Dealing with the fabric that mocks me.

I'm sure most sewers or crafters have some fabric in their stash that mocks them every time they search through it. You know, one of those pieces of fabric that you impulse purchased thinking it would get used straight away, even though you bought it with no actual project in mind, because it was so very you and the perfect piece of fabric?

Then you get home and realise the pattern is all wrong. The fabric content not right. The colour is horrible. In fact, when you get home, you realise that the impulse purchase was a big mistake! It's awful!

To rid yourself of that feeling of stupidity, of being a sucker, of wasting money, you fold the fabric, place it in your fabric stash, probably right at the back, and try to forget about it....

You think you've learnt your lesson about impulse buying fabric, but you haven't, and you probably will get sucked in again. Sometimes the fabric is full price, sometimes is discounted, which makes it even harder to resist. Over time these pieces of fabric collect together, mocking you every time you search through your stash. "Na, na, na, na, na, you are a sucker!!!"

Now, I don't think my stash is too large, nor is it completely over run with these pieces of fabric , but there are a few and I'm determined to get rid of them.

So, here's the first piece of fabric that mocks me.

It's a cotton poplin, purchased from Spotlight. It is black with a deco-ish butterfly print on it. Actually, it almost looks like a tribal tattoo of a butterfly. I thought it would be awesome made up into a dress, but the print is ALL WRONG and would be extremely difficult to place. The fabric wasn't cheap either, I think I paid $10 a meter for it! Talk about regret!

Now - it's sorted.

New PJ pants for me - so stylish!! They are actually just what I need right now. Even though I don't like this fabric, I like that I've used it and I can certainly tolerate it when I'm asleep most of the time that I'm wearing it.

It's funny that I've seen this fabric used once before on another blog for sleepwear. Maybe it sucked others into purchasing it too....

I'm hoping this year, to de-stash these pieces of fabric that mock me, possibly to make room for more, because I know I'm still a sucker!

BTW - Do you also have items in your pantry that mock you?? You know, you leisurely pass the lentils and think "I'm going to create a nutritious family meal with these healthy little lentils" You buy them, then realise your husband won't go near them and the kids probably won't either. So you place them in the back of the pantry and forget about them. I think I'll hide mine in a yummy soup this coming winter....