Who Me?

Living with the name Nanette has been interesting. There are very few of me. Oh sure there are some with similar names, for example there is my sister-in-law “Annette”, I have run into a few “Danette’s”, an occasional “Claudette”, and there’s also the “Nannette” (2 n’s in the middle).

It is only on rare occasions that I find an actual “ME” in the crowd. For some reason, it is always exciting. “Really, your name is Nanette?” “Do you spell it with 1 “n” or 2?” Then the conversation continues about how it was for you to live with this unusual name. “How many other’s of ‘us’ have you met in your life?”

As a kid I remember a clothing line called “Nannette.” Sure, it was fun to wear “her” clothes, but it just wasn’t the same because of the spelling. Lately, I’ve been stumbling on more of “us.” More designers too. That’s crazy. Maybe it’s because the world is smaller through the Internet, it is much easier to find unusual things in this era.

I surf the web alot and stumble on many things. It was to great surprise last week that I found my name…my “real” name associated with fabric. Michael Miller, a fabric company, created an entire line of fabric in MY NAME. What’s this…and NO ONE told me? Goodness knows I love Michael Miller’s fabric.

The sad news is, as is normal for fabric, the line is discontinued. They print fabric only for only a short period, so us textile loving people feel the urge to buy everything we can. You learn after awhile, if you love it you better buy it, because it won’t be around for long.

So, of course, I love this fabric and I had to have all I could find…because goodness knows I may NEVER see MY NAME in fabric again. Thank goodness the world is smaller and the Internet graces my life, because I am now proud owner of 5 yards of MY fabric…thank you EBay.