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totchipandaSwatchbook is well underway <3 It's so satisfying seeing all the little squares. I wasn't sure what kind of info I wanted to see or know in the book so I've just been making notes as I go. The first bin had 2 crinkle cottons and 3 broadcloths, which I immediately decided that I wanted to consolidate into the same page/area. I know I have at least 3, probably 4, more crinkles, and broadcloths -- who even knows. I can think of three colours with the pile set aside for bag-making right now. That left the bin only half full, but it wasn't overly full to start with.
Officially found my oldest fabric: Some light teal cotton twill that was purchased for making Star Trek uniforms. I think I used it for my DS9 jumpsuit in 1994, and I definitely used some of it for my first attempt at gothic lolita 2002-3. There's a piece or two that's even older, salvaged from an old costume of my mum's from about 1984. I did start keeping notes in the bottom corner of when approximately the fabric was acquired. Some of it is just marked "pre-2014" as thats when I got it from my mum. Who knows how old it was before then.
Fabric I set aside for possible destashing: some yardage of white gauze. I have not a clue what to use it for.
I of course had lots of help from the kittens. Calcifer helped me measure and Sophie was very diligent about holding the bit of cotton velveteen down. Thanks girls :D
Speaking of measurements, being Canadian is affecting it lol. Just now I was thinking that it would be really easy to measure it in centimeters actually; I should go convert those. See, we have a fun mix of metric and imperial. Long distances are in KM (I do not have a concept of how long a mile is without first converting it to metric, very specific speeds, or just in a general sense by how long it takes to drive somewhere) but short measurements are in feet and inches, except fabric is sold in meters. I have measured all of my fabrics to imperial measurements (I know 115cm = 45", but there's a quick lil calculation that happens), and most of them to imperial lengths. Why? From my hand to the tip of my nose with my head turned away is 37". Whoever folded them (might have been me, might have been my mum who is 2-3" shorter than me) did so at 32-33", so yardage was easier to calculate and be reasonably accurate. But a few pieces were easier to measure in cm for Reasons, so there's a few that are listed in metric lengths.
I do plan to go through the book after and convert whatever needs to be converted, because I want to keep a spreadsheet of the items to track yardage used for various sewing challenges and my own curiosity.
Officially found my oldest fabric: Some light teal cotton twill that was purchased for making Star Trek uniforms. I think I used it for my DS9 jumpsuit in 1994, and I definitely used some of it for my first attempt at gothic lolita 2002-3. There's a piece or two that's even older, salvaged from an old costume of my mum's from about 1984. I did start keeping notes in the bottom corner of when approximately the fabric was acquired. Some of it is just marked "pre-2014" as thats when I got it from my mum. Who knows how old it was before then.
Fabric I set aside for possible destashing: some yardage of white gauze. I have not a clue what to use it for.
I of course had lots of help from the kittens. Calcifer helped me measure and Sophie was very diligent about holding the bit of cotton velveteen down. Thanks girls :D
Speaking of measurements, being Canadian is affecting it lol. Just now I was thinking that it would be really easy to measure it in centimeters actually; I should go convert those. See, we have a fun mix of metric and imperial. Long distances are in KM (I do not have a concept of how long a mile is without first converting it to metric, very specific speeds, or just in a general sense by how long it takes to drive somewhere) but short measurements are in feet and inches, except fabric is sold in meters. I have measured all of my fabrics to imperial measurements (I know 115cm = 45", but there's a quick lil calculation that happens), and most of them to imperial lengths. Why? From my hand to the tip of my nose with my head turned away is 37". Whoever folded them (might have been me, might have been my mum who is 2-3" shorter than me) did so at 32-33", so yardage was easier to calculate and be reasonably accurate. But a few pieces were easier to measure in cm for Reasons, so there's a few that are listed in metric lengths.
I do plan to go through the book after and convert whatever needs to be converted, because I want to keep a spreadsheet of the items to track yardage used for various sewing challenges and my own curiosity.
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Date: 2025-03-04 08:56 pm (UTC)Also swatchbooks are awesome, luckily I have no need for it anymore as I got rid of so much fabric.
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Date: 2025-03-06 03:11 am (UTC)no subject
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