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see I know my French up to eight, but might not get much further than that!
So here we are Day Eight of the holidays, the quote so far,
“I am not going in the Co-op with him looking like that!” said by Edward to me, while William stood by wearing a plastic police helmet and mirror sunglasses, he did have a point, but I didn’t have the energy!!
Anyway, on the children side it ranges from lovely to despair, but the fort/castle is getting there,
We did the platform and the seats around the inside at the bottom of the posts, it was hot, and on Friday, we should almost complete it, when we clad the outside in timber, and it will suddenly look a lot more castle like. The blue, is the blue it will be all over, it looks great against the green of the wood behind.
Onto my fabric mountain….
I have quite a lot of fabric, but I could have more! I personally think it is an addiction, I love it, but…….
I buy fabric that I love the way it looks, and then when I have it, I don’t know what to use it in, or on, or I don’t have enough!
I think if you sew you have this problem, however I’m making some new bags which are going to have patterned linings, because I HAVE to use up some of this fabric!
I love them all, but with three of them until now I have either been unable to part company with them, or fit them into something (well that’s my excuse!)
So I am making four new across the body denim bags, like those two daisy ones, and I will keep you updated on the progress of those.
Hope to have some wip piccies tomorrow as there is no castle building or visiting my grandmother, which to be honest is too dull and boring to bore you with, and anyway my Dad might read it!!
31st July 2008 @ 8:54 am
Love the green one. Those fabrics would look really ‘poppy’ against that denim you used in the other messenger style bags. Can’t wait to see what your fort/cstle looks like when you’re done. What a fantastic project for the Summer holidays – keeps the boys imagining I bet. The arguments about whether it’s a fort or a castle or a jungle retreat can start later ………..
Best wishes.
31st July 2008 @ 10:19 am
I agree, that’s the problem when you are a fabric addict.
You can’t never have enough!
But those one seem great to use it with denim, and you won’t be sorry to part company with them. And there will be always another great fabrics, be sure!
31st July 2008 @ 2:10 pm
I just had an epiphany! You could take a scrap from all your favorite fabrics and make an ongoing collage, or patchwork picture. That way you can always keep a bit of the fabric that inspires you to sew.
I have the same problem, BTW. I recently commented on another sewing blog, Jessica Levitt’s Juicy Bits…, about fabric stashes. I stated that I love to buy, look and touch my fabric. I think it is a way of inspiring us to create something out of the fabric. Every artist has a soft spot for the medium itself.