{"id":6461,"date":"2020-05-21T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2020-05-21T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:15:01","slug":"well-that-was-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/well-that-was-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, that was interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I took my knives and the one pair of sewing scissors that I could find to be sharpened. I was sure I had another pair some place, so I brought down the giant Tupperware bin of fabric I had in the attic. I didn’t have time to go all the way through it before my appointment for my contact-less sharpening, but when I got back, I did, and I found the other pair of scissors. Corroded – maybe hopelessly? Maybe I can WD-40 them or something.<\/p>\n

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Corroded scissors<\/p><\/div>\n

Finding the corroded scissors was the annoying part. I had to unload the bin to clean because it was dusty on the outside, and the interesting part was going through all the fabric. I could so clearly remember what I had made with each piece. You know how in High Fidelity<\/a>, when you like someone, you make them a tape? Well, I certainly did that, but when the relationship had progressed to a certain point, I made them a shirt, too. Sometimes more than one, if I knew them long enough.<\/p>\n

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heap o fabric 1<\/p><\/div>\n

So that blue woven fabric you can see bottom right next to the zipper was a shirt for Steve. We lived together for three years and broke up and got back together at least once. I thought this fabric matched his eyes. There’s also some plaid flannel in the heap that was a shirt for Steve, too, but you can’t see it. There are lots of pieces that were shirts for me, like the one I was wearing when I had my bike accident and broke my nose, that got covered in blood but miraculously soaked clean. That paisley piece you can see was my pregnancy romper.<\/p>\n

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heap o fabric 2<\/p><\/div>\n

That crumpled satin was something I thought I might screen print – it’s all cotton – and that print under the red was a dress for me. I had a tank top style hippie dress that I liked – lots of people had it, it had a pattern of purple clouds on the bottom and stars all over the body – and when it got worn out I used it as a pattern to make more dresses.<\/p>\n

I thought the paisley was extra from the pregnancy romper, but when I unfolded it, it is<\/em> the pregnancy romper. I think I got sick of wearing it, but liked the fabric, so shoved it into my fabric bin thinking I’d re-cut it into something else. It’s got fancy buttons from my grandma’s button box, see overleaf for closeup – glad I saved those.<\/p>\n

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There were also random odds & ends in the bin:<\/p>\n\n\t\t