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For those with fabric addictions - one or two of you may be reading...
A Dress a Day: HOWTO: Buy Fabric

And after a brief scare last night with the first washing*, collar/embroidered neckline came out fine.

* First the fabric leaked blue dye like buggery - it had been hot washed previously but appeared to have issues with drying in the sun and hadn't finished playing silly buggers yet, then after the first washing it looked like the pen had stained the embroidery. But after a second soak in a bucket overnight with laundry det, it appears fine. Thank heavens for that.

Edit: And it is back to being all quiet with Z off into the field at 5:30am this morning - should be back Fri or Sat... So, dance tonight and then lots of sewing. Want to do lots on the bliaut, but will hit the point where need side seams pinned by someone else. Will try and get Z's trousers finished instead. Then there are tent doors and a better fitting oilskin hood for Z - there may be an oilskin hood for sale at Festival. There were intentions of routering wax tablet blanks on Mon evening, but I fell asleep against Z and power tools with sleepy people is not a good combination.

Neckline attachment to body and Buffy I think.

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I think there are special sub-rules for re-enactor types. I tend to buy fabric in 4 metre lots, minimum, and generally in at least 7m.
And a lot more plain fabrics than printed. And all linen and wool and silk, really.

I'm going to have to rethink my "buy cheap linen, no matter what colour it is" rule, though, I think. I'm like the world's crappest redyer.

I have to admit that I wont buy linen whatever the colour - I am willing to dye white linen though. Most of my dying attempts have been to change wool cloaks away from gooseturd green...
Also have very few print - any patterns are woven in unless it is for mundane use.
And this late at night I should stop thinking about fabric and wanting to roll in certain of the fabric piles...