{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.
Ah ha! I see you can’t get enough of watching other people de-stash their fabric… well I have to admit, it’s much easier that working on your own …
This process has not been too too painful so far, so moving on to box three !
Again, apologizing for crummy blurry photo!
This seems to be my “fine fabric” box with all my woolen pieces …
Keeping
-Two pieces of Spanish Lace for Mantillas that my mother gave me…my father brought them back from his USMC maneuvers in Spain one white, one black *gorgeous* no idea what I’m going to do with it.
-Beautiful linen cotton from Britex in SF (2 1/8 yd / 60” wide) from a work trip where we managed an hour for fabric shopping… pulling this out to make a shirt this summer.
-2 yd 60” wide red italian wool flannel…. card attached says 65 wo / 25 pa / 10 cashmere recycled….so soft and warm…have been saving to figure out the perfect thing to do with it ! and if anyone knows what “pa” is, let me know…I’m just assuming I’m going to be dry-cleaning the finished project anyway.
-5/12 yd 45” wide black very fine worsted wool… again, beautiful, can’t remember where I got it and not quite sure what to do with it…maybe a dress?? don’t wear dresses but there is enough for several things
-2 yd 65” wide grey wool flannel …. again, soft and warm…given to me by one of the gals I worked with at Hathaway in NYC many moons ago…she was cleaning out and knew I sewed and knew I would appreciate it. Need to find just the right thing to make out of it. (see my problem?!)
-2+ yards 60” wide black/grey wool suiting… I think this is from Britex as well….might have gone with the black worsted. I think I was going to make a suit jacket out of this with pants and a skirt to match??? back when I worked in an office and people wore suits and pantyhose to work.
-2 yds taupe and 2 yds khaki worsted wool/blend bought at Fabric Place probably to make slacks…when I worked in an office…keep? pitch?? hmmmmmm will have to think about this one.
-lots of yards black satin backed flannel coat lining….I think I bought this to re-line a coat I don’t even have anymore (!) but I am going to keep it because it is really good fabric and I’m sure I”ll have to re-line something at some point so back in the box it goes.
The “keep” pile…will set this aside for winter sewing.
Pitching
black “posh” fabric lining….I really can’t stand this stuff…I’ve lined lots of things with it and it’s hot and sweaty and heavy so I am not going to keep it.
That was almost too easy …
See the other posts in my 2014 Fabric de-stash series: Box ONE and Box TWO
What are you de-stashing these days??
Getting on a roll after a very successful purge of Box ONE (Here) so on to Box TWO!
sorry for the blur iPhone camera + night time + tiredness = blurry photos
Keeping:
As it turns out, this is the box that has all my printed cottons/quilting cottons plus some “utility fabrics”. There is a stack of cottons of 1 yd or less, some “fat quarters” some 10×10 pieces, will be good to merge these with the “fat quarter” collection that will eventually be housed in an Ikea dvd tower.
17 fabric lengths 1 yd or greater… all printed cotton, some 2+ yards or greater…can’t figure out how I ended up with quite so much maroon/dark red fabric. Will have to think on how I am going to use these up… could be summer pj’s / pj shorts, or maybe a top or two ?? Maybe a quilt/quilt back?? Glad I have photos to refer back to instead of digging through the box
Utility Fabrics: length of footie pajama “feet bottoms” that white nubby rubbery fabric that helps keep you from slipping… leftover blue jean pieces for patching… some small pieces of fabric from LR sofa pillows just in case??? … piece of orange fabric for Gwen’s lambie repairs.
Relocate
-The white sheet Charlie cut up for a “Charlie Brown” Halloween costume…need to move that upstairs to the costume box
Pitch
-a few small flannel scraps went in the trash, not enough to donate.
That was almost too easy …
Or, the fabric stash clean out… Continue reading
Just in case you were wondering…
The studio assistant is on the job on this dreary rainy Sunday. If you need something slept on and covered with cat hair … Fred is your man
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