Quirky stuff for cool ladies
Okay I make stuff for theater.
But money is tight and time is short.
So I need to find things and visit the thrift shop a lot.
I am amazed by what is available.
Piles of embroidery, tablecloths, batiks, shelves full of clothes, dresses, suits, you name it, some worn but many ready for the next round.
I love fabric from the Sixties and Seventies but also from other countries and cultures like batik or wax prints.
When I travel I always bring fabric back.
To be quite honest with you my shop started one morning when I stumbled upon a huge pile of embroideries, that were to become pillows, in my local thrift shop.
I realized one person had been cross stitching away for many a night and I could not leave them there.
Some months later we made a theater show for kids in school and we decided to put them on pillows. I gladly used the embroideries but felt I had to do something to them to make them up to date.
I started framing them with other fabrics and liked it so much I started buying more.
There you have it: my Etsy shop.
But now I'm also using my other fabrics to make skirts and all of a sudden I'm part of this amazing community.
I love it!