Most of my fabric purchases are made online these days. We have a JoAnn's but the fabric selection is hit or miss most times I visit. They do have decent selection of notions, patterns and buttons. If you are into crafting, they have an enormous selection of those type items.
As you know I am on "staycation" this week and have gotten some sewing in as I had hoped. Yesterday I decided to go to Floyd, VA. This is a laid back community, home of Blue Grass and clogging, farming and even hippies. There is an old schoolhouse that was converted into a fabric store with apparel, home dec and quilting fabrics. How long has this store existed, I don't know. When I moved to this area over 10 years ago, I was told I needed to go there. They also have a great selection of buttons, fabric trims, patterns, sewing related books and magazines. It is about an hour away from where I live and I decided I was going there as I had not been in a couple of years.
Fabric selection is usually varied and you never know what you are going to find. Yesterday I found quite a bit that needed a new home. I will say they have a large selection of lining fabric in various colors and I have quite a few in my stash and only picked up three colors this time around.
Here is a photo of my fabric haul
There are lining fabrics, satin back shantung, stretch lace, stretch faux leather, and cotton blends.
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| Hang Loose Lining Fabrics |
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| Mauve and Oyster Stretch Lace |
I was lucky with the mauve stretch lace as it proves to be a nice color blend with the Vogue faux wrap skirt that I keep trying to find a panel to attach that makes the skirt more wearable. Now I just need to determine how to do that.
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| Stretch faux leather embossed to look like crocodile(?) |
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| Cotton-linen blend ikat like fabric |
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| Floral cotton/poly fabric-rather sheer |
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| Navy blue, chocolate brown, cream shantung |
I picked up a few buttons, as well as some piping.
I could have spent a fortune on buttons because of their selections. I was on a budget and in the end I did not spend it all!
Schoolhouse fabrics sound like the kind of place I would love to visit. I checked, and it's quite a distance from Richmond, where my daughter currently lives.
ReplyDeleteYes, Richmond is about 3 hours from Roanoke and Floyd is about an hour from Roanoke. It is an interesting store, it's almost like a treasure hunt, sometimes you find treasure other times not.
DeleteNice haul!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. I have lots of plans for the fabric and not enough time!
DeleteNice haul! I'm sure we'll see bits and pieces of it from time to time! What a great way to spend one of your staycation days!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carolyn! I need another one to do all the things that did not get done with this one.
DeleteOoooh fabric porn. . Loving the stretch lace and faux leather. Great haul.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sheila! I want to use the faux leather with some knits for tops. I need another week of staycation.
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