first wanted to show you my *real* sewing machine. i know! the other one was a hand drawn peeeeekcher. go figure.
i quickly (read: 2 hours) whipped up a pair of toddlers mittens. i planned on hand-making all my holiday donations. i know! so charitable. me.
then today i answered a craigslist ad from a guy who's been trying to get rid of his late mother's fabrics. 1$ a piece, regardless of size. what a deal! here's the haul. i spent 11 bucks on fabrics (that's 11 pieces) and a some notions (bias tape/seam tape/etc).
goods, individually listed:
shirting cotton
sage ish cotton plaid
this one is pretty. i want to say it's at least a wool blend.
no idea what this is... feels like wool blend as well. solid red.
black & navy felt. heavy.
navy polyester blend
one of my favourite finds! gorgeous purple wool with backing. 2 pieces and i convinced the guy to sell me as one piece.
really cute polyester print. great for dresses/skirts/or this shirt from sewaholic.net. so cute.
this is definitely my top find. silkish (i'm gonna guess it's poly tho). has a kind of sheen to it on one side, so maybe polyester with a satin weave? i don't know! i'm a total novice when it comes to fabrics.
so that's my big friday night - sifting through cardboard boxes for fabrics on someone's enclosed porch. oh then kurtzen & i went to the antique extravaganza @ MAC... of course money was spent there as well... photos to come...as we're going the entire weekend to take full advantage of the "admission is good all weekend" ticket.
