Oh goody! Someone sent me a big box, and it's very heavy. But what can be inside? Could it possibly be ....fabric?
Ho ho - it is fabric! But who could have possibly known how much I like stripes and polka-dots?
Just kidding, it was me of course. I drove from Cary to Carrboro to answer the siren's call from the elusive
Thimble Pleasures, and was richly rewarded. So well, in fact that my next task was to find the nearest UPS store to ship it home.
Fabric purchases have gotten a lot heavier since I've realized I have to buy bigger hunks for backgrounds. Not to mention some batiks for backing...
So I have been anxiously awaiting a package from myself. Now that it's here, I'm ready to start the ritualistic washing, ironing, folding, and borking. (my quasi-trekkie term for organizing fabric into the "collective") Maybe I'm obessive, but I really like doing that. Maybe it's just procrastinating the real creative work.
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No, I like that part too - it's clearing a mental space before the next take off!
I love the washing/ironing/ folding part too- I think it is one way of really enjoying the new fabric and also a way to insert it into my brain's image bank :-)
If I hadn't had so much fabric to sort when I moved recently, I'm sure I would have gone right crazy! It's a very soothing occupation. Especially nice when you have such looooovely fabrics to sort!
I love the terms borking and collective! I'll definitely have to borrow those words ;-)
Ooooooo...fabric...cool...
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