Comments on: off to sew

By: Avram

Avram — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:27:40 +0000

I’m glad to know that Samuel is listening to the occasional Hebraisms I throw his way. It’s nice to be appreciated.

Cotton would have been rare enough in Israel that even a Virtuous Woman would not have been expected to work in it. It would have been imported from India or Egypt (although her best Linen would probably have been imported from Egypt, too). The use of cotton is very, well American, as a quick glance at our history will show.

That being said, linen is a lot of fun, although I tend to prefer wool. But not in the Summer.

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:02:30 +0000

Moab has no fabric shops but an incredibly active quilting community. Oddly when they need fabric it seems to magically appear at the Senior center in the cupboards.

We’re putting on a “Quilt Show” from May through June.

Though Moab doesn’t have a fabric shop though we do have a weaving/knitting shop that’s pretty cool.

By: lethalaleatha

lethalaleatha — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:15:56 +0000

Yes, I’ve found that to be the case. The Jo-Ann in my home town of Manhattan, Kansas had far less quilting stuff than fashion stuff. I believe it took up one wall and a couple aisles. In Orem, the quilting stuff takes up like half the fabric section. However, the store in Orem is much bigger than the one in Manhattan, and has more of a variety of fashion fabrics, and more to choose from. Therefore, I like the store here better. But usually I buy things from online fabric stores. It’s much cheaper and there’s more variety.
And it’s weird about the store hierarchy. I’d like to show the quilt fabric snobs the hundreds of awesome, completely hand-stitched quilts my grandma has made, and she shops at Jo-Ann all the time. When I’m an old lady I want to make quilts like she does.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:31:24 +0000

I sew admittedly very little, but I find it odd? disturbing? that so much of fabric stores are devoted to quilting fabrics. And then there is a hierarchy of quilting fabrics stores – if you are a true quilter, you would never buy your fabric at the chain store, opting instead for the local (read more expensive) quilt shop. I seem to remember there being a lot more variety in fabrics when I was younger (that is, when I was a child and my mother made my clothes). Do you find this true in your experience or am I way out of my league?