The Fabrics In Your Stash
Over the years I inherited fabrics from a number of sources. My Mom, my friends, thrift stores, my own projects...the remnants piled up. Then in 2016 I was gifted even more by my partner, at a loss what to do with his Mum's sentimental fibres. It was time to do something about it. The cloth was piling up and I did not even realize it.
Over the past year I have explored a number of new ways to re-think old cloth. It is a fascinating process. The textiles in the collection span back as far as a hundred years. Sentimental doilies and handkerchiefs handed down and down again. Each piece required a different approach.
Some pieces are easy to dis-assemble and turn into functional cloth for other projects. Others are not.
This story is from the May / June 2018 edition of Craftwise.
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