Material Girl
Whilst back home, I went back to the Fabric Warehouse. OK, I went three times in two weeks,
including twice in the same day. It was
lush.
Whilst there, I got some real beauties, and learning from my
mistakes I am going to document
what I want to make them into, so that time will not be the death of my ideas.
So, without further ado, I bring you my NZ 2014 Collection
(rather grand title that!):
Visit One (28
January, 1319 hours):
Khaki/purple silk/cotton blend – 115 cm x 2.2, $48.40
(£24.20). This will be made into a loose
fitting dress, with sleeves, based on my blouse sloper; to be worn with a belt around
the waist. Simple, clean lines to allow
the fabric to do the talking.
Black/White/Chartreuse geometric print, cotton with a little
bit of stretch – 150 cm x 1 m, $18 (£9).
This will be a straight skirt – think J Crew – to be worn with a blouse and
black cardigan.
Sequin trims – $2 (£1).
This is potentially for a cardigan jacket that I’m making and stuck on
what to use for the trims.
Visit Two (28
January, 1507 hours LOL):
White self-striped slinky jersey, fibre content unknown but
feels like rayon or some-such – 150 cm x 2.2 m, $30.80 (£15.40). This will be made into a ruched tshirt from
the front cover of the January Burda magazine 01-2014-122.
Visit Three (30
January, 1517 hours DOUBLE LOL):
6 buttons (originally for the digital disaster dress, oh
dear) @ $0.80 each
2 x 50 cm pieces of trim @ $2 each.
At this point I bid
the staff adieu, promising them (but really myself) that I’d be back again in a
few years (rather than a few hours).
What a treat.
I will leave you with this photo – I have never seen fabric
so amazing. Both of these are leather
hides, with a metallic finishing. The
one on the left was iridescent shades of green and pink (depending on the angle
of view) and the other was a vibrant royal blue. Both were $90 (£45) which I found to be
decadent, but decent. I had visions of
making a skirt or bag from the blue, and a jacket (or learning to make shoes)
from the green/pink. I still think about
the blue. However, they were heavy so I
didn’t take either. Especially when I
already had all of the material above to pack!
That pale blue cotton (sans bird poo) is heavy!
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