Mystery Solved (Sorta)

I haven't been able to identify the source for my four yards of fringed decorator fabric from the $6.99 Goodwill bonanza bag, but Kravet Designs has a very similar upholstery/drapery fabric that currently retails (on sale) for $49.95 per yard.

What I can't figure out is why anyone would want to use this kind of fabric for a piece of furniture. Those little tasselled fringe bits would be a complete pain to keep flat. I could see it as drapery, maybe, if someone likes an ethnic look. Anyway, I had fun hunting around the internet for something to compare it to. So my total value for the entire bag is somewhere around $761.00 now.

I don't feel guilty over paying just $6.99 for the bag, either. The fabric it contains was stored for a long time before it was donated, and does have a strong closeted smell to it. I'll have to launder everything before I use it. The nine yards of Robert Allen upholstery fabric is cotton, and teflon-treated, so I'm pretty sure it can be washed. If I want to use the fringed striped fabric I'd have to have it dry cleaned (I might handwash it to save $$$.) Finally, four of the Spoonflower yards have some rectangles cut out of them, as you can see here.

I expect the original owner either gave up quilting or passed away, and that's how this stash ended up at Goodwill. If it were my fabric and that were the case, I'd want it to go to someone who would appreciate it. Which I will. :)

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Other Stashes

Along with clearing out the spare bedroom and tidying my office and our guest bedroom, I decided to reorganize some of my stashes. This is all the yarn I have on hand, sorted by color. It looks like a lot, but lately I've been using up a minimum of half a bin every month, so this is approximately a year's supply. All of my solid color cotton perle thread. I go through a lot of this every year, too. I need a container in which I can fit all of it together, but I haven't found the right one yet. I won't show you all of my fabric -- I'm still reorganizing this stash -- but I went through everything and donated two bins of fabric I won't need to the local quilter's guild.

Downsizing

This was my fabric stash once I sorted everything -- 22 full bins. I spent a day taking out and boxing up what I could part with, with the goal of trying to reduce it by half, so I'd have 11 bins. I was very strict with myself, and removed everything that for one reason or another I was sure I wouldn't be able to use. This is what I ended up with -- 12 bins of fabric that I'm keeping. It's not quite half, but close enough. Half of what I took out went to a local quilter friend, a school and Goodwill. These four tightly-packed bins will be going to the local quilting guild once I make arrangements with them for a drop-off place. I am relieved and a little sad and now determined to control my impulses to thrift more fabric. I don't want to do this again, so until I use up six bins, I can't for any reason bring any new fabric into the house.

Love Means This

Invested in a couple of hand-dyed bundles from one of my favorite fabric artists. This one said "Make me into something for Valentine's Day." So I went for a quilted and embellished tote. I kept thinking about what love means to me as I worked on it. Here's the finished tote. Although I was tempted to embellish with beads and pins, I got sick and only felt well enough to do a little stitching every night. As I worked I thought about how often love seems disappointing to us, especially when it fails to live up to our expectations. But now that I've experienced love in many forms, I can say that it's made me a better person than I might have been without it. Love is a precious thing, and should be appreciated in all its forms. I am very grateful for the love of my guy, my child and my friends who have stuck with me all these years. That's you two, in case you're wondering. :) Also finally found something to do with a ve...

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