Monday, May 2, 2011

A blessing of fabrics!

Do you remember my "Little Dresses for Africa?" That project just about exhausted my supply of suitable cotton fabrics. I have been wanting to be able to make some more, and just hoping for a good deal on fabrics to appear. On Saturday, an acquaintance called and said that she had 3 boxes of fabrics that belonged to her deceased mother, and would I like to have them? I went there today and got them. Most of the fabrics are the old double knit that was so popular, probably in the 70's, but there are also a number of nice colorful cottons that I will be able to make into the dresses! I am very grateful and pleased. Can any of you give me suggestions for what I might do with the double knits? They are nice, but just not what people usually wear these days.
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6 comments:

  1. AprilMay 3, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    You need to get your 70's groove going on and make your clothing from the double knit. ;-)

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  2. loves2spinMay 3, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Exactly! :)

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  3. IsabelMay 3, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    You could make doll clothes.

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  4. loves2spinMay 3, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    That's true! I could!

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  5. debbieoMay 6, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    Have you seen the double knit rugs? You cut zillions of squares and then fold them and stitch sort of like when you do the folded edge thing on quilts. You start in the middle and keep going around and around until the rug is a big as you want. You can use a heavy fabric like denim for the base. These wash up great. Oh and you just stitch down the middle. If you are interested I could do a post and show how its done.

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  6. loves2spinMay 6, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    I would love to see that, Debby!

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