Yesterday I:
Found a bit of fabric that had gone AWOL! How one can lose a 5.5m length of 60" wide nay linen mix fabric is not something I can explain, but there you go, it's back now!
Discovered several lengths of fabric I do not recall buying! One is a
5.5m length of taupe poly cotton twill weave trouser fabric. Lovely colour (though not one I tend to wear - to close to fawn for me as a general rule), lovely hand, no idea when or where I got it, but I suspect a croft Mill bargain!Came across a similar length of wool mix Venetian cloth in a full, rich black. Same story...
Found a largish chunk of black sheeting I obviously bought for and used part in a costume... Again, I have no recollection of buying it, but I used it!
I cut out 2 pairs if Simon Trousers for my MS victim customer, and the forepart and underskirt of my Simplicity Shakespeare In Love gown. This will have the forepart and bodice and sleeves cut from a dark red and gold sari I bought for £8 the other week, and the underskirt is the black sheeting. The over skirt will probably be cut from a nice piece of poly cotton twill trouser fabric I found (No, I don't remember buying this bit either, but it must have been cheap!) in the same box as the Venetian cloth. I shall use the borders off the sari as guards down the skirt.
I also came to the conclusion that I need to get the stash out and reorganise it, relabel and replace some of the boxes with sturdier ones (the contents got mixed when some of the boxes collapsed and got squished!). As I need to clear half the loft for the plumbers to do the heating, it might be a good opportunity to do that and get a few floorboards down in the loft so I and all the stuff are not teetering on the rafters!
Today I intend to sew the underskirt and both of Simon's pairs of trousers. But I must clean and oil the sewing machines first... :)