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In the crafting section were various goodies I *almost* bought. There were some baggies of quilting strips, but none of the fabrics really inspired me. There was also a quarter-metre of light blue cotton with silver stars, but it was 99 cents. That's the same price as a fat quarter at Fabricland, so not exactly a wicked deal. I did buy a couple awesome but slightly useless things :P I picked up a booklet from Coats & Clarke of crocheted sweater patterns (for men, women and kids!) from 1963. My fave out of the booklet is the "Popcorn" sweater. I also got a knitting pattern for a totally fab 50's sweater. I haven't crocheted in a while (and I suck at it), and I haven't knitted since I was a kid (and I sucked at it), so I'm not entirely sure WHY I bought them! At least they were somewhat cheap, being 99 cents each.
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I also wanted to buy a sheet to make a wrap dress, something kinda 40's-ish. I did indeed find a nice purple flat sheet in really good shape. BUT! I had a crisis, and my common-sense failed me. I ended up spending almost 20 bucks that day because of what was in the sheets section. CHARACTER SHEETS!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!! So I bought a Ninja Turtles sheet that's pretty worn right in the middle but the edges are still good, a well-loved Star Wars sheet dated 1971, an absolutely IMMACULATE Strawberry Shortcake sheet (literally, it's still thick and crisp!), and TWO!!!! Rainbow Brite sheets that have very little wear. All of these are flat sheets.
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Um, so ya... What the heck am I gonna do with these character sheets?!?! I'm getting a little old to be wearing say, a Rainbow Brite dress (I know, I know, 25 isn't OLD, I just feel damn old). I've been pondering for a while that I should sew goodies to sell on Etsy, but there's soooooo many people on there! The prospect is somewhat daunting. What with the insanity lately (boyfriend didn't get a paid placement, so we move in 5 weeks), getting a job for the summer only to move AGAIN for the fall seems kinda ridiculous. Not to mention that since I got fired from my bar-maid job in October, I haven't found another... Ugh... At least with selling online, my stuff goes where I go, and in theory, so does my income...
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Would I have any degree of success selling purses made from bedsheets, for example? Almost every single one I saw was a TOTE BAG. I HATE tote bags! Not because I think tote bags themselves are bad/evil/ugly. No, no. I just think an empty or near-empty tote bag layered under a purse looks about as ridiculous as a sad clown. But the question remains: if I were to make purses (with useful pockets and a closure of some kind) out of bedsheets, would these appeal to the same people that would buy a sheet-tote? My stuff would obviously cost more, since it wouldn't be just some rectangles of fabric sewn together. Would that 17 year old girl in love with Rainbow Brite buy my $30 purse or the $10 tote?
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I've seen some skirts and they seem to sell alright. Alot are made with a jersey waistband and some sheet attached as a ruffle, but that's not particularly attractive to me personally. The jersey acts wierd when it's attached to a woven. But if I did make skirts with a cased elastic waistband, would they be as desirable to my target market as these jersey-waisted skirts? I'm seeing a short straight skirt with a cased waistband and then a bottom ruffle. Not as scandalously short as the jersey-waistband ones, for sure. Might even be cool to use it as one tier of a hippie skirt (although it seems the boho bandwagon have mostly died of the plague, they're so quiet).
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