Needing a Fabric Shopping Intervention!!
Today the guys working on our house were still here finishing the roof re-do and the gutter teardown/rebuild, so I *had* to get out of the house for awhile. You know what that led to - craziness at Vogue Fabrics!
Here are my finds (you can hover over each to see the type of fabric and yardage, as I entered it to help keep track on Flickr:)
Total cost - about $120. I really don't think that's bad considering all the fabric I got.
On top of it, I had hit a $3/yd sale on Fabric.com a few days ago and gotten these:
I *have* actually been sewing with some of this fabric. Yesterday I did a muslin of these Kwik Sew shorts
and was happy to find that they fit with only a minor adjustment (3/8" seam allowances on the sides instead of 5/8" did the trick). I then immediately started (and got about half way through) the fashion fabric version - in a chocolate brown rayon from stash. I'm making View B, the medium length version.
This is the first fly front zipper I've put in, and although I'm not totally done with it (have to serge the edges inside as this fabric is fraying like a b&tch, tack it down inside so the fly extension won't flip around, and restitch the curved part of the topstitching) I am pretty happy with it so far. The next one will be a lot easier now that I know what I'm doing, although the Kwik Sew instructions were pretty easy to follow.
This morning I had my mani/pedi at 8 am and worked on Mentionable. Not much more to show there - I have about 5" or 6" done. I'm liking it though, despite the thinness of the yarn.
Jim is going to play poker tonight at my co-worker's house (the general counsel, my next door office neighbor) so I am staying home and working on my sewing projects. Those New Look patterns are not yet here, but I have plenty of other patterns and fabric to keep me busy (I think.) Wish me luck!
nice haul and bargain.
I've cut out my skirt, decided to use the Sew What Skirts book, so my first item of clothing is being made without a paper pattern.
I have just discovered the zigzag stitch doesn't work :( mum's coming over on weds to have a look, but I think it needs surgery.
Should skirt done by end of weekend.
Posted by: lyndsey-jane | May 10, 2008 at 02:51 PM
OMG! You got some GORGEOUS pieces!!!!!
Posted by: adrienne | May 10, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Wow -- those are all so pretty! I can see why you couldn't decide between them. The first one in black and pink really caught my eye, but all of them are going to make great clothes.
Finished left front on Caroline last night -- finally! Am going to try to finish right front tonight so I can get going on sleeves.
Posted by: Debby | May 10, 2008 at 06:58 PM
I think you made out like a bandit! :) Great buys! I like the blue fabric with the dark stylized flowers the best. About the fraying, sometimes I machine-stitch a quick row of narrow zigzag on the raw edges and that saves me when I have to really maneuver the fabric--like when putting in a zipper. Good luck.
Posted by: bernie | May 10, 2008 at 07:45 PM
Sorry to comment twice, but I did want you to know I saw your bit about serging the edges; it's just I'm too lazy to set up the serger sometimes so I just use the plain jane sewing machine. OK. now I'll stop hogging the comment section ;)
Posted by: bernie | May 10, 2008 at 07:47 PM
OHH Love all that fabric! Man I wish we had a fabric shop like that around here!
Can't wait to see the finished shorts!
Posted by: Michelle | May 10, 2008 at 09:11 PM
Score! Wow that's quite a haul of fabric goodness there. I love the Indian influence in some of those fabrics, esp 1 and 3.
Posted by: Sharon | May 11, 2008 at 12:28 AM
I'm sorry - I couldn't have intervened. I wholeheartedly agree with every one of those fabric choices... I can't wait to see the shorts finished. I wish I was such a good fabric artist! You rock!
Posted by: Stephanie | May 11, 2008 at 08:31 AM
WoW! It looks like you will be busy in your spare time! I love that black and white fabric! It would be great for a funky little jacket to wear with black pants or a skirt!
Posted by: kozy Kitty | May 11, 2008 at 08:55 AM
You are such a fabric maniac, I love it!!
Posted by: Heather | May 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM
The fabrics are really, really nice! I can see some pretty projects with them. My first front zipper was awful but practice made them ebtter and better!
Posted by: Steph | May 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Well, the first step IS recognizing you have a problem . . .
Posted by: Kim | May 11, 2008 at 11:33 AM
While I want to say "STOP the MADNESS!", girl - you are going to rock those items when you've sewed them up. I ain't mad at cha. lol. Good fines for sure.
Posted by: Knitters Delight | May 11, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Great fabrics!! I especially like that one in the first photograph :) Hope you had a great sewing night and that your weekend was fantastic!
Posted by: knittymuggins | May 11, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Wow. Wonderful choices. I particularly like the paisleys and small flowers (always my personal preferences).
There is nothing like roof work to get you out of the house!
Posted by: marjorie | May 12, 2008 at 06:40 AM
Wow! So much beautiful fabric! I can't wait to see what you do with it all!!
Posted by: Kristina | May 12, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Gorgeous fabrics!
Posted by: Phyl | May 12, 2008 at 12:44 PM
What fantastic fabrics - you'll be able to make some gorgeous garments with these.
Ruby xx
Posted by: ruby | May 13, 2008 at 03:25 AM
You came away with some beautiful pieces. Vogue is a great place to shop. I shop there often.;-)
Posted by: Cennetta | May 13, 2008 at 04:11 PM
I'd say you got some steals! :)
Posted by: Kat | May 15, 2008 at 06:32 AM