Rodger sent me this fabric link … it’s actually a $28 curtain panel at urban Outfitters, and it steps 84″ x 52″ (there’s also a bedspread that is 90″ x 108″, much more than double the width, for $4 more). That’s much more than two yards of very broad fabric; purchase one or two of these and you could have an enormous-skirted (and really adorable!) 50s dress very quickly.
Have we talked about how amazing curtain panels, tablecloths, and sheets can be for garment-making? We ought to … you can get a lot of interesting fabric for not so much money (especially when they go on sale). If you’re prepared to risk maybe someday walking into a party and matching the drapes (which, by the way, is worth it for the comedy gold alone), you ought to always be checking out the home-dec departments for funky prints and stripes or even just low-cost plain fabric for muslins. It’s all just fabric, after all!
Somebody (and I can’t remember who, I’ve been to a lot of conferences lately) told me about a site where someone takes funky store-bought throw.jpgllow covers and makes handbags out of them, but that somebody actually told me live and in person, and I stupidly didn’t write it down. Does anybody know about this? because it would make a good thing to link best here …
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