After making some bibs and burp cloths with the scraps that I had left over after completing a quilt, I decided use up more scraps. I was in a real bib making mood.
Even though it was very pretty, I was really getting tired of this pink fabric laying around in all my various scrap storage locations. Originally, my mother had made a gown for herself from the fabric. Years later, I made two night dresses for my sister with what was left over. After that I even still had enough left over to make two smocked dresses. I made those dresses two years ago and I still have some of this stuff left. While I am tired of the fabric I didn’t want to see it go wasted.
Since I was tired of the print itself, I thought I could spruce it up if I stenciled some images on it. I used some metallic Shiva paint sticks and a stencil with a gourd pattern on it to make the effect you see in the set above. I have always loved pictures of African gourds and pots.
Aside from the gourds above these are also two of my favorite images from my collection of stencils.
I have now updated these stencils and the templates are available here.