Cheap Thrills......

Yesterday I went wild! I bought enough fabric to redecorate seven rooms! I have enough to make draperies, bed covers, chair and couch upholstery. The nice part is, I don't even feel guilty.

Some people get really excited and feel ashamed of themselves at the same time when redecorating. They are excited that they are getting a new room. They are ashamed of themselves for spending hundreds of dollars on fabrics and furniture. They live in the real world.....

The reason I am bringing this up is, I was thinking this morning that I have been doing this for many years and have hundreds of pieces of fabrics and never felt guilty for overspending. I will say it again. I love living in miniature rooms.

My real house may not be elegant but I can enter a Regency living room any time I want. I can wander through a castle filled with fairy tales. I can even spend some time with Spike(Buffy the Vampire Slayer) in his crypt.

These are the pieces that I found yesterday. Wal-Mart got in a new shipment of material @ 2.00 a yard. A quarter of a yard will go a long way. The top two will go even farther. They can be used in half and quarter inch.

Here is a peek into one of the drawers where I keep my stash. It needs straightening right now, but I will make the sacrifice and let you look. I keep the fabrics according to color in small baskets that will sit on top of one another in the drawers. The two baskets on top slide into the left side of the drawer on top. Yes there are 3 drawers in all, with two layers of baskets in each. I am not going to mention that I have fabric stashed in other places in the house....Many other places. Shhhhhhh! Don't tell. I can justify this with the fact that it's not all miniature. I do other things with it. I am into cartonnage, quilting, sewing, embroidery and needlepoint. I use a LOT of fabric. I seldom buy a piece that is not on sale.

Anyway, here is one of the chairs that I designed a few years ago. If it were in the real world it would take about 6 yards of upholstery fabric to cover. Probably the price for the fabric would be anywhere from 1oo.oo up. I think that this one took about half of a 1/4 yard cut. That means I would have enough to make curtains for the same room or a bedspread or upholstery for a couch.

Yes. I am stalling because I didn't work on Buttercup today. I lived in the real world where houses get messy and rugs have to be vacuumed. I don't think that I like that world. In my miniature world I don't have to clean bathrooms or make beds or iron clothes.

I am going back there for the rest of the day. It's much more fun! See you tomorrow.