[Northkeep] Fabric Weight question

Mercedes de Cerdanya steldr at cox.net
Mon Feb 4 11:34:00 PST 2002


Like I said - it would have to be early spring or late fall, and I'm going
to have to save my pennies........

Mercedes
----- Original Message -----
From: "LRA" <lra at olpdsl.net>
To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Fabric Weight question


> Wow! That does sound cool. But the questions is.... is there a weekend
free
> in the next few months when we could do such a decadent thing? Summer in
> Dallas is warm.
>
> ....... Well. so much for the thought I had over the weekend (while
> straightening up the sewing room and boxing up several large containers of
> too-good-to-pass-up-fabric) of not purchasing any more fabric until I made
a
> big dent in the stuff I have! Ah, nuts! One can never have enough fabric.
> Naturally, my husband has a different opinion.
>
> Lynn the Inquisitive
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mercedes de Cerdanya <steldr at cox.net>
> To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Fabric Weight question
>
>
> > Oh Lynn, it's a wondrous place - I regret heartily never knowing it was
> > there when I lived in Dallas.......  It's basically a little industrial
> park
> > of wholesale fabric shops that are open to the public on Saturday
> mornings.
> > Sometimes you really have to dig but they usually have a whole rainbow
of
> > linens and wools as well as some spectacular upholstry stuff...
> >
> > This brings up one of my "I really want to do this" things.  I really
want
> > to go down to Dallas for a weekend, get up early on Saturday and do the
> > fabric district, maybe hit some other fabric places Saturday afternoon,
do
> > something like Trader's Village on Sunday (a big flea market) and then
hit
> > the First Monday sale in Canton on Monday, drive home Monday night
broke,
> > exhausted and shopped out.......  Doesn't that sound like fun????????
> Now,
> > with a small enough contingent (say 4 or 5) I could probably get
everyone
> > into my sister's house if it was a weekend she didn't have her kids but
> > otherwise we'd probably have to get a room or two.........
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "LRA" <lra at olpdsl.net>
> > To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Fabric Weight question
> >
> >
> > > Okay.... for those of us who are fabric addicted..... more info please
> > about
> > > the garment district in Dallas. I've not heard of this, but would
> > certainly
> > > like to hear all about it.
> > >
> > > Lynn the Inquisitive
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com>
> > > To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:21 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Fabric Weight question
> > >
> > >
> > > {snipped}
> > >
> > > Livia and I used to make an annual trip to the garment district in
> Dallas,
> > > and would muck about in the warehouses for end rolls of stuff.  We
once
> > > found a 54" wide bolt of handkerchief linen for $4 a yard, but Lady
> Joycea
> > > got to it first.
> > >
> > > {snipped)
> > >
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