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[Hazel Chaz]

FREE FABRIC!

I'll be giving away a bunch of fabric -- everything from cotton prints and solids, cotton knits, wool cotton and polyester blends, to fleece, yarn, velvet, burlap, denim, and canvas broadcloth.

Why? Because my mother's storage unit needs to be cleared out, and she has accumulated more fabric than she can use in the next twenty years.

Where? At Mikomicon, of course. In the auditorium building whose name I've forgotten. Same place everything else (except the bands) is happening at night, so you can just wander from one room to another.

When? 10:00 pm Friday and Saturday nights -- opposite the dance/rum party/after Masquerade/etc.

What's the catch? I ask that you write down your name, what city you live in, what fabric you've found that you can use, and what you think you'll use it for, on a slip of paper. Then I'll mail all those slips of paper to my mom, so she can see how people are moving forward and making things with the fabric she bought and stored.

You can also pose for a photo with the fabric, but if you're photo-shy that's optional. Again, I'm trying to show Mom how many people she's making happy by letting go of the fabric.

(I also urge you to wash any fabric you get, because even if it was washed before going into storage it's probably been sitting in less-than-ideal conditions for years and years. Dirt, cobwebs, and who knows what... wash it, you'll be happier.)

And when you finish your project, it would be great if you can send photos of the finished project to Jocelyn Baden, or wear it where she can see it. (She'll be working in the Costume Repair Station at the convention I'm running, in January at the LAX Marriott.)

Anyone interested in browsing? There's about thirty "bankers boxes" of fabric to see...

[Cosplay Cyborg]

That is SUCH a cool idea Chaz! I'll definitely be there. I can never have too much fabric!

I apologize in advance if I clean you out of most of your stock. *wink* Just kidding! I'll save some for people, heehee~

I love browsing for fabric, so this is an awesome addition to MikomiCon!

- Cy

[StarAssassin]

I'll be sure to check it out as well ^^ I need some fabric for cosplays too

[henna_nyo]

OMGOSHOMGOSH, I am SO there! Photo-shy, my butt, haha~

[AngieRikku]

Wow Chaz, that is too sweet of you and your mother! I'll definitely be stopping by to see what treasures you have! =D

wow that sounds fun i will definetly be checking it out, maybe i'll bring a wheelbarrow.. will this be in the place as the swapmeet? cuz i wanted to do that and i see that it's at the same time friday at 10pm..

[Hazel Chaz]

Oh, and there are some vintage patterns, from the 1960s. If you're a small lady who likes the tv show MAD MEN and want to fit in with that look, we may have some patterns for you. By "small" I mean most of the patterns call for less than a 28" waist -- about what today we'd call sizes 6-12. (There's been some size inflation over the decades, so you have to check the measurements on the pattern rather than just relying on what it says the size is.)

Anyone interested in looking at these, too?

Originally Posted by azurien

wow that sounds fun i will definetly be checking it out, maybe i'll bring a wheelbarrow.. will this be in the place as the swapmeet? cuz i wanted to do that and i see that it's at the same time friday at 10pm..

I believe everything that night is in the same building.

Originally Posted by henna_nyo

OMGOSHOMGOSH, I am SO there! Photo-shy, my butt, haha~

Well, it had to be said. I actually have met a few costumers who didn't care for their pictures to be posted online.

[UndercoverKitty]

Thirty 'banker's boxes'!! OMG!!! Oh YAY! This is awesome, Chaz your mother is so awesome right now! Maybe I can find some fabric for my cosplay that I'm planning on making for ALA. But it looks like I better come early if I want to find what I need. I'll make sure that I can be free then no matter what! YAY! FABRIC!!

i am VERY very interested in the patterns.. even more so than the fabric. i'm really excited to take a look!

[RosyAristocracy]

This is such a great idea! Very kind of you and your mother. I'll definitely take a look; you can never have too much fabric. :B I'll probably have some friends along with me, as well.

[Summoner Lenne]

YAYYYYY! You've mentioned to me before Chaz that you're going to do this, but I think this is so awesome and, ya .

*Shifty eyes* I get first dibs....

[PhantomShadow]

This is a wonderful idea. Thank you~ Are people encouraged(or discouraged) from bringing fabric they no longer need/desire to give away? If not, that was just an idea. Once again, Thank you so much for this opportunity~

[Hazel Chaz]

Originally Posted by PhantomShadow

This is a wonderful idea. Thank you~ Are people encouraged(or discouraged) from bringing fabric they no longer need/desire to give away? If not, that was just an idea. Once again, Thank you so much for this opportunity~

That would be a question for the convention to answer -- I have no official standing with Mikomicon. I certainly have no objections, we just wouldn't send notes to my mother about the other fabric..

[Shivaness]

O_O DID I HEAR THE WORD 'FREE'?!?!?! I AM SO THERE! xD Lulz well I'm gonna be there to have a great time at Mikomicon and well I should bring my sewing kit to see if I could get working on some of the fabric I will be taking! >=D Mwahaha! Epic Chaz! =3= I should bring in fabric I don't need either...at times I pile up fabric I never use. D=

[Hazel Chaz]

This is most of the fabric boxes. There might be one or two more boxes in addition to the 27 you see here. (The big grey case on the left isn't coming.)

Originally Posted by Cosplay Cyborg

I can never have too much fabric!

Originally Posted by KazeNeko

I'll definitely take a look; you can never have too much fabric.

Originally Posted by Shivaness

...at times I pile up fabric I never use. D=

Yeah, keep doing that for a couple of decades and your children will end up doing what I'm doing here. One of the patterns that was snatched up at a previous give-away was one that my mother sent away for, when she was 18, and never made the dress. That was sixty years ago.