The sedimental age of fabric

[green_martha]

Wow, I'm tidying up the house, I'm impressing myself. It started because we got some flour mites, highly probably from the store we bought flour (guess who's going to find a new flour provider ?) some months ago. We got pretty much rid of all the ones in the pantry, but one of the bastards managed to lay eggs under a statue near the hearth and some larvae crawled into portrait frames. YUCK ! So while I was checking every single frame in the room, emptying my little sewing nook, I put some more frames up that had been waiting, re-ordered the sewing notions, and while I was at it, I cleared the top of the cedar trunk we have at the top of the stairs. I have a huge "to-mend-or-alter" pile, but I got rid of some useless scraps, put the interesting ones (i.e. big enough for doll clothing or small decoration) in the storage bin, and put all the good fabrics that were waiting there in a neat pile. And, buried under a lot of scraps, failed early attempts at draping (back when I trusted my dummy to resemble me), I have FINALLY found again my brown cotton voile ! It's really nice and airy, with a striped border woven in on one edge. I bought it something like 7 years ago, with Regency in mind, put it away while I worked on something else, moved twice, and couldn't find it again. It was so frustrating ! Now I'm happy I lost it for a while, because I'll be able to do a much better work. When I find the time that is. I only have 4 meters though, so it might be tough to squeeze a full dress out of it. Unless of course I make it into a dress for Ariane - the privilege of having kids !