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.
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.
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