I am gonna have a busy weekend...

[UmAnOnion]

OK so where did you find it?

Mood Fabrics - 37th between 7th & 8th
That rat bastard 646guy told me about it the other day. Apparently its the place all the designers from Project Runway go to when they need stuff for thier various projects. Not nearly as cheap as the places on 39th (worsted wool for $5/yards!!!!!) but MUCH better organized with 2 floors of fabrics - i thought i had died & gone to heaven when i walked in....

They had several variations on this available - all $14/yard - with a few others patterns as well....

dangerous place - very dangerous place...

Plus they had TONs of leather scraps/offcuts in sizes big enough to make a sporran or two out of ... I have to stay out of that part of NYC!!!

[646guy]

Ya gotta love Mood.... It's heaven...

And...ahem...someone was supposed to call me to go with them and didn't...

[UmAnOnion]

Ya gotta love Mood.... It's heaven...

And...ahem...someone was supposed to call me to go with them and didn't...

I couldnt pick of the phone - the siren call of the fabric zone held me tight in its thrall and before i knew it i was trapped in a tartan tsunami

:mrgreen:

[646guy]

I couldnt pick of the phone - the siren call of the fabric zone held me tight in its thrall and before i knew it i was trapped in a tartan tsunami

:mrgreen:

Uh huh...Well, I'll think of you while I'm wearing my blackwatch stillwater tonight... :-P

[David Thornton]

If you just have a need to put together a kilt out of that material, I could send you my measurments. Not that I need another kilt, just to help you out.
David

[UmAnOnion]

If you just have a need to put together a kilt out of that material, I could send you my measurments. Not that I need another kilt, just to help you out.
David

well thank you very much for your most generous offer David

aint gonna happen but thanks for the offer ;-)

[Pleater]

[QUOTE=UmAnOnion]Mood Fabrics - 37th between 7th & 8th
That rat bastard 646guy told me about it the other day. Apparently its the place all the designers from Project Runway go to when they need stuff for thier various projects. Not nearly as cheap as the places on 39th (worsted wool for $5/yards!!!!!) but MUCH better organized with 2 floors of fabrics - i thought i had died & gone to heaven when i walked in....


Its a good job there's a lot of water in the way -

but only water -

I wonder if I could borrow a yacht - there's a lot of nice big ones around here doing nothing for the winter.......

Is there a yacht haven or dock near 37th - or 39th?

[646guy]

Its a good job there's a lot of water in the way -

but only water -

I wonder if I could borrow a yacht - there's a lot of nice big ones around here doing nothing for the winter.......

Is there a yacht haven or dock near 37th - or 39th?

The QM2 makes frequent trips to NYC....or it did....spent the night on it once after working a benefit there the night before...

[UmAnOnion]

Well after marking the whole thing in chalk, only to have the marks disappear when hemming (Had to hem - am piecing it from the two 25" strrips cut out of a 60" wide fabric) - marking & pinning it - only to determine that there were too many pleats , Re-marking & pining it - only to decide there are too few pleats, :sad: here is the final result afterthe 3rd go around

I am centering the hard to see double black strip oon each pleat with the green buried in teh center of teh fold.

will trun oiut fairly dark & conservative looking in the end but the green will show nicely when i walk.

Now i am off to a superbowl party. I need to take a break from this as it looks like i will be hand stiching it from here on & I am NOT looking forward to that part!!!

C.

[646guy]

Now i am off to a superbowl party. I need to take a break from this as it looks like i will be hand stiching it from here on & I am NOT looking forward to that part!!!

C.

Hand stitching.....hmmmm....I could make jokes about how you had better hope those stitches don't pop at an inopportune moment....but that would be so unlike me.....