For many, many years I was a collector of fabrics.  Not just any fabrics, but homespuns and civil war reproductions fabrics and crewel fabrics and linen fabrics.....anything that looked old.

 It was FUN and it got a little out of hand.

It's in cupboards in the house, it's in tubs in the summer kitchen, it's everywhere in my old studio in the barn.

So, I've decided it has to go.  So far, I've just tackled the dry sink in the living room.  I made four piles - one of homespuns, one of ticking, one of crewels and one of calicos.  I started photographing and measuring the individual pieces.  It took forever and I've just gotten through the blue homespuns and the red homespuns.  This is going to be a long process!  I need to find a way to consolidate it.  I'm working on it!

Before I went to work at the antique mall this morning, I hung a bunch of homespuns out on the clothes line to air out.  Isn't it gorgeous?!

I'll be listing fabrics in my Etsy shop in the days and weeks to come.  Haven't figured out the best way to do it yet, but I will!  Check it out!