tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post8762840509528601989..comments2024-01-29T23:43:00.923-05:00Comments on gMarie Sews: How Does Fabric Become "Too Precious" To Use? gMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301526396026815132noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-63009578008665225572015-09-17T14:34:56.629-04:002015-09-17T14:34:56.629-04:00Sending email!!Sending email!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100381901254968075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-38914080657019726382015-09-06T18:12:04.800-04:002015-09-06T18:12:04.800-04:00Really enjoyed reading this post! I can totally un...Really enjoyed reading this post! I can totally understand what you're saying, but sadly have no answers! Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029381870073249449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-35934235707397698652015-09-05T12:40:51.407-04:002015-09-05T12:40:51.407-04:00I love the idea of the Dottie Angel dress, but I w...I love the idea of the Dottie Angel dress, but I wonder if I would wear it. Can I pull off Granny chic? I think it depends on the fabric. I do like that it ties in the back and it a bit more fitting. You won't know if you don't try!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039252141722591717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-33384075835504332982015-09-03T21:40:57.479-04:002015-09-03T21:40:57.479-04:00I like the second combo best. The dress doesn'...I like the second combo best. The dress doesn't grab me but if it's calling to you, what have you got to lose ? Give it a go. Up til now, I didn't have fabric too good to cut - BUT this summer a piece of Liberty came home with me and I'm a little antsy about it. The plan is a shirtdress but I haven't picked a pattern yet - will definitely want to perfect a muslin first :-)<br />Claire S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825049555257941107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-45000326012135503192015-09-03T13:28:54.424-04:002015-09-03T13:28:54.424-04:00I'm just wishing I could get AT my fabric righ...I'm just wishing I could get AT my fabric right now; then none of it would be too good to use. LOL! It's all in the garage, inaccessible, for the moment, until I have my giant yard sale in a couple of weeks and can move it to where I can finally get at it.<br /><br />Dottie Angel ... gotta say, I'm not a fan. Looks like a crafty Becky-Homecky toddler dress to me. Sorry. Too honest? lolDebbie Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601675304884019607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-89740701681783640602015-09-03T13:00:28.296-04:002015-09-03T13:00:28.296-04:00I like the first combination the best. I am not ...I like the first combination the best. I am not one that thinks fabric is too good to use, probably the minority. I have some fabric on the shelf but not really that much. I could make less than 8 garments from my fabric. It just overwhelms me if I have too much. So I buy some and then sew up most of it.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229406683301436266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-12313146371324066762015-09-03T12:22:03.963-04:002015-09-03T12:22:03.963-04:00I actually think all of the combinations you showe...I actually think all of the combinations you showed here are great! They go well together. They would all work well for the pattern. I also understand the need to save the fabric! I have this same problem. My solution? Quilts. I can use all the beautiful fabrics and enjoy them no matter what size or style clothes I like. That solution obviously doesn't work for everyone, though, and it really only works for quilting fabric. I also live in the desert and don't really need a lot of quilts. LOL!! <br />I do love the dottie angel pattern and think I need it for my daughter, because it isn't really my style now- it was when I was a teen, though- mostly because I don't feel that I could pull off the look because I've turned into a boring almost forty year old.<br />I say go for the dress. Use at least one of these combinations you've posted. If you love it then you can make more. If you don't, then you didn't use up all three combos! <br />I think what makes the fabric precious is the beauty we see in it. We see its potential and we don't want to waste that. We are afraid of ruining it or using it unwisely and wasting it. I have yet to regret using fabric, even though I still have this fear. What can we do about it?The Hojnackeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831225232147068760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-31356287079919118092015-09-03T11:04:14.249-04:002015-09-03T11:04:14.249-04:00I do the same thing and I have no idea why. But l...I do the same thing and I have no idea why. But lately I have just been diving in head first and making whatever I feel. It feels good after the garment is made but sometimes during the prep stage I have much anguish wondering if it does not turn out like I think and if I will feel bad about "wasting" fabric. I say to myself "get over it" and sew like the wind.. Who cares if it doesn't turn out as you expected maybe someone else will like it. SD Cunni Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232903845707401186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-5741442302310006122015-09-03T08:20:36.892-04:002015-09-03T08:20:36.892-04:00Oh and sometimes I think about saving fabric too.....Oh and sometimes I think about saving fabric too...but this is a recent feeling that I can trace to all of those amazing dresses made from wonderful fabrics, laces and trims that I've been donating!Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-12208221635353458762015-09-03T08:18:48.482-04:002015-09-03T08:18:48.482-04:00I like the first two combos...the third not so muc...I like the first two combos...the third not so much! I think the Monique Dress would look amazing in the blue daisy/yellow combination. However, I would think twice about my advice since you still haven't finished the lace skirt I helped you start.Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-79083417970916167452015-09-03T07:36:53.140-04:002015-09-03T07:36:53.140-04:00I want to make that Dottie Angel dress too. I like...I want to make that Dottie Angel dress too. I like the first combo the most. <br /><br />I didn't have fabric that was "too good to cut" at first. But then I had a couple instances where I used a fabric as soon as I bought it, and then later regretted the pattern choice. And then that fabric is "gone forever" :( It simultaneously makes sense and makes no sense. <br /><br />Like you, when I purge those items, I don't have any attachment to the item. SewCraftyChemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971798108420431518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21513612.post-57087601880643022042015-09-03T07:15:12.511-04:002015-09-03T07:15:12.511-04:00Are you inside my head? I have the same problems,...Are you inside my head? I have the same problems, I have A LOT of fabric There is a feeling each piece gives me. There is a hope, a life for each one. It's hard to just cut it up and use it sometimes but when it all comes out good, it's REAL GOOD and when it's not good, it's gone, it's done. I move on to the next one. <br />Mixing fabric prints is something I also have a hard time with. I'm working on it though. <br />Great post, now get out of my head!<br />Bonnie @ sewplus.blogspot.comBonnie @ sewplus.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963033371259192868noreply@blogger.com