1 & 3 are silk
4 & 5 rayon viscose
2 is a blend with slight stretch
I was contemplating where to begin sewing The Green Collection (left) when everything halted for the move.
Unpacking led to relocating bits & pieces used for packing, which led to…
Deciding I really need a casual green duster to accompany numbers 4 and 5, currently thought of as dresses. Which led to…
Ordering some swatches from Vogue Fabrics, two-thirds of which are to hand and none will do… which led, whilst awaiting swatches, to. . .
Making more order amongst heavier fabrics (a.k.a. winter), which led to . . .
Me realising I’m not sewing heavier fabrics because the climate’s too hot to wear them.
Ooohhhhh.
Oh me oh my. Horrors! 😱
Does anyone else buy impractical fabric??
books
Am delighting in the latest Durrell volume, My Family and Other Animals, because its lyrical, hysterical, and utterly charming.
“We had agreed that we would not invite a lot of people to the party; we said we didn’t like crowds, and so ten guests, carefully selected, were the most we were prepared to put up with… Having unanimously decided on this, each member of the family then proceeded to invite ten people. Unfortunately they didn’t all invite the same ten…” From “The Enchanted Archipelago” chapter.
Am wending my way through Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series, watching each episode after reading the book, and using both as antidotes for summer heat.
Finally have gotten a copy of Julie Summers’ Home Fires and couldn’t put it down. Although quite different from the PBS programmes, a very enlightening read!
That happens to me, too. Another use will materialise … so to speak. 😉
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I usually buy fabric with something in mind. But sometimes I change my mind about that garment and am left with a lovely fabric with no purpose!
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Ah, “a requirement” is it? We can all rest easier now! Thank you!
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Have been similarly tempted and they become “house dresses.” Or bags, or pillows or whatevers. After a suitable period in the stash, of course, to be certain there’s no possible use.
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The mountain fabric sounds intriguing, but it sounds as if it wasn’t a border print. Oh, dear!
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How interesting – thank you! Am not drawn to the chiffon fabrics for purchase or wear, but they can be so beautiful!
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Brilliant book choices! Well yes, the mountains fabric with what turned out to be a circular skirt pattern!
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Even though most of the clothes I buy RTW are in plain, fairly restrained colours the patchworker in me tends to go for brighter, busier fabrics and I sometimes end up with dressmaking fabric better suited to a quilt
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Haha…me? Why, I would never consider purchasing impractical fabric! Hahaha….I thought that was a requirement for a seamstress.
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I went through a phase of buying chiffon/organza types, floaty and see-through and a complete pain to sew, I still have to stop myself buying them as they are usually just so beautiful!!
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