In the 80’s I worked at The Springfield Plaza, a shopping
plaza that time forgot. There was a fabric shoppe called Weintraubs. I only remember
it from the extended going-out-of-business period. In the real final days, when
everything was 90 or more % off and thoroughly picked through, I bought yards
and yards of upholstery fabric in the yellow color family. I had no immediate
use for the fabric but it was the nicest quality stuff left, yellow apparently
unpopular.
That fabric, like an ugly yellow patterned albatross, has
traveled with me through every move over 30ish years. Every time I packed it, I
would be mad at myself for lugging it around. Whenever I wanted to sew curtains
over those 30 years, I would dig it out, look at it and buy new fabric.
I needed curtains in my condo, so pulled out the
Weintraubs fabric and started sewing, 4 years ago. I was finally using the
albatross when my sewing machine broke. I hand-sewed 2 sides of one panel. Company
was coming to stay, so I clipped the fabric to the curtain rod with clothes
pins, 4 years ago. And so it stayed. I just got a new/old sewing machine from
my Tante. I finished the curtains. Mr. REE is standing on my sewing machine
holding the price tag from Weintraubs, in front of the curtains. I have 2 other
patterns of the yellow upholstery fabric. That gorgeous sunny vintage fabric
that cost me pennies.
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