so... what about the fabric?!

Good question! What about the fabric?!

Well, for me personally I found that the majority of fabric was already available to me in the patchwork shops in Melbourne. Although cheaper, I do buy my fabric wholesale here in Australia for my own business Sew Your Own.

After visiting quite a few fabric department stores I decided that I would only buy fabric that was extremely new to me and desperately worth having. That said the few places that did sell exquisite fabric were expensive by the metre and would only sell by the metre. Again, another agonising decision was made to buy or just enjoy the inspiration rather than paying the big bucks to ship it home. I decided to take the inspiration!

So, what I did find were some very beautiful and off the beaten track fabric stores all of which were very happy for me to take photos to show you!

So, the first gem of a fabric/craft stores that I discovered was Merceria Pulcina in Daikanyama.





And this is what I bought... some beautiful contact paper!



Stay tuned for some more fabric store gems!

why is it so

Why is it that when you create in your mind the perfect sewing project with a clear idea of the colour and fabric you want to use that it becomes near to impossible to actually find what you are looking for? It must work on the same notion that the book you read is better than the movie. Your imagination has worked up this amazing finished project that then the reality of finding the exact colours and fabrics that mirrors your ideal picture becomes an ongoing frustrated search.

My fabric search today was simple enough - 'brown gingham'. Apparently brown gingham is hard to come by in this here neck of the woods!

Grrrr!!

And don't even get me started on cupcake liners... although I do remember Emily recently posted a link of a great online shop for all your cupcake liner needs. I wish I had known about that online shop before I went in search of 'brown cupcake' liners last christmas.

It would appear that little old Brown is a little underrated these days. Brown should be the new black!

Photo Credits: 1. Day 43/365, 2. Untitled, 3. pre-tart polaroid, 4. dance?

P.S. I had a hard time finding brown gingham on flickr too!

fabric finds

I headed to Spotlight last night to buy some apple fabric, thank you to 62cherry for the tip off. While I was fossicking around I found some cute bluebird fabric in the fat quarters section. Now I will daydream all day about what crafty delight I shall make with my new fabric.