Kelly Casanova Weaving Lessons

fabric design

Rip or snip?

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Hi all! I’m back from a wonderful Easter with a little gripe. Now, perhaps I’m a little bit precious when it comes to fabric but considering I don’t buy beautiful new fabric all that often maybe I’m justified.
I hate it when the sales assistant rips the fabric instead of cutting! There, I’ve said it – I positively cringe when I see my newly purchased fabric being torn.

Grrrr!

How messy is that?!
 
Most of my internet purchases have arrived perfectly cut, folded, pressed and packaged – even tied with ribbon sometimes – love it!
What do you think? Does ripping stretch or otherwise damage the fabric in anyway? Have you ever asked a sales person not to rip?
BTW, these fabrics are part of my design for Vic’s cushion swap – more details later!

My husband’s Spoonflower fabric

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My husband used to draw. A lot. Since the children came along and he became a “professional” anything artistic has taken a back seat and been almost non existent. I wanted to encourage him to start drawing again so I ordered some fabric from Spoonflower with some of his old designs as a surprise.


I’m so glad I did. He has become so inspired and it’s so great to see him feeling more like his “old (young!) self” again. The best part is seeing him hunched over his sketch pad again and imagining all the applications for his designs. He says he has found a part of himself that had been “dumbed down” and forgotten.


Naturally, this is all a dream come true to Mrs. Artsy Crafty!

Regarding my last post – I’ve temporarily switched to the old editor in order to post pictures, hoping that it will somehow just fix itself and I can go back to the new editor. Old editor is, well, old!