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More fabric purchasing
(It’s designer fabric sale time again). The mystery fabric is quite gorgeous. It was purchased as a sample by the designer some time ago, but never used. The fibre composition isn’t known any more but it feels like a synthetic, … Continue reading
She shops again
In the interests of appropriate fabric stash maintenance, I made myself go to Gay Naffine’s and Lucy Gill’s disposal of unwanted fabrics from their summer fashion collections. Really I’m doing Gay and Lucy a service aren’t I? And giving some … Continue reading
Denver souvenirs
I was in Denver, Colorado, last week for the American Chemical Society National Meeting. Here are my souvenirs. No snow domes, T shirts or baseball caps for me. What better souvenir is there than fabric? (..well perhaps diamonds might cut … Continue reading
Blame it on my new colleague
Oh dear. More stash building has happened. Why is it my new colleague’s fault? Well, let me tell you. I received my 6 monthly notifications about Gay Naffine’s fabric sale last week. I said to He Who Cooks that I … Continue reading
Tissus parisien [fabric shopping in Paris]
Isabelle of Kitty Couture has a great guide to shopping for fabric in Paris on her blog. So does Charlotte of Chinese Frogs in Paris. I was lucky enough to have a day to get over jet lag in Paris … Continue reading
Stash building confessions
Look what followed me home from the Gay Naffine designer fabric sale yesterday As well as these lovely purchases I also met some Pattern Review members in real life. That was very cool! So what am I going to do … Continue reading
Vintage fabric shopping in San Francisco
A day stopover in San Francisco to get over jet lag before a very full eleven day work trip. What a great idea! This was the lovely view of the Bay Bridge from my hotel in the Embacadero. And the … Continue reading
Fabric shopping in Turin
Ahh, the real reason for being in Italy was to drool over the gorgeous and stylish fashions in the shop windows and discover some fabric shops. One’s fabric stash can’t be left to languish without Italian fabrics, surely! I hadn’t … Continue reading
Fabric shopping
Gay Naffine Private Label fabric sellout. How could I resist?! Only added 17.5 metres to my fabric stash. So what treasures did I add to my stash? These are both wool knits, the one on the left is felted with … Continue reading
