#SewPink 2025 but Make it Gold
I’m back participating in #SewPINK, the ByAnnie Cancer Awareness initiative this year. But this year ByAnnie is doing something a little different and some of us are sharing projects to bring attention to other cancers as well as Breast Cancer. So today you’ll find SewPink but Make it Gold in honor of Childhood Cancer.
For my #SewPink project, I made the Olivia Jewelry Case, which uses ByAnnie’s Soft and Stable to give it shape. I admit I had been using a different brand of foam interfacing for a while, mostly because I had it on hand, but the difference between the other brand and ByAnnie’s Soft and Stable was so noticeable, I’m a convert!
Sizing Your Patchwork
When using ByAnnie’s Soft and Stable, one thing I’ve come to see is that quilting your fabric to the Soft and Stable causes shrinkage of the finished piece. This happens with batting and fusible fleece to a small degree. It is much more noticeable with any type of foam interfacing.
You can see in the image above, there are three patchwork pieces that I will be using for three Olivia Jewelry Cases, two have been quilted and one has not. Now let’s layer them to see the size difference:
The bottom, unquilted, piece is larger than the other two by about 1/8″. The second, which is quilted in both directions, shrinks in both directions. The top piece, quilted with more quiting lines in only one direction shrank more parallel to to the quilting.
What to do about shrinkage
There are two easy ways to deal with shrinkage when quilting to foam:
- Make a larger piece of patchwork and then cut it to the size of the finished piece or pattern piece.
- Pros: Your piece will be exactly the size called for in the pattern
- Cons: This can be a little wasteful depending on how oversized you need to make the piece
- If you have a specific patchwork layout like I do here, make your patchwork and prepare for the piece to be about 1/8″ smaller, that’s ok! With C&V Patterns you can just trim the rest of teh pattern a little bit to fit.
- Pros: Your patchwork will be even, with no edges cut off
- Cons: The piece may be a little smaller than the pattern
The Olivia Jewelry Case – SewPink but make it gold
Now let’s take a look at what makes the Olivia Jewelry Case – SewPink but make it gold – special! I took some closeup photos of all the details!
- Necklace Holder: this will prevent your chains from getting tangled, you can string one or several and then easily access them!
- Gathered Pocket: For those bulky things that won’t fit in a flat pocket like watches, beaded bangles, or other chunky jewelry.
- Earring Holder: Perfect for stud or hook earrings, keep each set together and no risk of earrings accidentally slipping out with other jewelry.
- Ring Cushion: Keep your rings from sliding off or accidentally getting lost!
- Vinyl Zip Pocket: Perfect for flat jewelry so you can easily see what you have with you.
Sew Pink but Make it Gold
It’s heartbreaking that there are so many cancer cases in our world today, but promoting research and early detection can help tremendously. As I said at the beginning, I chose to #SewPink but Make it Gold to help raise awareness of Childhood Cancer in honor of a sweet girl born around the time of my youngest who battled childhood cancer but is thriving today!
The #SewPink Initiative’s mission is to raise awareness for cancer throughout the year.
Efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection and support for those affected by breast cancer.
To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK
