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New Fabrics for the "Stash"

2/20/2013

 
Last Saturday we went to check out the new Lens Mills store over by Yorkdale. I decided I wasn't going to be happy making do with one of the four fabrics I'd already bought for my "Queen of the Night" costume, until after I'd exhausted every possible fabric store I know of that carries fancier fabrics. Well, I struck out on what I went looking for, but, as always, some other fabrics did follow me home. There were some very fancy, embroidered & sequined tulles on sale, so I chose three. They had literally hundreds of beautiful prints, but I stayed strong and resisted all but two - a beautiful butterfly print and a nice colourful heart stripe perfect for little dresses for the tiniest girls.
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Of course, now they'll all go into my stash - neatly folded into the appropriate boxes for "later". I'm so looking forward to when my commissions are all done, and I can actually make something from the newest fabrics that follow me home - like immediately - right away after I finish what I'm working on.  Inspiration is strongest at the moment I buy the fabric, and not necessarily there anymore months or years later. Actually, that's not totally true. Each fabric I buy has a specific  costume idea attached to it, and what might change over time is the styles of costume I'm interested in making. Then the challenge becomes seeing past what the fabric was originally purchased for, and using it for something else. And it can be difficult letting go of that original dream. So, some fabrics stay neatly stored away for many, many years. 
Melissa
2/20/2013 08:46:03 am

That darker blue tulle is beautiful. The Len's Mills near me is sadly lacking in the fancier fabrics.

Martha
2/21/2013 04:09:34 am

I find that Lens Mills doesn't have a big selection of the fancier fabrics, but when they do, and it's a good price, I stock up on some. You never can find that kind of thing when you need it.

Inma
2/21/2013 03:54:20 am

It's funny, I could have written exactly the same thing about the fabrics I purchase : some of them wait for many years to be used. I specially love the butterfly print.

Martha
2/21/2013 04:11:06 am

I still have neatly stored, expensive fabrics from the 80's, still waiting for that perfect costume, which still hasn't presented itself..

I bought the butterfly fabric for some Kaye Wiggs dresses.


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