One of my resolutions this year is to get back on track with all of my assorted sites. Also, I plan on reducing my fabric buying, and even making and selling some boys’ items. And as always, to lose weight! 
I want to sell some of my stash too, so if anyone needs any boy type knits or flannels, let me know!
So I have a ginormous fabric stash, but it always seems like I don’t have the very basic fabrics that I want (or need). Currently I am looking for red knit fabric - jersey, interlock, whatever - and I really don’t want to have to buy more fabric. So I wonder if there is anyone out there that has some to spare (I would like a yard or two if possible), for a trade of some fancier fabric. I have several toiles, suiting fabrics, cotton prints, quilters cottons, etc. I obviously can’t post all that I would be willing to trade, but if you are interested, just shoot me a comment on what exactly you might trade for, whether it be a particular style, color family, etc., and we can work on it from there.
And on the subject of trading, I wonder how many people would like to try and start up a fabric swap on a regular basis? I would certainly be interested in trying to set it up if there were enough interest. After all, we all love fabric!
We got back last Tuesday, and boy were we tired. We were all up from 11:30 EST to about 6:00 PM the next day. Then we passed out. Our 3 year old did brilliantly on the flight back, which was appreciated. He usually drives us mad.
My MIL took me to the only fabric store in Frankfurt an der Oder (where we were), and the woman was SO pushy, and things were so expensive. Later that day I stopped in the LYS up the street from their apartment, and the woman was a pleasure, and didn’t even cringe when I forgot to use the formal German speech with her (which hubby quickly corrected). The yarns were beautiful, and so inexpensive in comparison to some of the ‘fine’ yarns here in the states. I got this lovely, soft chunky cotton for a sweater pattern I found in a German knitting magazine I picked up over there, and several skeins of this wild black and grey animal print fabric yarn that was marked down. I have no idea what I’ll make with it, but it was too cool to pass up. I also picked up my first set of Addis (much cheaper than I would have paid here). It was like going to an amusement park for me.
Anyway, we’re back now, and as promised, I will soon be posting my first knit pattern - the Kimono Shrug.
Just a heads up that I have several types of this fabric available through my auctions right now. Some of these are a bit hard to find, so if you like this sort of stuff, check it out!
I was fortunate enough to get three huge boxes of fabric for free from a local freecycle, and of these three boxes, at least one box worth is various colors of ‘knit suede’. I had no idea what it was even, but then a trip to the local Rag Shop opened my eyes. It is 100% polyester, soft, and fuzzy. The problem now? Trying to figure out what you use this type of fabric for.
Any ideas?
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Edited to include a pic of this magical fabric. There is no stretch to it, and it is fairly non-flowy like real suede.
