African fabrics
Several years ago, some friends gifted me their collected African and South Asian fabrics; you can see what I did with them here . More recently, other friends were cleaning out their basement in preparation for a move, and hoped I could might want the African fabric they had collected over many years. Of course I said yes! It includes a wide variety of styles and colors. The fabric had been in their basement for many years, and smelled badly of mildew. I put it through multiple washings, and finally got it to the point where the fabric could be used. Some of the fabric is in yardage, some is clothing that I cut up. There was just one large piece of yardage that they were reluctant to part with, but knew they would never do anything with themselves; they had been thinking of it for a tablecloth. I offered to make a tablecloth for them, in gratitude for the gift of the fabric. Deal! I finished the tablecloth yesterday. Their table is six in...