Ok, so while down in Virginia visiting my brother in January the local fabric store chain was having a clearance sale.
Fabric calls to me when it's cheap......and when it's $3 or less a yard I listen! lolz
So I bough a few lengths--
This piece, though it's not usually colors I choose(or the subject matter-horses!), the combination of shades and design spoke to me. I'll probably make a shirt with this one.
This design was a bit on the large scale size but I like it. Unfortunately there isn't enough here to do what I want to do, so I'll have to pair it with another fabric or a solid in these colors. It's bound to be a shirt or a sundress if I figure out that right companion fabric.
Love the color of this one though the fabric is a bit on the "rough texture" side. Not sure yet what I'll make with it.
This was the "bargain of the day" at $1 a yard. It's a rayon challis, very nice quality. And because it is adorned with swizzle sticks it's screaming to become a "Hawaiian type" shirt! lolz
And then last week Hancock fabrics had a good sale. Unfortunately they don't have a retail outlet located anywhere around here so I went online to shop the sale.
In celebration of keeping our credit card bill under $600 for February I splurged on 3 more pieces of fabric. These were about double what I usually spend per yard but rayon is hard to find in great patterns/colors, so I still consider them a deal.....
Black and white Ikat type pattern.
A cool batik but rayon not cotton so it has better flow....and it's purple!
I thought this owl pattern was cute in a rayon fabric. It turned out the scale of the design was a bit larger than I thought or would have wanted. But I can make this work anyway.
Now I just have to get on cutting some shirts out and sewing them.
Too bad the fabric buying is so much easier/fun.....lolz
Sluggy
Fabric calls to me when it's cheap......and when it's $3 or less a yard I listen! lolz
So I bough a few lengths--
This piece, though it's not usually colors I choose(or the subject matter-horses!), the combination of shades and design spoke to me. I'll probably make a shirt with this one.
Love the color of this one though the fabric is a bit on the "rough texture" side. Not sure yet what I'll make with it.
This was the "bargain of the day" at $1 a yard. It's a rayon challis, very nice quality. And because it is adorned with swizzle sticks it's screaming to become a "Hawaiian type" shirt! lolz
And then last week Hancock fabrics had a good sale. Unfortunately they don't have a retail outlet located anywhere around here so I went online to shop the sale.
In celebration of keeping our credit card bill under $600 for February I splurged on 3 more pieces of fabric. These were about double what I usually spend per yard but rayon is hard to find in great patterns/colors, so I still consider them a deal.....
Black and white Ikat type pattern.
A cool batik but rayon not cotton so it has better flow....and it's purple!
I thought this owl pattern was cute in a rayon fabric. It turned out the scale of the design was a bit larger than I thought or would have wanted. But I can make this work anyway.
Now I just have to get on cutting some shirts out and sewing them.
Too bad the fabric buying is so much easier/fun.....lolz
Sluggy
I think $3 a yard is a crime I think they will put $1 a yard on my tombstone. But times they are a changing.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I love fabric! Theat's a large part of my clutter/hoarding. Yes, buying it and planning what to do with it is the most fun. Actually getting started on the sewing, not so much. Once I get going and get a piece finished, though, is a good feeling. Haven't felt much like sewing recently. It's a depression thing, I' pretty sure.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love the batiks!
ReplyDeleteI love challis! Sewing can bring me out of the worst funk around.
ReplyDeleteDROOLZZZ
ReplyDeleteDrooling over the swizzle sticks!
ReplyDeleteI used to live in fabric stores. No so much in recent years. Those fabrics WERE bargains.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the 1st and the 3rd one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing information about challis fabric. But What is rayon challis fabric?
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