As many of you know, I am working on a not so little project. I have been trying hard (really, really hard) to keep quiet about what I am doing and what I am finding. But, I am horrible at keeping my own secrets. I’ve slipped. I’ve hinted. I’ve nearly screamed out-loud, jumping up and down, “you’ve got to see this!”
This has very much become a project of “Yet.”
In a world where we look for common construction techniques and norms in materials, it is rather exciting to be working on something where all sorts of materials and construction techniques.
I really feel as though when I say “I have not seen that yet“, “yet” is truly a “I just might see that” or an “it wouldn’t surprise me if” or a “let me see it”, rather than a “that wasn’t common” or a “they really didn’t do that.”
How fun is this:
Cotton batting/wadding… yep Wool batting/wadding ….yep TBD wadding… yep Paste-board… yep Paper… yep Woven straw… yep Cotton cording… yep Stiff paper cording… yep Silk…. yep Cotton… yep Wool… yep Fur …. yep Beads… yep Ribbon… yep Drawn… yep Gauged… yep Gathered…. yep Piecing… yep Selvages… yepNow, this said, I am one who loves patterns, trends and tendencies. I would love to chart out the years, the regions, the urban to suburban, the age of maker/sewer, and anything else I can to get an even better understanding.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
Your peaking our interest! I too seems to start in one direction and one detail takes me to another…to another…to another…love the details.