That’s right, this is my 100th post in this blog! So, partially to celebrate (but mostly because the timing worked out impeccably), I now bring you… my trip to NYC’s Fashion District! (Warning: This is going to be an extremely image-heavy post.)
One of my friends and I went up to NYC for the afternoon (a couple hours’ drive from here) and spent the majority of the afternoon browing fabric shops. I do have to admit that it was difficult to find fabric I could actually use— the selection was heavily geared towards formalwear, and much of the remaining fabric was sadly out of my budget. But if I ever need to make a really fancy dress for a performance or a wedding dress or something, I know exactly where to go shopping now. The area between 7th/8th and 37th/38th Sts. are loaded with shops for this type of fabric. I did, however, come home with this:



#8 was by Haa Cheng Thai, and was inspired by kirigami– the laser-cut fabrics on this one were amazing!
#9: By Kyung Min Kim, who is primarily a textile designer but came up with some simple designs to showcase her fabric. I sincerely hope she becomes big enough for her designs to be sold to the general sewing public, because I absolutely loved the graphics and would buy it in a heartbeat. The photos really don’t do them justice, but here’s my attempt:
#10: By MinSun Lee, a knitwear collection inspired by, of all things, Russian nesting dolls. I was curious to see how the layers would translate, since that can get bulky, but it actually worked.
After this, we stopped at Starbucks just long enough for drinks (since I’d been craving iced chai all day) and then headed home. But now I’m feeling very inspired to get back to my sewing– probably a good thing, since lining quilting has made me very unmotivated! (It still stands at 6/12 pieces quilted, since pretty much all I’ve done in the way of craftiness since the last post was make one scrapbook page from that painted paper, and assemble 3 more layouts that still need text.)
One last picture: Saw this dress on the way into the show once I was in the tent, and just liked it.
Edit, 5:47 PM: Ok, make that 7/12 on the lining. I would have gotten more done this afternoon, but I spent a little time reenforcing the strap on the Gothic Rose bag, since it looked like the stitching at the corners was already beginning to pull a little and I do not want to mess this one up by the end of the cooler season (I really like this bag). That, and went to JoAnn’s with my mom (she needed some stuff, and as it turned out, I never actually used the gift card that one of my friends gave me for my birthday about 6 months ago. Spent more than what was on it, of course, but I now have a nice piece of dark denim for once I figure out a working jeans pattern, some army green twill that I want to make the Ellen pants from Burdastyle with, and a navy blue/tan/royal blue stripe to make a blouse from. I may make Burdastyle’s Emily with it, but I think I’m going to look through my stash first and see if I have a blouse pattern that I’ve already tried and liked first.
Congrats on the 100th post! I found your blog from the refashioned site…thanks for sharing the show pics-they were fun to check out.
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All the students at AAU did a great job – but my abdolue fave was MinSun Lee – she even seems like a great person, here is an interview of her: http://www.moli.com/p/moliview/1/category
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