New Old Fabric Stash!

Oct 30, 2009 12 Replies

Yesterday, I made a pre-Xmas dinner (chicken not turkey but dessert was Xmas pud) at my sister's place so that we could spend some time with a family friend who spends Xmas in the UK every year. A couple of days ago, she had phoned to ask me "Would I be interested in a bag of 'scraps' that she'd found in her storage closet?"...any that I didn't want could be tossed out. Three bags later: velvets, Thai silks, wools, a bolt of dark green linen, interfacings, cottons, broadcloth and a selection of other home dec pieces....definitely, it won't be tossed! jennellh


Oh wow! what fun. So happy for you. Polly

Wow! Christmas certainly came early for you!! Enjoy! amy in CNY

Now, that's a friend! Merry Christmas a month early...won't you have fun with all that! Lucky girl.....Donna

Merry Christmas, Jennifer! What a wonderful surprise. If you run out of ideas about how to use some of those gorgeous pieces, just send them to me.

Sunny

Oh wow! What an awesome little "bag of scraps"!

Best regards, Michelle in Nevada

OMGosh! How lovely for you and of her! :)

I'll keep your kind offer in mind! jennellh

I am lucky - this is the second time that she has sorted her closet for fabric bits - the first time, I received many scraps of fabric that she had used during her teaching days. Most of the pieces had been used in projects for the kids to make and included shiny vinyls as well as cottons, etc. All the colours were very very bright! jennellh

And when Gill returns to Canada in the New Year, we'll be having another gift exchange with her and another Xmas dinner...jennellh

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Lots of fun - we are 'wallowing' in stash! The cats have examined everything thoroughly. jennellh

It was fun to find a space on the shelves to hold everything. jennellh

These fabrics were from her previous dressmaking days and are definitely high-end selections. She had bought a lot of the silks when she did exchange teaching in Thailand and she had also had many outfits made for her during her time there...she described the process of being measured and fitted by the Thai ladies as an experience. The ladies were 'impressed' by the amount of fabric necessary to create one outfit for Gill's size! jennellh

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