I have not yet been to New York City, but my sister has been a couple times now. During this last trip she said that she would visit some fabric stores for me. She knows my taste preference and some of my favorite designer names. I just asked for some fat quarters so when she came back with this huge pile of fabric I was completely blown away.
Wow! She said she could barely cram it in her suitcase! This is all from 2 amazing stores; the City Quilter & Purl Soho. I told her she shops better than I do. Sometimes I love all the fabric so much it is hard to play favorites and pick the ones that will go home with me, especially now that I have to think with a budget in mind. Not to mention it takes me SO LONG to shop for fabric. I always have to look at every single fabric available before I can even begin to whittle it down.
A fruity fat quarter stack from Purl. She said Purl was my DREAM store. She is right. I am dreaming about it right now.
I asked her to pet the Liberty of London for me, she did and she also bought me several pieces! These are very lightweight silky cottons. The piece at the very top is this wild strawberry print.I said STRAWBERRY Liberty of London?? how perfect! She said, there are strawberries on it? wow, what luck. The bottom half of the stack is some voiles and dobby dots from Anna Maria Horner, which are so much softer than the LoL if you ask me. Just holding this fabric in your hand is a treat.
cute little fat quarters from Purl tied with scraps
Super sweet Tula Pink score from City Quilter! I can’t believe there was some Neptune hiding in NYC. She knows I am obsessing with Tula Pink fabrics right now so she was really good and bought me lots of both. Best sister ever.
Adorable Heather Ross Far Far Away 2 print, the Owl & the Pussycat. Here is a great example of fabric I wouldn’t have bought for myself (I was eyeing the sky blue colorway), but that is completely amazing and I can’t wait to sew with. This is that heavy linen cotton blend that is very popular with Japanese manufacturers. I love sewing with this fabric weight. The thing I keep admiring most about the print above are the ripples that the cat is leaving in the water. They are just white space, left blank so what you see is the linen background. Incredible. I would love to see this fabric being printed. This line is flying off the virtual shelves. I need to save up to buy some yardage before my favorite prints become hard to find!
You may have spotted the NYC subway fat quarter rolls up there. I agreed to make her some type of NYC themed wall hanging using those two. I have been tossing around a lot of ideas in my head, but no concrete plans yet.
