SCORE

[rydra_wong]

I passed by an upholstery shop in the neighbourhood, and they had a pile of discontinued sample swatch books piled on the pavement outside, with the prices scrawled on them.

For a small sum, I came home with a whole book full of large squares of cotton damask in marvellous patterns and colourways (pale blue and chocolate! hot pink and crimson!), plus a couple of remnants of brocade.

Most of my sewing projects are pretty small (chalkbags, etc.), so it would be wasteful to buy vast swathes of fabric; I'm always on the lookout for remnants and ultra-cheap secondhand clothes which can be taken apart. But this was exceptionally pleasing.

Comments

[ethicalcannibal]

Nice find! I would love to find something like that.

[carolyn_claire]

Score!

[weaverbird]

Oh, VERY cool! Congrats!

[redsnake05]

I love remnants and fabric swatches too. My favourite are curtain swatches, which tend to be on the long side and will sometimes yield enough material for a messenger bag. Cotton damask is a real find, though. Good spotting!

[robynbender]

Your fabric karma is very, very good this week. I have scored some of these over the years -- my best quilt has the spoils from many of them. \o/