In a message dated 12/5/2005 6:27:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Still hasn't figured out a way to reasonably dispose of the 10yr-50yr old cloth inherited from g'ma-in-law, which is ugly and smelly but has to be really useful to someone, somewhere....) (The cloth, not the grandma.) I know this is a huge job, but you might consider taking pieces and making some kind of quilt for yourself, to preserve the memories. Putting the fabric out to air might help the smell. And sometimes, individually ugly fabrics make up quite nicely in quilts. Some of what you have might not be useful to anybody--I'm thinking if there are polyester knits from the '60s for example--except as samples. But if there are cotton prints, I imagine a quilters' group would like them. I've been going through my stash recently and weeding out all kinds of things--I used to work at two fabric stores. Mostly I take it to our local thrift store, where they do bag up fabric pieces to sell. A very few pieces I can offer to individuals. I gave pieces of cotton prints to a quilter for Christmas last year. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
