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Posted on: 7/14/16 10:01 PM ET
I really screwed up.

There's a minimum cut of 2 yards (you all know that) so I got it in my head that 2 yards is enough to sewing anything. So that's what I bought -- two yards! Now I have to go back and buy more yardage to make the two dresses I plan on sewing. No, I don’t want to use different patterns. I looked at the pattern pieces and there is no way I can get away with only two yards. I can usually get away with less than the required because I am so short, but not this time. So it's back to Hancock's tomorrow. They had quite a bit of one fabric left. The other one I don't know.

I actually showed the fabric to my SO -- not something I normally do. He said several pieces were pretty, one was interesting, and what the h*ll was I going to do with one of the pieces. I think he was pretty happy when I told him I planned on making embroidered pillows for his grandson’s band fundraising raffle in the spring. I hope to digitize their marching band hats with the school logo.

He felt kind of bad for me that I screwed up the yardage amounts when I showed him the dress patterns. He didn't mind me buying the fabric; he just wants me to actually start sewing with it!
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Posted on: 7/14/16 10:13 PM ET
Sounds like something I would do.

Hope they still have your fabric!
  
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Posted on: 7/14/16 10:14 PM ET
If you have a plain fabric you could maybe incorporate it if the fabrics you bought have prints. My understanding is that during World War II that is what was done with a lot of clothing due to fabric shortages. The styles that came out of it though were stunning! You can color block or maybe see how the sleeves or different parts would look with a different fabric. A lot of the world war II patterns I have seen seemed to use left over fabric on the yokes and such.
  
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Posted on: 7/14/16 11:19 PM ET
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Kathy, I may see you there again tomorrow, I'm sorry you were short fabric, but what a great excuse to go back!

I went back tonight after meeting the girls for dinner to get some denim that I wasn't sure about earlier, and wouldn't you know the gal at the cutting table was having it measured out as I walked by and bought the rest of the bolt, dang!


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Posted on: 7/15/16 0:56 AM ET
Well snap it up as soon as you can! I went back to my Hancock's last week to see if they'd finally marked down the fabric, only to find that they only had about 2 bolts of fabric left - and it was bright lime green fleece.

I think they're closed now. So sad.
  
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Re: Bought Fabric at Hancocks today and . . . (posted on 7/15/16 7:27 AM ET)
Don't feel bad. We walk around with so much information in our heads, even more if we sew! Sometimes I buy too much, sometimes too litle.
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