Sunday, March 25, 2012

Day 2 - Fabric

So after lunch I took a cab to Roosevelt Road, where New Rainbow Fabrics and Vogue Fabrics are across the street from each other. Here's a glimpse inside New Rainbow:


I was greeted at the door and offered help - very nice. (Don't you want to make a dress with the leafy stuff? But you'd have to move all the leaves out of the way when you sew, right?) I didn't find anything that grabbed me. It's a small store, smaller than Promenade Fabrics in New Orleans, but they have lots of nice stuff. Knits were $7.99/yard.


Next to Vogue. It smelled funny and nobody offered to help me, even when I was carrying 2 bolts of fabric around. But then I stacked them on the cutting counter and had a great experience.


Two of these were $3.99/yd and the coral (it's not really red) was $3.19/yd! The guy cutting my fabric asked what I was going to make with that one. He said he was invited to Washington, DC to "do a show" and he decided he needed to use it for a "collection." (So obviously he designs and sews, and I guess that means he'll make one of everything?) He advised me to make a fun tank dress for summer. We'll see...


And this is what I wore to meetings today - I think these wide-legged pants from Loft (3 years ago...or as Ann puts it, seasons ago) balance out my hips (just let me be delusional if you disagree, because I already bought a similar pair today). I just wanted to show you my feminine-ish outfit, because tomorrow I'm going to rock my family's world.



See, the high is 48 tomorrow, so I found some work pants at H&M yesterday but I needed a heavier jacket than what I brought, so...well, you'll see. Just think "drug rep."

5 comments:

Pam said...

I don't know! I'm dying to find out about the jacket! What kind of drug rep? So mysterious.

Glad you had such a good time in Chicago!!

RobbieK said...

Love the pants! Are those the new work shoes???

Let's see, I took MBA classes at Samford with drug reps. We used to call them the "Merckettes" I have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

I went to the other Vogue Fabrics in Evanston.

Eileensews said...

Hey! I shop at promenade in New Orleans! Where do you buy fabric in Alabama? Does Mobile have any fabric stores?

Junior said...

Snazzy!

Dr. Fun (AKA Sister) said...

The new work shoes were fabulous - wore them all day. The Evanston store is the flagship store - was it really nice? This one looked a little shabby.

Eileen, we have Hancock, Joann, Ely's which has some really hi-end stuff and is huge but old (check under "fabrics" - I did a review awhile back), and a few small shops like All About Sewing and various children's fabric places. We're blessed with fabric compared to other places. Do you shop anywhere else in New Orleans?