pretty remnants, part I

At the Whole Earth Festival in May I bought this really cute headband for three dollars:

The quality isn’t great, but I love the pattern. After this, I got really inspired to make things out of fabric, such as headbands, flowers, etc. Only, it has been quite the journey finding any remnants of pretty fabric at all. In high school, I found a bunch of fabric scraps from Michael’s. They were cute and floral, but I didn’t have a real use for them. I covered a journal with one piece, and I sewed a little heart to the inside of a jacket which traveled throughout my group of friends. That was an embarrassing time of life, but I thought this blog could use a little self-disclosure :) there ya go. I had a sisterhood, indeed.

Anyway, last week I went to Jo-Ann’s, Michael’s, and even the super scary Walmart in my hometown, but there were no cheap scraps to be found. I started looking on Amazon when I finally remembered faithful Etsy! Duh.

I ended up finding a ton of neat, affordable bags of scraps, but I worried that I wouldn’t receive any patterns I especially loved since they were all random.

But out of nowhere came a wonderful shop called Island Supplies with the prettiest selection ever.

These are all leftovers from silk saris. They will be sent to me from Spain and the shipping is only three dollars. The lady who makes them is named Norma and when I checked the shop today, it had been restocked! Best. Etsy. Ever. Another great thing is they were shipped just a few days after I purchased them.

Oh, and I got ribbon too! I think this will come in handy in many ways.

PS. After I bought this stuff (no regrets), my mom informed me that she wasn’t “emotionally attached” to many of her African-style sarans. They have really pretty patterns and I may be able to use them! And that will be part two.

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