Stash win...

G reminded me yesterday that I haven't shown you a photo of my stash win. Some weeks a go now L from Chloe's Place was having a 'stash reduction' clean up... I was the lucky recipient of it.

The stash arrived in a large plastic bag and since then I have had many happy moments rummaging through - each time I have tipped it out on the desk I have found a new piece - it is like a treasure trove for stash hungry pirates...
Yesterday a pale flesh colour glove (right hand side of photo) tumbled out. It was curled up like a caterpillar and as it unfurled the 'butterfly' was revealed. I slipped the glove on my hand and I mused about the dreams that may have gone with it. Was it for a special occasion, perhaps a celebration, a ball or a wedding... Who was the wearer? Was it L's mum or did it come from further afield??? This photo doesn't do it justice but you can get the general idea.

I do know that L's mum was a dressmaker and crafts person too and the stash is reflective of her talents. The stash shows L's tastes as well - her favorite colours coming through time and time again. There is an assortment of laces, threads, little packets of beads and bit, material off cuts - some fussy cut with pictures obviously destined for other things...

There are some hand dyed bits - I just love this - again photo doesn't do it justice as the colours shimmer when the light catches him. I have always wanted to do an underwater/fantasy 'crazy' - this little fish could be the start of that - a brain storming motif..



What are you going to do with it you may ask??? I can't give you an absolute answer on that however I am toying with an idea. What if by this time next year (or some time in the future - less than the year) I haven't done anything with it or I taken my fill of what it offers I could add some of my own stash and again send it on its way to a new owner who may do as L and I have done.

Perhaps we could name it (borrowing unashamedly here) Sisterhood of the Travelling Stash... It would be interesting to see the stash's progression and what each recipient does with it's content...What do you think?


Until later...

S xxx