Muslin

I went alone to a yard sale that had advertised fabric. They had mainly upholstery fabric. I bought a huge piece of muslin that was neatly folded. Ordinarily I would really inspect fabric before buying it, but I had gotten a drop of sap on most of my right hand’s fingers during the first minutes I was there, so I couldn’t manipulate things well. When I got home I cleaned the sappy hand with nail polish remover and unfolded the fabric. The muslin had several spots on it, some yellow, some pale red. I sprayed the spots with Shout and the yellow spots began to smell like urine. I decided it was pet urine, the least disgusting conclusion. The red spots and smell came out in the laundry but the yellow stains are still visible.

This is the first time I've used real muslin for pattern testing. I think it's quite striking.