Since I haven’t been posting as much in the past few months some of this is a backlog, and some of it is souvenir fabric shopping from nationals. The patterns were won in a hard-fought Ebay battle. There may or may not have been blood.
From Fashion Fabrics Club:
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| Blue wool jersey (for a top) and red textured stretch velvet (for skating). |
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| Teal and mint corduroys. Destined for casual jackets. Words cannot describe how much I love this mit fabric. |
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| Navy/plaid double faced wool. This will be a super thick winter coat. |
From Hancock Fabrics in Lincoln, NE:
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| White cotton jacquard (difficult to see the pattern, and I have plans to try dying this), navy poly rayon (for more pants), and teal water-resistant fabric for coating. |
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| Back: purple/red shiny textured poly for a fun party dress, green plaid for a shirt, and smooth rayon diamond print for a lining. |
From Joann Fabrics in Lincoln, NE:
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| Houndstooth and plaid cottons, and a red poly brocade. Yes, theoretically I *could* find these at a local Joann’s. In practice it is much more difficult. |
From Helen Enox Fabrics in Oklahoma City:
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| Blue wool blend (for a fall/winter dress) and striped cotton jersey (for a cardigan style sweater – and, yes, I am an 80s baby). |
From Hancock Fabrics in Edmond, OK:
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| White cotton lace (may possibly be dyed), magenta poly coating (I have some, but found more on the sales table for $4/yard – now I should have enough for the project I had in mind), grey poly/rayon/spandex that is the same as my Sewing Challenge pants (I love that fabric and was happy to get more), and green embroidered poly organza “lace.” Thanks Grandma! |
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| My sister got some fabric too! Red water-resistant coating and back/gold poly brocade. Maybe, if I wait long enough to sew it for her, she will forget about it and I can claim it for my own. Then again, maybe not. |
Ebay Burda Patterns:
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| The entire set of 2007 issues. (My August 2012 issue also came in the mail!) |
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| My obsessive love of the bright colors section in the November issue may have had a lot to do with this purchase. |
To say I have been obsessively looking for the August – December issues from 2007 to show up on Ebay is an understatement. Especially my much coveted November 2007 issue. Without a doubt, the 2006 Burdas are my absolute favorites, but a few of the 2007 issues have some absolutely drool-worthy patterns. So, when I saw the entire 2007 collection up for grabs I simply couldn’t let it get away. Normally my Ebay purchases are of the “Buy It Now” variety, but this time I was engaged in an all-out pattern acquisition war. Which I won. I have been slightly giddy ever since. Was my bid ridiculously high? Perhaps. Worth it? Without a doubt.
So, yes. More fabric than I strictly need, and more patterns than I could ever hope to sew. It seems like a lot, but in my defense, this is several months worth of stashing! I am hoping that now I can decompress and get back to sewing for me. Usually when I am sewing things I do a lot less fabric buying. And I have more than enough planned projects to keep me occupied. So, hopefully, this will be my last big acquisition post for a while and the next few months will be full of finished objects and stash busting. Here’s hoping.
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