I unloaded tons of short ends and substantial scraps by freecycling. Someone picked them up whose daughter was in a Costume program at college, so they got used or passed on successfully, but got out of my house. I don't have the room for storage that some people do, so I can't keep every piece that I can say *but I can still use this!* about. I'll never ever make everything I could. I'll never even make all those handkerchiefs and placemats I've sworn I could make with this or that. And quilting is just not me.
Of course, once I had reclaimed all that space, I had plenty of space for new fabric. It's a terrible circle. :() MaggiRos On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been cleaning/reorganizing my sewing area, and have found myself > wondering just how small a piece of fabric is useful. I have a bunch of > high-quality upholstry reminants and samples. I have tons of linen off-cuts > (actually, fewer since I gave all the tiny bits to a paper-making friend), > since everything I make these days seems to be flatlined. I have a good > amount of wool in odd sizes, thanks to many trips to the local Pendleton > outlet. I have no idea what to do with it all. > > I'm curious how other people on this list use smaller pieces of fabric. > I'll admit it, I'm looking to steal ideas. Since most of the fabrics are > brocades and damasks, I have a strongly 16th Century inclination. I'd love > to see uses in other periods for other fabrics. > > Here's my breakdown, in descending order of fabric size: > > Doublet, for myself or my husband > Jerken (sleeveless doublet; brocade)/liripipe (wool) > Sleeves (used where contrasting sleeves are appropriate) > Coif/caul > flatlining for pickadills (linen only) > > I could probably insert tall hat between sleeves and caul, though I haven't > made enough of them to say that I do it often. > > -- Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback.html and your favorite bookseller _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
