As it was to quote my gran "a good washing day" I decided to pre-wash some of the fabric accumulated over the last four months. Some of this fabric is a holiday memento from my trip to America in October from Britex Fabrics. Other bits are moments of internet shopping weakness from Stonemountain and Daughter and Silhouette Patterns. The majority is from in-person shopping at The Fabric Store including quite a bit of Liberty fabric.
When you see it all out on display like this you realise that perhaps you are a candidate for SABLE* not just curating your retirement fabric collection. But fabric is so tempting when you don't have time to sew you can dream about the garments you'll make and pet the fabric. And of course in your dreams every garment is a huge success and none of your beautiful fabric ends up a wadder.
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| And here it is neatly (ish) folded at the end of the day |
A trip to Storage Box is now required - another three under-bed 60 litre plastic boxes should be about enough for the fabric resting on the spare bed. Then I am on a fabric diet - until I am visited by temptation again - I can resist anything but temptation (Oscar Wilde).
*stash accumulation beyond life expectancy
Buying fabric as a holiday memento has so much more potential than a tacky ornament. I am waiting to see what you make with that lovely kimono fabric you bought from Kimonomomo. Of course maintaining a stash does give us an opportunity to exercise our organisation skills. At work this week while discussing the storage of large equipment boxes, my boss made a joke that I must be a secret hoarder. I kept my mouth firmly shut but inside I was thinking - if only you knew!
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