Cloth Paper Scissors - January/February 2009 - (Page 13) relatives wearing on their house dresses, aprons, work clothes, etc. I also like every size of mother-of-pearl buttons—the older and smaller and odder shaped, the better. I cannot give up any scrap of fabric “large enough to wrap three beans”—an old Japanese measuring saying. And without much thought I save children’s art, old calendars, my husband’s used shirts and sweaters, and also anything linen. Marty Young in Marietta, GA Definitely Sharpie® pens fat ones, skinny ones, color Sharpies, and always, always, always, lots of black Sharpies! Liz Alessi in Salisbury, MD I use each and every pair. I have scissors (only two pair) here at my desk; four or five pair at my quick fabric collage worktable; at least two at my sit-down ironing table; one pair at my free-motion quilting Janome machine; two or three pair at my Pfaff straight stitch machine (it does free motion as well); at least three or four pair at my stand-up design and ironing table; three pair in my bathroom drawer; two pair in my children’s art cupboard; one pair in the doggie supply cupboard; and even three pair in my kitchen silverware drawer. Oh! And I have a couple of pair in the garage and the basement! Jo Rice in Gambier, OH Buttons, jewelry, and ribbon are among the things I hoard. The problem with hoarding is learning to share by creating and giving away to friends and family. Carolyn Shanks in Walla Walla, WA I hoard fabric, lace, and ribbon. Although I work in primarily mixed-media collage, I am fascinated by anything textile I can add to my work. I love it all, but vintage is the best and I use a lot of tea bags to get the look I want on new lace. Renee Cassese in Hicksville, NY I recently discovered a large stash of old postage stamps (thousands) at a local coin shop. Once a week, I spend an hour going through a couple of little boxes pulling the ones I like. I don’t intend to “collect” stamps but, rather, I hoard them for use in collage art—or so I tell myself. The more I bring home, the more I want. Half the fun is in going through the boxes and then organizing them into thematic groupings. It’s a funny addiction and one I hide from my family. In this crazy economy, how can I explain it? Karen Luo in Plano, TX As a self-professed word freak, I hoard Scrabble® tiles. I have more than 20 old game sets, plus a huge glass jar full of tiles. I make jewelry out of them, collage with them, stick them onto frames, use them in photo compositions, and someday plan to tile a tabletop with them. Their potential is virtually unlimited. Despite the fact that I’m certain I already possess a lifetime supply of Scrabble tiles, I can’t resist the siren call of a cast-off garage sale game. At this rate, I’ll probably have enough tiles left at the end of my life to have my epitaph laid out in Scrabble tiles! Heidi Crockett in Kingwood, TX I hoard paper, all sorts: bags, wrapping paper, old stamp album pages (my husband is a stamp collector and the quality of some of the old pages is lovely), books to be covered in paint and recycled, brown paper, wallpaper (you never know when you might want something large), tissue paper, cardboard, Khadi paper, handmade paper, origami paper, padded envelopes, Tyvek® envelopes get the idea? Sue Crook in the U.K. The biggest, most out-of-control things I hoard are pictures. My mom left me 80 boxes of family pictures back to the late 1800s. Plus, I have always liked to shoot interesting things, and because I am a tour operator (I do tours to many parts of the world; my very favorite are textile, craft, and cultural tours), I have many opportunities to take photographs. And, of course, I keep all my old QUILTING ARTS and CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS! Judy Berry in Scottsdale, AZ Hoarding? I do not hoard; I only have what I absolutely need. A “hoard” is stuff you could live without and as an artist I could not live without all my supplies. No, I do not hoard…I create! Carol Henley in Utah I was brought up in a large house with many people and there was only one pair of scissors no matter what needed to be cut. Ever since I have been on my own, I have collected scissors and C P S http://www.artvango.co.uk http://www.artvango.co.uk
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