I went through a phase where I bought LOTS of fat quarters – I thought it was a great way to own a little bit of fabric from some of my favorite designers. The problem was, since I didn’t turn them into a quilt, I didn’t always have smaller projects in mind to use them with. So, when I saw that there was a book coming out devoted to Small Stash Sewing, I immediately put it on my wish list. My book arrived in the mail a few weeks ago – giving me enough time to pour over some of the projects inside. While there was some cute ideas (like the Fancy Fabric Liner, Jester Crown and Cuffs\YoYo Tiara, Sassy Shoelaces, Lovely Ladybug) and projects that I would have never thought could have been made with fat quarters (like who would have ever guessed you could make a full size apron from just 3 fat quarters?) I was disappointed that there were so many embellished and\or ‘crafty’ (i.e. low\no sewing) projects included as well. While the book doesn’t say that it’s entirely devoted to sewing projects, I think I had just assumed that most of them would be.
Don’t get me wrong, Small Stash Sewing is worth a look – it has project ideas that I never would have thought making of and several definitely worth sewing, but quite honestly, I could have done without the embellishing (not only had I already come up with several ways to embellish items with my stash already, there is no way that I’ll ever get Bret to wear a Band Tee). I think for now, I’ll just put this title aside – no doubt I’ll be referring back to it when I start up some Craftster swaps this fall.