Papier bleu

My mother and both grandmothers

were fabric junkies. 

Totally hooked to the point of 

no return. 

Never mind that their taste and mine

hasn't ever matched up...

you know, didn't coordinate. 

She likes double-knit, I like cotton...

Grandmother on mama's side loved 

hot pink double-knit.

 Bless her. 

I can get pretty dreamy-eyed staring 

at fabrics I love. 

Old woven fabrics are a delight and some

of the old prints as well.

I've heard toile is O.U.T. of style.

Pity. 

Well, today I bought somebody's pants.

Don't worry...they were not in them.

I got a pair of Goodwill toiles, 

size 14 which is not of importance here.

Immaterial. 

I'm going to cut them up.

You heard right...remember toile is out anyway.

I'm helping some ladies make baby quilts

for Haitian children to sleep on. 

I just so love this baby blue toile and 

was thinking of a way to preserve it's 

beauty for myself....

so I put it on the copy machine and

printed it out on paper! 

(this is where all 5 of you tell me that you

do that all the time and what is the big deal?)

(and one of you will probably call the law

and tell them I'm infringin' on somebody's

copyrighted britches...) 

So be it. 

I hope the lima beans in jail are seasoned well. 

I mean, not too salty but some salt because

just by themselves they need a little boost.

Bacon grease is okay as a seasoning but 

I really prefer a pat of butter.

Not margarine though, did you know it

will clog your veins faster than butter? 

Crazy right? I mean, usually things that

taste better end up being the ones that kill

you. 

Not this time.

OH! But my second piece of fabric

is so ancient that you wouldn't be 

able to find out who I infringed upon

unless you went to Ancestry dot com

or signed up for that show...

Who Do You Think You Are 

and got help researching annals

of history. 

Even so, they'd probably spend more

time telling you how much African blood you 

have or that Yo Yo Ma is your kin. 

That would be awesome. 

Now. 

You have gorgeous papers in which to 

scrapbook or construct a card with especially

if you printed on cardstock. 

I often see wee cabinets in thrift shops...

this paper would be precious lining the inside 

where it would show through the front glass. 

You probably have some ideas to 

give me also. 

Lemme have 'em.