Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Original "How Much Fabric" Reference Cards

Well it's been a looong time since I posted, shame on me! But, it's been a busy summer since I had guests from Sweden & England visiting me, and I even finally got a day job creating artwork for iphone games applications. So, I've been neglecting my blog.

But I finally have something worthwhile to blog about!

I had the pleasure of working with a great & prolific blogger, Gwen from After The Dress on several really fun projects so far this year. One was a rock climbing gear fabric commission, then a prize give-away - and most recently, I created the art on her fabulous Most Thorough Fabric Estimation Reference Cards!

http://www.gwynhug.com/

So let's say you like to sew clothes and you're out and about and you see the perfect fabric for a skirt you want to make - but you don't have the pattern with you. How much fabric do you buy? Well, the charts and images on these cards help you estimate! Pretty clever, huh?