She had given me some in the past, and I spied a clear garbage bag full of them sitting outside by the garage only a few days before our garbage day - I immediately flew into action. I put a purple sticky note on their door so that when they got home they would see it for sure. It was raining a bit, and I took a nap. I actually had a nightmare that when I got up the bag was gone!
I know, so silly. But fabric is so special, especially soft old cotton with pretty flowers on it!
So when I got up for real, it was still there... whew.
After all of that, they did give me the bag, and I found a few cute things to keep, but most of it was... not so cute. Oh well. The things that I didn't want to use or sew with, I still felt bad about ditching the rest. So I thought I would use the old sheets that I didn't want to put on the bed as pattern pieces. Whenever I draft patterns, I use muslin rather than tissue, but at times I have used other fabric that I don't want to make things out of. So I thought, why not use the sheets?
perfect.
now the sheets will have a new life, and I will think of my old friend every time I use them!
2 comments:
Today is my first visit to your blog. I must say I was quite surprised to see those sheets; I had both sets on my bed growing up. I'm pretty sure they were wedding gifts to my mother in 1971. The orange stripes were my favorite; always reminded me of sherbert. Thanks for the flashback!
oh my goodness!
what a find.
i seriously have dreams of stumbling upon treasure troves like yours..
you don't happen to live in ny state, by any chance, do you??
i'll be right over..
:)
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