Contains:
- The PDF includes full-size pattern templates and detailed instructions. As a bonus, I've included instructions for how to DIY the template pieces for the smaller version of the vase also. There are 33 pages in total and over 60 photos to guide you.
- All measurements are provided in both imperial and metric.
- Suitable for confident beginners
- Zigzag function required on your sewing machine if you don't want to hand sew!
- Due to the nature of digital products, all PDF pattern sales are final.
Materials you need at home:
- 1/3 yard or metre of quilting cotton for main fabric (with a non-directional print)
- 10” x 28” (26cm x 71cm) piece or a fat quarter of quilting cotton for contrast fabric (with a non-directional print)
- 18” x 20” (46cm x 51cm) piece of single or double-sided fusible Peltex (i.e., Pellon Peltex 71 or 72) to make the standard vase
- ruler, scissors, rotary cutter and cutting mat
- thread
- clips
The FABRIC PIECED VOILA VASE is my first pattern release of a dimensional "fabric pieced" item. The result is a large flared vase with the option of adding a topper. (The topper piece can be made separately to be removable or permanently stitched in place.)
Choose your fabrics well and you'll end up with a stunning designer item to display on a mantle or shelf. The finished vase (without the topper) measures 8” wide x 10” high (20cm x 25.5cm). The base is a 4” (10cm) square. With the topper piece, it is about 13” (33cm) high.
This is a surprising simple project, so don't be scared away by the idea of the "3D-ness". If you have basic sewing experience and can handle fusible interfacing, you'll have success with this. Not only that, while it's certainly your choice if you want to sew these pieces together by hand, my method uses machine sewing —as long as your sewing machine is capable of a zigzag stitch and handling some thick layers — that will enable you to make this vase in an evening. (You will still have to finish up with some hand-sewing.)
IMPORTANT: If your fabric has a directional print or if you want to fussy-cut, you'll need more than the amount of fabric noted below.
For more about this pattern, check out my blog post here: https://esheepdesigns.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-pattern-release-fabric-pieced-voila.html
