In sewing news,

Today I learned what 'deadstock' means; basically, it's Jesus Christ Get This Stuff Out Of Our Damn Warehouses Before We Pulp It, Okay?*. It may or may not be ecologically more okay than regular fabric, because while some of it is genuine 'dammit, we thought we were going to need more than we ordered, but the design didn't sell so we're not making more with this stuff', it's apparently not uncommon for fabric manufacturers to make a good deal more of something than necessary when a design house places an order, counting on other buyers to snap up whatever is left as a perceived bargain or green deed.

Whatever. All's I know is, after some poking around I found a fabric store online that offered a bunch of stuff I was interested in at relatively reasonable prices and that offered a 15% discount based on my subscription to another website, so I bought more fabric than I probably should have, with the intention of perfecting my basic knit-fabric skills on a variety of T-shirts and underwear, and also making a long-sleeved or 3/4 sleeved drapey shirt out of really gauzy cotton so I can go birdwatching in relatively well ventilated peace without being eaten to death by mosquitoes. And the store's web page says a lot of their stock, if not most of it, is designer deadstock. So there we go, I had to learn the word.



*in much the same way that 'mise en place' is French for Get Your Stuff The Hell In Order Before You Start The Recipe, Yes All Of It, Yes Before You Turn On The Stove