Okay, I won’t make you wait any longer. Here’s my haul from the recent trip to NYC. I will let the pictures do the talking… mostly 😉
This is a red and ecru dot silk charmeuse I picked up from a men’s fabric store. May become a blouse…
This is a silk border print that I got 3 yards of. Definitely seeing a dress in its future.
On the left a silky soft cotton floral print (3 yards) and on the right an equally soft and shiny royal blue cotton sateen (2 yards).
On the left a free remnant of some abstract print. On the right a gorgeous silk woven with a little stretch and some texture (3 yards).
This is one of my favorite finds — a silk Shantung or dupioni with grey and black large-scale paisley print and bright navy blue sequin embellishments. Perhaps a dress and/or blouse if I can squeeze it out of the three yards I bought.
On the left a Missoni sweater knit remnant I got for $40 (about 2.5 yards), and on the right 1.5 yards of cashmere and linen blend for a sweater with an exposed hot pink zipper up the back (zipper coming up soon).
Both knits, on the left a more stable piece with chocolate brown, aqua, tan, and white; on the right, a jersey with olive green, aqua, brown, and white. Knit top from the piece on the left and maybe a DVF-style wrap dress from the piece on the right. 3 yards of each.
On the left, one yard of a gorgeous black woven fabric with texture and sheen, destined to become a LBD or pencil skirt for dressier occasions. On the right, 4 yards of a wide navy and white stripe knit for a maxi skirt.
On the left, tan dot silk jersey with plans to become a tie neck blouse. On the right, a fine rib knit in soft green with aqua, burgundy, and olive green — one of my favorites. Three yards each.
On the left, a ponte knit stripe with plans to become an easy to wear dress. On the right, a beautiful, light silk chiffon. 2.5 yards of the left, 2 yards of the right.
On the left, a silk voile with no specific plans yet. On the right, a pretty silk twill with dress plans. Three yards each.
Another favorite — 3 yards of wool knit hoping to be made up into a cowl neck sweater or sweater dress.
My two leather hides — one in mint and one in chocolate. Both of these were on the sale rack and cost $25 each. I came out pretty good compared to the ladies who were buying enough hides to make jackets and skirts. I don’t have the guts for something like that yet! We’ll see if these little delicious-smelling babies can whip up into a cute clutch purse or a case for my iPad.
And last but not least, my aforementioned hot pink zipper and a cute jade colored belt buckle. I have no idea when or how I will ever use the latter, but I really like it and it came from Mood! 🙂
So that’s a grand total of 53.5 yards of fabric, two hides of leather, one zipper, one belt buckle, and one roll of tracing paper (not pictured). How much did I spend? Come on, ladies — my husband reads this blog, too! 🙂
I had a blast visiting NYC and scouring the city for the best fabric I could find. I know it will be years (if ever) before I sew all this up, but I can’t wait to go back again and discover more treasures. I would also love to spend more time seeing more of the sites that the city has to offer. Have you ever been to NYC? I’d love to hear about your favorite Big Apple experience!
Susie Homemaker, MD 
Oh Katrina, each piece of fabric has your name written all over it. Especially the first photo, it is you!!!! I cannot wait to see each piece of fabric evolve! Love following you!
Thank you, Mrs. Iris! I hope a few pieces will come together soon 🙂
Thanks for following!
Just awesome – beautiful stuff! Did you take an empty suitcase or ship it all home? I love NYC – last time we took the boys and did an Improv Everywhere thing with hundreds of other people at a harbor. We ate the best Indian food ever (I think it’s called Curry Row – lots of Indian restaurants on one street) and saw War Horse – good times…
That sounds like a lot of fun! I did carry-on for the trip up and bought a new suitcase while I was there that I packed all the fabric into and checked for the flight home. I was in need of a new suitcase so it worked out. One vendor shipped our stuff to us but that was just three small pieces.