UPS Man Delivereth Yesterday

Fabric came yesterday! I have to say that two of the fabrics are better than my expectations. Buying online is such a gamble really. The colors can vary somewhat from the description. I think we all have an idea of a certain color. I have my idea of what aqua or teal color looks like; when something arrives in that color, it is definitely a hit or miss compared to my idea of the color. I wish more of the fabric sites would use the Pantone color descriptions.

The two fabrics I am most excited about is the cotton sateen blue with white dots; the dots are clustered at the selvage/border edge. I am envisioning a lovely sheath style dress with the clustered dots at the hemline. The dupionette faux silk was another border print with different borders at each fabric edge. This is a lovely aqua and brown fabric with flowers in white. This aqua was what I consider to be aqua. I was really thrilled with this one as the monitor does not do this one justice at all. I will post photos later.

The other two fabrics are disappointing. One, which is a beige with white stripe suiting fabric, has an odd smell about it. The color and look are exactly what I thought I was getting. I am on the fence as to whether to send it back or to try washing it to see if the smell disappears. It is a polyester so washing could help or hurt. What would you do?

The other is a double knit, rather beefy one as well. The red is more blue red than I like. It is definitely a heavier double knit and not like the navy blue I purchased from them before. I have to think further about this one. Maybe keep it and use it in the fall.