Yesterday, Granota wandered into my sewing room and informed me that she has no autumn dresses and she would like me to make her some. Unfortunately, she’s right. In the course of our conversation, though, I remembered that I had bought some fabric for that very purpose last year and then abandoned that project. I told her I would look for the fabric and the beginnings of the dress I had made for her last year. I looked through a plastic bin, two large bags, a laundry basket, and two boxes full of fabric. I have a little. I got ambitious and decided to measure all of it and pin a little tag to each cut of fabric and then made a list of what I had because I realized that there was fabric I had completely forgotten about. I found lots of pretty stuff!
Polka-dotted cottons
Batik and a thicker woven cotton
Floral pique and houndstooth corduroy
Stars and stripes
Lightweight cottons & denim
Wool & denim
Flannel and corduroy
Aqua wool-silk blend. Mmmm.
And more cottons and corduroy!
To most people, it may look like piles of fabric. But when I look at it, I see a fabulous 1950s circle-skirted sun dress; I see sweet little corduroy jumpers with Scandinavian motifs; I see a classic 1940s style suit; I see a tailored sheath dress; I see blouses and crib sheets and pajamas and more. If I had the time to sew up all of this, what wonderful wardrobes we would have!
Two Frogs and a Grasshopper 
I love it! You inspire me to someday take my sewing machine out of the garage and use it. What we need to do is have your family come stay with us for like a week or so. We could craft and the kids could play!
Wouldn’t that be fun!