of organic medium-weight cotton jersey (two of each) in Natural, Sand, Doeskin, Ballet, and Camel to use as your bottom layer
5 – 10” x 16” swatches of organic medium-weight cotton jersey (one of each) in Natural, Sand, Doeskin, Ballet, and Camel, stenciled in Anna’s Garden to use as your top layer
5 – 10” x 16” swatches of organic medium-weight cotton jersey (one of each) in Natural, Sand, Doeskin, Ballet, and Camel, stenciled in Stripe to use as your top layer
Your choice of tonal or metallic paint
5 spools of Button Craft Thread in White, Cream, Tan, Slate, and Forest
5 spools of Embroidery Floss in Natural, Ashe, Tea, Dark Grey, and Shamrock
5 vials of Beads: White Armor, Silver Chop, Grey Bugle, Silver Sequins, and Green Armor
Share your progress and finished swatches with us and The School of Making community using the hashtag #theschoolofmaking.
PS – In case you missed out, you may now order some of our favorite archived Design Bundles—#3 and #4—made to order in either tonal or metallic paint. Happy sewing!