See this? Tomorrow is garbage pick-up and this bag of too-ugly-to-deal with fabrics is going out! Trust me, you do not want this stuff. Even I don't want it - and I am a pack rat. I have another bin full of hand dyed/printed scraps to finish up with, but I see the light at the end. It is a long tunnel.
In going through my scraps, I made several discoveries.
1. I don't have a lot of brights.
2. I don't have many darks.
3. I apparently like muddy colors.
4. I have tons of yellows,oranges and greens.
5. I don't really like yellows, oranges, and greens.
6. My palette needs more contrast.
7. All that standing and sorting makes my feet hurt.
8. I need to make more postcards.
9. I really hate pink fabric.
As I was going through the big pile of wrinkled scraps and ironing them, I put them into plastic bags pretty much by color. I came across lots of fabrics I had forgotten I had, and for some, I understand why. Others, I was happy to re-discover.
Today's fabrics on the wall are more cheerful than yesterday's - thanks in part to Ms. Closet, who gently suggested that I should try to put some fabrics with more contrast and brightness up on the wall. So, I did. One of the fabrics I had forgotten I had was a piece I had radomly discharged about 6-1/2 or 7 years ago. Sometimes I wonder about this piece; I have decided it was my subconscious telling me something.
Another fabric I found was one I had totally forgotten -- and in fact, I only recognize that it is typically mine, but have no memory of having printed it. I think this piece of yarn perks it right up.
Tomorrow, I need to finish up a bit of sorting, get back to work, and then go get a haircut at a new, hip place I haven't tried before. I am probably too old for green and purple hair, but we'll see.
5 comments:
But did you look at the backside of the fabrics that you are tossing???? Frequently that is how I resurrect fabrics that I think are too far gone.
You bet I did, Karen. Just as bad.
It is simply TIME. Don't worry, I kept plenty, sigh...
Rayna, I would love to go through your trash. But I understand the "it's time" mantra!
Do you store everything in baggies? Bins?
I am realizing that having everything out on shelves may be stopping me in my tracks ... all that color.
Today I uncovered the stash of Old Things: doll dresses, mesh gloves, babyclothes, lace. wow.
It's interesting to go through one's stash and realize our color/style biases that end up limiting our fabric selections. After going through my stash, I think I should make up a list of what I need and what I *don't* need any more of, so that I don't buy any more of what I already have in abudnance.
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