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2/13/2018

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Happy Valentine's Day to all you fabric lovers!

I decided months ago to fall involve with fabric again. I thought about how a few years ago it seemed I was having a secret affair with fabric!
I would plan time around her (I can't tell you why fabric is a female, but she is in my heart), I would sneak in alone time with her, and pine away for vacations with her and my girlfriends!

When I started a little pattern design company and then ultimately Sierra Cottons & Wools, I found fabric starting to add a little pressure. She was becoming a responsibility in my life. I still got a pitter-patter in my heart when I saw a new line of fabrics, but I began to worry about sales and need rather than how she made me feel. So easy how we let work take over our lives.

These past few years have been filled with new added responsibilities. Fabric was absolutely not in the foreground of my thoughts. I even considered a new occupation? I was missing my husband. A companion. And I was feeling quite unlovable. Then I remembered how I used to love fabric. I used to have to be called from my sewing room to join my husband for some activity. Ugh! So frustrating. Just one more stitch please. 

I knew I had to fall in love again. All over again. With fabric.
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So, I began dating fabric again. I remembered how she filled my mind with new ideas. Exciting things to be made. Fun with friends in sewing groups and excursions to find new amazing projects. Fabric fills my heart and time again!

Today, I can say, I spend lots of time in my sewing room. Fabric is there to greet me in the morning and there to say, "Goodnight, good work Barri." in the evenings. My heart is filled with joy and appreciation.
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In this season of love, I would like to give love to my favorites! Fabrics I cannot live without, backgrounds!

They are not pretty or exciting until they get a bit of stitchery on them! I have added 1/2 yard cuts to the website to celebrate these faithful friends! They have one thing in common, they are light in color. Other than that, they can be a muslin, an aged muslin, a yummy soft flannel or a tone-on-tone polka dot. Go to the Favorite Necessities page to find these.
Also on Favorite Necessities Page are my favorite notions! Lots of lovely notions to make our sewing lives easier like, embroidery needles in several sizes, thimble pads to keep my fingers safe, and marking pens to trace darling designs to a background.

I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Valentine's Day!

As I hug my sewing machine a little tighter, I wish you Happy Stitching!

XOXO
​Barri Sue Gaudet
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5 Comments
Sheri Puls
2/15/2018 07:25:43 am

Nice post, Barri 😊. I am missing time with fabric! And embroidery floss, pretty little beads, my grandmother's thimble...sigh. Someday...💝 ...soon, I hope!

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Barri
2/15/2018 07:44:29 am

I’m sure your craft closet misses you too! I hope you can find some time to give it some love ❤️

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