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Missing piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This morning, I was contemplating how squares might fit together. I grabbed a selection of four-inchers and laid them out. My desire for order asserted itself strongly. I was missing one piece needed to make four four-patches. And the piece I was missing needed to be of the thin drab olive green fabric that came from a pair of pants. I loved those pants, but they wore out very quickly. They had embroidered and cutwork motifs on the legs, very elegant. And some tucks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This started a vast sorting project, looking for the remnants of the pants. I know there is more of this somewhere. I upended two large containers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorting <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Natural categories seemed to form. Desire for order comes in handy sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Black and white and large pieces, possibilities for backgrounds<\/li>
  • Pieces of the right size and shape to become squares<\/li>
  • Strips of various widths and lengths, possibly for fabric coil baskets. I envision stitching a long row of them together. <\/li>
  • Dyed pieces mostly vintage linen, mostly from Deb L. <\/li>
  • Silk scraps, mostly dyed by me <\/li>
  • Wool scraps<\/li>
  • Tiny pieces to be moved to a little basket of tiny pieces<\/li>
  • Favorite prints <\/li>
  • Cotton cloth from India<\/li>
  • Cotton shweshwe cloth from South Africa, very bright<\/li>
  • Remnants that may be suitable for fussy cutting of foliage<\/li>
  • Icky pieces and trash that I hate running into in my scrap collection, for discard (already halfway out the door)<\/li>
  • A heart that I stitched out of blue velvet – kind of an oddball find. Probably meant for inclusion in a needle book but ended up being too thick. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Long story short, I didn’t find the pants material. But I found something close in the right size and shape. Which is satisfying. I also feel less lost and confused project-wise. And handling cloth is such a pleasure really. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Substitute in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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