Thread: Not allowed in the fabric store unsupervised!!!

......... cause I went in for thread.... and elastic- whats that going to be 5-6 bucks 10 if I buy nicer thread.

Yeah- 25$ later I walk out with gorgous knock off poly/silk. I can't post pictures right now- but I will when I get back home. I'm a horrible person- and my boyfriend is going to effing kill me when he gets here LOL

my fabric stash is always expanding exponentially- and never shrinking!!!!


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Man, do I feel your pain. I hate it when I see Joann's is having a 50% saleon their clearance fabric cause I KNOW I'm gonna end up there and I KNOW I'm gonna buy lots

You guys have it easy. Try living in Los Angeles and having a garment district close at hand. Including stores filled with beads and rhinestones. . .

{{{{HUGS}}}

I think that you all guys have it easy. Try living in small city in Central Slovakia, with almost no shops. I have to order every single bead, crystal, fabric and everything else from internet (95% from foreign country). That is also reason why I need one room for my sewing material. I am ordering large parcels :)))
HUGS :)

Originally Posted by tahiradancer

You guys have it easy. Try living in Los Angeles and having a garment district close at hand. Including stores filled with beads and rhinestones. . .

{{{{HUGS}}}

OMG ..... You win!!!!!

Originally Posted by tahiradancer

You guys have it easy. Try living in Los Angeles and having a garment district close at hand. Including stores filled with beads and rhinestones. . .

{{{{HUGS}}}

So... that's an invitation to stay over & go shopping, right?

I can so relate to this.

I have been good though lately, I can't remember the last time I bought any fabric!

I LIKE- NEW INVITE!!!!

LOL I live a few hours south of NY- and I"m grateful I haven't made it into the damn fabric district up there....


that would be A DISASTER!!!!

M & J Trims is like crack for bellydancers/designers. I used to live 1 hour away from the city!

ACKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Basha

I LIKE- NEW INVITE!!!!

LOL I live a few hours south of NY- and I"m grateful I haven't made it into the damn fabric district up there....


that would be A DISASTER!!!!

I was just there last month. I can attest to the grave danger. So can my wallet.

DC Dancers - What, no one goes up to G Street Fabrics anymore? When I lived in Alexandria, that was like Aladdin's cave to me!

And anyone who wants to come to LA shopping, feel free. Of course, this does mean that I have to get an apartment. . .

{{{HUGS}}}

My name is Steffi and I am a fabric store addict.

Those fantastic stores in NYC kinda give me a sensory overload and I tend to stall. Can't decide. A while ago, I made a trip to NYC with a friend, and it was a crazy adventure - I got some good stuff (colored elastics for my zills from Pacific Trimming, cool velvet at Peron, silk from Mood, and an iron-on rhinestone hamsa from M&J), but did not go completely over board because I was so overwhelmed by the selection. To me, going to a fabric store has a bit of the same quality as going to a museum, with the difference that I can talk loudly, touch things and sometimes even purchase the object of my desire ;-)

I was at G Street Fabrics in Rockville last summer, and while it is of course way better than our local JoAnn's, I did not feel quite the same sense of awe and love that I had at Mood or Peron.

I understand!

I go through periods where I lay out intended projects and refuse to allow myself even to LOOK at fabric until I finish the projects that have been laid out.

Otherwise I'd never get to buy new stuff...

Hahahaha

Originally Posted by SpicyThai

I understand!

I go through periods where I lay out intended projects and refuse to allow myself even to LOOK at fabric until I finish the projects that have been laid out.

Otherwise I'd never get to buy new stuff...

Hahahaha

I know! My friends always used to joke that everytime I walked in a fabric store I'd find some fantastic fabric. You can't pass that kind of stuff up. Unfortunately, I have a few bolts still sitting in my costume closet that I will never use.

You know what? Instead of telling me how much unused stuff you've got lying in your cupboards, tell me that you're actually *using* your stash, and post it in the WAYWO threads!

i discovered a lady who makes dance costumes and has a little fabric shop in her converted basement. its a room all with stretch and various dance fabrics.. i think i was drooling all over her stuff!

