Friday 18 March 2011

Fabric purchases!

I found out from a member on The Sewing Forum that there is a fabric shop at the top of Steep Hill (if you've ever been to Lincoln you can't miss Steep Hill!) It must have opened during the winter, as we didn't really bother going all the way up the hill in the cold! I was ridiculously excited about a new fabric shop, so we puffed our way up the hill. It's called CallyCo, and it was lovely! Lots of lovely good quality designer fabrics. I eventually settled on 2 fabrics, I think the first was £12.90 pm and the second was £10.90 pm. So pretty expensive (for me at least!).
I bought 3.5m of this one, I plan on using it for making the Ceylon! I love this print! I just hope it isn't too big for a dress.
I love this cutesy print! I bought 2m of this one, and I plan on making a blouse from it. I haven't quite decided on the pattern yet, I'll let you know when I do :)
I also bought these:
They're so pretty, and were only £1.80 so I just had to have some! I can't wait to make these fabrics up :)
Next door to the fabric shop is a lovely whiskey shop. Dom treated himself to a bottle, which we sampled it when we got back. Now I don't usually drink whiskey neat. Nor do I usually drink such good quality whiskey. You should have seen my face at the first mouthful! Wow! I swallowed badly and coughed a little, but I was ready for the second mouthful and actually managed to taste it properly. It's good stuff! We also treated ourselves to an ice cream from the wonderful ice cream parlour across the road from the fabric shop. Delicious!
Jellybean x

6 comments:

  1. Your new fabric is lovely!! I love the flowers and I have been looking for a bird print for a while. Do you know if it comes in any other colours (green doesn't suit me!!)?

    S x

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  2. Hi,
    This place has it in teal/blue
    http://www.sewmehappy.co.uk/valori-wells/61-birds-teal.html
    And this place has it in rose/pink
    http://backstitch.co.uk/index.asp?ref=product1_151

    The designers name is Valori Wells, so if you do a google search for her name, she's done a few more bird prints too :)
    Hope that helps :)
    Ashley x

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  3. Thanks Ashley, will have a look!!

    S x

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  4. You're welcome! :) Happy fabric shopping :D
    Ashley x

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  5. Ashley thank you for sharing your lovely purchases. I am in love with that bird print. x

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  6. Isn't it cute XD It was my boyfriend who spotted it. I'm considering the other colours too! I'm leaning towards the rose colour I think, blue can make my look ill lol
    Ashley x

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