All the talk of kimono this week left Beck rummaging through the fabric stash trying to find the best bits and of course this golden crane obi brocade from Kyoto was the clear winner, however there were a couple of other gems which led to the guilty question "what the hell do you do with all this fabric?" Other people seem to be able dive right on in and cut things up making excellent new works along the way, we on the other hand seem to have enormous trouble putting scissor to cloth and getting busy. But there is only so much you can store and increasingly, especially now we're both contemplating the loss of studio space to the little people we're really getting worried. After all who could cut this beauty up?
Beck did come up with one good idea though - she's used the scrap pieces to make cards...and she's promised to buy new storage boxes with the profits.
Somehow however we both know they're far more likely to spent on new fabrics ... sigh.
2 comments:
I know the feeling, but there is no greater guilty pleasure than a pile of vintage fabrics.
you know you can always 'store' them at my studio...... I just can't promise that I won't accidentally take the scissors to them.......
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