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Posted by FarmI on October 3, 2007, 4:05 am
Some may recall that some time back I asked for sites for historic costumes
sites for a friend with a husband with a terminal condition and who was
doing a fashion design course. Sadly my friend has had to give up the
course but through her I met a lovely young Canadian woman who was also on
the course.
Before my friend gave up, she asked if I would be the dressmaker's dummy for
both of them so they could do pattern fitting on me and then make outfits
for me as a part of the course work. The request was framed in terms of,
"we want someone who doesn't have a perfect figure!". With such an invite,
how could I refuse?
Anyway, to cut a long story shorter, my friend told me I had to dig our ALL
of my stash and sort it as she and the Canadian girl would descend on me to
pick suitable fabric to make the 3 outfits.
I was somewhat dismayed by this request as some of my stash I probably
haven't seen for at least 15 years. When the Canadian girl asked me how I
currently had it sorted, I told her that it was 'archaeological'.
What a job! Before I could get to the stash, I had to clean up the sewing
room. I found the floor! I vacuumed. I moved in a bookcase. I filed all
my books. I can now put my spinning wheels in my sewing room and my lace
pillows. Then I got to the stash. How embarrassing! So much fabric (but
thanksfully no moths or insects).
It took me AGES but eventually I laid it all out in the spare bedroom in a
rough order Knits/woven/fleece/denim/lining/rib trim. Wovens in the order
of linen/wool/cotton/silk. And then they descended, laughed and giggled,
mauled and tugged. Finally the choice of jacket fabric was made (a hot pink
silk with matching lining), and the pants and top are to be a white heavy
weight linen.
But THE best thing is that I now have some order in the stash. I have it
sorted into colour groups, got the husband to buy enough plastic bins today
to put it into and have now been loading the bins up with the fabric that
has already been washed and is ready to sew. The fabric that needs washing
is gradually being overlocked (if needed) and going thorugh the washer. And
what a day for fabric drying! It's blowing a gale of hot air and by the
time I had hung out the last piece of fabric from the last load, the fabric
which was hung out second to last and third to last were both already dry
(synthetic wovens).
I'm now as happy as a pig in a good wallow of mud. What a feeling of
achievement.
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