Sunday, May 2, 2010

No willpower, and so...

I posted not long ago that my local Fabricville is closing. In response to the comments, I must admit this is not my only Fabricville - only the closest to me. I don't lose all my fabric shopping, just the convenience of having one within 3km of my house.

Anyway, I was trying to exert some willpower and avoid the closing sale. I failed (and there's still 2 months to go).

Today, I was at the door with pattern list in hand, about 10 minutes after opening.

4 McCalls patterns @ $2.99 each (no, that wasn't my whole list LOL)

L. to R. - M5591/M5847/M6035/M6076

And, as I've said before, it's darn near impossible to NOT look at the fabric. There were a couple of displays of 3/1 but nothing on them that I HAD to have. Everything else was marked at 50% off.

There is a green (kind of lime green more than grass green) embroidered linen that jumped out at me as well as the cotton pictured below. They were both marked 50% so I just chose one (aha, there was willpower after all LOL !)

When I got to the cutting table, the girl said it was 3/1 - awesome. So, 3 meters of 115cm fabric for $8.99. It will become a skirt, M5591, above.

Now, it IS only 115cm wide and was displayed with the quilting cottons, but I don't know. It is very similar to the cotton sateens elsewhere in the store although they are wider. The feel is about the same and it has a shiny look to it. It really doesn't look or feel like a quilting cotton - but it IS pretty, no ?

I think I need to go see if there is still some of the green linen left.

7 comments:

  1. That print is gorgeous and would look great made up in
    McCall's 6027 :) One of my favorite patterns this year.

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  2. That fabric will be wonderful for the McCall's pattern. Can't wait to see it all sewn up!

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  3. I just made the McCall shirt pattern that you bought, and like it quite a bit....

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  4. That's a great print! I'm afraid I just ordered a bucketload of fabric because I made a dress my dearly beloved liked, and he wanted me to get more fabric like that, and it degenerated from there...

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  5. I love your new fabric - the print and colours are gorgeous! Great patterns too.

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  6. What a cute floral! I really like the sleeveless shirtdress pattern in the middle, too.....

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  7. Oh that is very pretty. I can't wait to see the skirt. g

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