You never realize how much stuff you have...

[cormac]

...until you try to sort through it all. Yesterday was devoted to packing, so naturally, I woke up at around 1:30 PM and proceeded to play on the computer for a couple hours before getting down to business. As I'd recently bought two new plastic bins for fabric, my focus was on finding, folding, and stowing my yardage, while tossing dirty clothes into a laundry bag for later care.

I know I haven't found all the fabric yet, but I'm amazed at how much I've found. I'd forgotten, for example, that I'd bought 15 yards of brown linen, and almost 10 of yellow linen. I was pleased to find most of my raw silk (but I'm still missing my white raw silk, so no Caidan dagged sleeves yet...). Also, I found 5 yards of this ridiculously bright linen, the color of which I can only describe as a strawberry/orange smoothie. I sincerely doubt I could pull off wearing it, and I don't rightly recall why I bought it in the first place, but I'm sure I can find someone to take it off my hands.

Comments

[the-celestia.livejournal.com]

ME! MEE! That color sounds fabulous!!!

Celestia

[cormac.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but I already traded it to Mistress Flavia. She's quite small though, and there were 5 yards of the fabric, so she may be willing to sell/trade you some of it.

[the-celestia.livejournal.com]

Since the only 'small' person in our family doesn't care for pink, and my dresses START at 8 yards of 60" wide fabric, anything less than five (which is what I buy for the guys) yards is what we call here a 'sample'.

No worries. I didn't know our newest family member doesn't go for pinks.

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Or we could dye the "smoothie" linen to something more acceptable. We can rebuild it! We can make it better... stronger... [color]faster!

[usqueba.livejournal.com]

Mmmm smoothies :)

We're spring cleaning right now (yeah it's an on-going process).

We're donating a lot of stuff (and tossing other stuff).

I've friended you: How you know me.

[eliensign.livejournal.com]

I met you at Owain and Sariah's house and a bunch of us crashed in Theodosia's Asylum.

Re: I've friended you: How you know me.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

I see you know Joan! Which one were you? I can't seem to find a picture readily available.

[shaunacarrick.livejournal.com]

I'm 'spring cleaning' the Laurel files - does that count? :-)

Glad to know you are able to start the moving process - lots of good thoughts heading your way! After all the years of the Army moving me hither and yon, when I finally got to buy this place, I swore never to move again!

[lady_songsmith]

I hear ya. The packing process just went on and on and on. I swear there was a white hole in the corner of my apartment, spitting out random stuff as fast as we could box it.

[hroar.livejournal.com]

I understand...
Gettign ready to move here, I ended up gettign rid of nearly 50% of my stuff/junk.
It was cathartic, helpful space wise and I did the right thing.
But it was amazing just HOW much stuff had moved from Ft. Wayne to Bloomington.

[jillaw.livejournal.com]

You know I'd want the obnoxiously bright fabric. You know I *prefer* obnoxiously bright fabric. :D

But I think i got beaten to it. Bugger.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it got traded to Her Excellency Flavia for white linen of the same weight. However, I got it at F&M, and last I checked, they still had that color in stock.

[the-celestia.livejournal.com]

F&M is a really, really long walk from here.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

If you like, i could go to...

You know what, I'm going to post this to the main journal.