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Article: Use your hands and eyes when shopping for fabric
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- April 3, 2007
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A store that sells fabric is a palace of luxurious textures,
sumptuous colors, a wealth of cotton, linen, wool and synthetics with
names such as batiste, corduroy, gauze, satin, lace, chiffon, pique,
flannel, fleece, kettle cloth, tweed, plaid, taffeta, brocade and
eyelet.
When I shop for fabric, my basic technique is the same. I need
both hands for touching the fabric to assess its texture and weave. I
need my eyes for drinking in the spectrum of hues colorful as jewels -
turquoise, aquamarine, sapphire, peridot, emerald, topaz, ruby, onyx
and amethyst. Usually, the colors aren't named, and that leaves my
mind intent on finding the right words to describe what I am seeing.
Is that ...