Originally Posted by mlacombe

i discovered a lady who makes dance costumes and has a little fabric shop in her converted basement. its a room all with stretch and various dance fabrics.. i think i was drooling all over her stuff!

LOL

In the Philadelphia region there is a family owned chain of discount fabric stores called Jomar. Their stores are warehouses full of bolts of fabric, you never know what you're going to find, and if you don't buy it now you may never see it again. Sometimes you go and find absolutely nothing helpful, and other times you leave with four costumes worth of fabric for $1 a yard. It's insane.

Originally Posted by shushanna

In the Philadelphia region there is a family owned chain of discount fabric stores called Jomar. Their stores are warehouses full of bolts of fabric, you never know what you're going to find, and if you don't buy it now you may never see it again. Sometimes you go and find absolutely nothing helpful, and other times you leave with four costumes worth of fabric for $1 a yard. It's insane.

I am SOOOOO glad I dont live there. I would have zero money and a house FULL of fabric (like it's not full of fabric now).

Originally Posted by shushanna

In the Philadelphia region there is a family owned chain of discount fabric stores called Jomar. Their stores are warehouses full of bolts of fabric, you never know what you're going to find, and if you don't buy it now you may never see it again. Sometimes you go and find absolutely nothing helpful, and other times you leave with four costumes worth of fabric for $1 a yard. It's insane.

woman- we need to go on a fabric date!!!

the one on E Jackson is apparently only 10 miles from me... WOOT WOOT...

(I don't need more fabric- I don't need more fabric- I don't need more fabric- I don't need more fabric!)))

Originally Posted by Basha

......... cause I went in for thread.... and elastic- whats that going to be 5-6 bucks 10 if I buy nicer thread.

Yeah- 25$ later I walk out with gorgous knock off poly/silk. I can't post pictures right now- but I will when I get back home. I'm a horrible person- and my boyfriend is going to effing kill me when he gets here LOL

my fabric stash is always expanding exponentially- and never shrinking!!!!


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Uh-o! This is what happened when I went for thread.. Happens all the time. Fabrics in EVERY bag!
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Originally Posted by shushanna

In the Philadelphia region there is a family owned chain of discount fabric stores called Jomar. Their stores are warehouses full of bolts of fabric, you never know what you're going to find, and if you don't buy it now you may never see it again. Sometimes you go and find absolutely nothing helpful, and other times you leave with four costumes worth of fabric for $1 a yard. It's insane.

Oh how I miss Jomar! I haven't lived near Philly for well over a decade, but I still sometimes make a side trip. Those $1 or $2 a yard finds are just delectable!

Originally Posted by Basha

......... cause I went in for thread.... and elastic- whats that going to be 5-6 bucks 10 if I buy nicer thread.

Yeah- 25$ later I walk out with gorgous knock off poly/silk. I can't post pictures right now- but I will when I get back home. I'm a horrible person- and my boyfriend is going to effing kill me when he gets here LOL

my fabric stash is always expanding exponentially- and never shrinking!!!!


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Good its not just me! Fortunately my boyfriend has a fabric fetish as well. He has his own stash.

I can probably beat this. I WORK in a fabric store! My husband jokes that I spend more in there than I actually earn! *cough*he's right*cough*

My stash has gotten so big that I actually have to get rid of some of it so I am making up some costumes to sell off, but honestly I won't use the money to buy more stuff. Honest..... Really.......

I went to Joann Fabrics today because I needed hook and bars. That's all. And hey, while I was there I may as well get some button and craft thread. I need that. And look, here on the clearance rack is some gorgeous olive/moss green velvet, with a moderate stretch, a crushed line pattern and tiny gold specks of shine on it, obviously put here by God for me to make into a bellydance costume.

Yup. Got my hook and eyes. lol!

obviously- the lord reached down and put that right in your path- it was destiny.... :D
its beautiful- I can't wait to see how it comes out!


I'm tapped for this month- board and rent are due and I just spent 60 bucks on bugels and swarosky's... trying something new and different with some bling bling. kind of excited- but mostly nervous- probably why it's still just sitting there. beading skaaares me!