Yesterday I turned out the bed linen cupboards. I have discovered some spare linen for the spare room beds! I had wondered where that had got to! I have been a bit ruthless. Some of it will be used for textiley projects, like using the old pillow cases to store textiles in. Some (unused) will go to St Richard's hospice shop (aka McMillans). They cared for my best friend in her hour of need and they are being magnificent about Michael. There are some high-class Swiss cotton square pillowcases which I shall offer to my sister for her quilting. They are hardly used and the material is so very good. A lot of very elderly towels will be used as floor cloths. All in all, I have finished up with spare capacity on the linen shelves. And that includes the addition of all the linen I bought for Michael's hospital bed.
The picture is a scan of a German pillowcase bought in Munich many years ago. What is interesting is that, barring the fine white pattern, I could have woven something in this design. I looked at it and thought that it was a familiar type of fabric!! So my tastes have not changed over the years. I think this is probably a bad thing and must think about it some more.
Added after doing a bit more weaving. The colour palette is very similar to what is on the Megado - see Reflections - 2. Which accounts for why the pillowcase looked familiar. Now did my sub-conscious do this or not?
Today I turned out the bathrooms and two other rooms, tidied up generally and will start on weaving now. Yesterday I wove four foot of fabric. I estimate I have between 6 and 8 feet of warp left.
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