Instrument-holder and stashbusting

 One of my reenacting teammate's job is making musical instruments, woodwind instruments, and lately he is working on histporical reproductions, like renaissance flutes and such. (My knowledge of music stops here). He asked me, if I can make him a holder for those of his instruments, he is taking to exhibitions. 

Well, I've never done anything like that... He sent me this picture, 

though his instruments are differently sized and shaped than the flutes used in our days. 

Like this one. 

I also found something similar, though from leather on Etsy. My friend sent me some measurements of the instruments, but I did not had them in my hand. 

I thought about it for a while, then dug through my fabric stash and started working. 

At the end, it turned out as a complete stashbusting project 

The corduroy on the outside was the oldest one of teh oldest fabric... Back then, I made a pair of flanell -lined winter trousers to PJ, my ex, long before our son was born. I have put away the slightly more than a meter leftover, because I wanted to make a little pair of dungarees to Chris, when he was small, a kind of father-and-son set, but I never did, and then we went our separate ways. The piece of fabric was sitting at the end of my sofa, for more than two decades, but now, except for two small pieces, I used it all up. 

The plaid cotton I used for lining was here, because there was a point, in my life, when I wanted to use it as a lining for a brown messenger bag. I have cut the outside of it out, I even embroidered its flap, I have the zippers for it, but never finished, it and now, the brown does not suit my wardrobe, thus I had no qualms about using the orange and brown plaid. 

The fleece between the layers is a piece of wool I bought last summer, because I saw a you-tube video on making a lace pillows, with pool-noodle in the middle (Norbert tells me, that is its name) and wanted to try it. I made one, it looks nice, but way too light, so I could use the fleece for something else. 

The bias tape edging... well that was this leftover from the late medieval dress. The bottom of the dress is long and arched, and it was the easiest to use a bias tape from the fabric, and back then, I have cut out way too much, but kept what was left and now, I could say, "you see, why do I keep everything?"

The long wooden buttons came from my button-box. 

So did the green elastic.

Just as I had the thing / design in my head, my friend sent me a note, if it is not to late to ask for a shoulder strap? 

And yes, the metallic... thingawhatsitsname also came from my boxes, from the times, I entertained the notions of making bags. 

My teammate seemed satisfied and happy with the holder, and sent me these pictures, when he filled it:

That is about three meters of fabric out of the house, and I have NOT bought any fabric this year. YET.