Lace & sewing notions
If you enjoy sewing, & creating things, you probably like to have at least a small amount of fabric, thread, zippers, buttons, lace, & other sewing items, or craft items, so you can make things to enjoy yourself, or to share with others.
In December 2005, we moved from Idaho, to North Carolina, where there were still many textile manufacturers, still creating thread, lace, ribbon, & fabrics of every type imaginable! Sadly, due to the machinations of our politicians,(each party changes the laws to provide profits for their donors, & every time the party in charge of the U.S.A. changes, so does the economic wealth) probably 98% of those industrial manufacturing companies have either shut down completely, or moved overseas, leaving vacant buildings, & decaying "mill villages", where the former business had provided jobs, for good wages & benefits, including a home built by, & maintained by, the employer. Property values plunged, & jobs became so hard to find, that many people simply collected unemployment, until they could find a way to qualify for retirement, or had to move in with family, because some entire communities, turned into modern day ghost towns.
One of the side effects of these companies shutting down, is that the equipment was sometimes sold, or even gifted, to former employees, because it was now obsolete.
For companies moving overseas, it was cheaper to move the legal entity of the company overseas, including some of the management, & purchase new equipment, wherever they moved the manufacturing. Left over thread, lace, fabric, sewing machines, sergers, Merrow sewing machines, presser feet, folders, & other sewing equipment flooded Ebay, Craig'slist, & other second hand sales sites, & anything that didn't sell, was thrown out, or sent to metal recycling.
The leftover lace, fabric, & ends of fabric bolts, or any stained textile items, were auctioned off, sold, or given to former employees. Silver, gold, shimmering iridescent, gossamer mother of pearl type shine, are some of the types of lace I am not used to seeing, which are among the lace included.
One of the mills sold my husband 8 contractor size garbage bags of mostly lace, a little spandex fabric, lace fabric, & other bits of sewing notions, which he brought home, & piled on our porch. Partly due my disabilities from NF2, brain, spinal & nerve tumors, it took me 2 years, to sort through all 8 bags, & wind, fold, or roll the lace & notions, so that I could actually see how much there was, & have any chance of putting it to use!
I finally am getting it organized, into locations where I can actually see it, get to it, so I can either use it myself, or share it, or sell some, to other people who love to sew!
This is the top of a china hutch, each of the large rolls, are approximately 1 foot in diameter, to give you an idea of how much is just in this cupboard!
I just shared some of the photos on my Facebook page, so I can share some with my mom, sisters, & friends, so they can see what I am offering to share. This is the box with the lace just above it.
Blue lace box
There are many colors & types of lace, from delicate, fine lace, to sturdy cotton lace
Besides the lace, there are rolls of ribbon, zippers, elastic, filling some of my plastic sewing organizer drawers, to the top, nearly overflowing!
In December 2005, we moved from Idaho, to North Carolina, where there were still many textile manufacturers, still creating thread, lace, ribbon, & fabrics of every type imaginable! Sadly, due to the machinations of our politicians,(each party changes the laws to provide profits for their donors, & every time the party in charge of the U.S.A. changes, so does the economic wealth) probably 98% of those industrial manufacturing companies have either shut down completely, or moved overseas, leaving vacant buildings, & decaying "mill villages", where the former business had provided jobs, for good wages & benefits, including a home built by, & maintained by, the employer. Property values plunged, & jobs became so hard to find, that many people simply collected unemployment, until they could find a way to qualify for retirement, or had to move in with family, because some entire communities, turned into modern day ghost towns.
One of the side effects of these companies shutting down, is that the equipment was sometimes sold, or even gifted, to former employees, because it was now obsolete.
For companies moving overseas, it was cheaper to move the legal entity of the company overseas, including some of the management, & purchase new equipment, wherever they moved the manufacturing. Left over thread, lace, fabric, sewing machines, sergers, Merrow sewing machines, presser feet, folders, & other sewing equipment flooded Ebay, Craig'slist, & other second hand sales sites, & anything that didn't sell, was thrown out, or sent to metal recycling.
The leftover lace, fabric, & ends of fabric bolts, or any stained textile items, were auctioned off, sold, or given to former employees. Silver, gold, shimmering iridescent, gossamer mother of pearl type shine, are some of the types of lace I am not used to seeing, which are among the lace included.
One of the mills sold my husband 8 contractor size garbage bags of mostly lace, a little spandex fabric, lace fabric, & other bits of sewing notions, which he brought home, & piled on our porch. Partly due my disabilities from NF2, brain, spinal & nerve tumors, it took me 2 years, to sort through all 8 bags, & wind, fold, or roll the lace & notions, so that I could actually see how much there was, & have any chance of putting it to use!
I finally am getting it organized, into locations where I can actually see it, get to it, so I can either use it myself, or share it, or sell some, to other people who love to sew!
This is the top of a china hutch, each of the large rolls, are approximately 1 foot in diameter, to give you an idea of how much is just in this cupboard!
I just shared some of the photos on my Facebook page, so I can share some with my mom, sisters, & friends, so they can see what I am offering to share. This is the box with the lace just above it.
Blue lace boxThere are many colors & types of lace, from delicate, fine lace, to sturdy cotton lace
Besides the lace, there are rolls of ribbon, zippers, elastic, filling some of my plastic sewing organizer drawers, to the top, nearly overflowing!
