So when I was asked whether I might be interested in a closet full of fabric, I was inclined to say no. I am trying to get rid of stuff, not collect it. And when I say a closet full, I mean that she could have started a small fabric store. But once I started going through it, I just couldn't help myself. There was some really good stuff in there:
Those are just a couple of samples of the HUGE and HEAVY bag full of fabric I must now wash. (It's kinda old and stale.) Once it's all ready, I can get to it using this:
Time to start making things for next Christmas....
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Nice fabric! Don't you just love it when something stops being just "old" or "dated" and becomes "vintage"!
P.S. I love the new google words too. Mine here was "thingera".
Yes! Although I get tickled every time I hear the word vintage. A while back, a cousin-in-law attempted to make a living by selling "vintage" clothing on ebay. We always kinda figured it was just her ratty old bathrobes and stuff.
Ohhh, I like thingera -- it's like Chimera, only inanimate, if that's possible.
I agree, how could you turn down such neat fabric? Was the sewing machine hers as well? I enjoy things with "history" to them.
The sewing machine was my grandmother's. Lee's grandmother had a similar one that was built into a table, which in some ways would have been easier to work with, but we don't need two, and we don't have room for another table, so I'm hanging on to this one.
I have my husband's grandmother's old sewing machine, one built into a table.
Very cool! If my 7 year old memories serve me right, I'm a rotten sewer, but every time I see a project online involving cloth I think about borrowing a sewing machine and giving it a whirl. Then I think, is this possible with a glue gun ;-)?
Ha - yeah - I made a Peter Pan outfit for Neal one year. Materials: felt, stapler. Whatever works!
Love the fabric! And the machine is cool too--does it take the bullet-shaped bobbins?
Hey Allison -- I'm doing some email housekeeping and just realized I never answered your question. It's a Singer 99K portable electric, and the bobbins are more traditionally shaped. Does yours have the others? I've never dealt with a machine that uses those before.
love love love the fabrics. I have too many pieces as it is, but I can't resist looking and touching. And smelling - even if it is thrifted (I know - ew.) I'm having a severe moment of regret about giving away one yellow and one blue chenille bedspread when we moved across the pond - both cutter spreads - SO old!! Ah, the love and loss.
Hey Tara! Perhaps someone else is enjoying your bedspreads now. I have a feeling I'll end up giving away a lot of the fabric -- there's just so much of it! Now that I've got it in my house, I can take a leisurely second pass and cull only the grooviest.
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