Monday 19 July 2010

Fabric fun in New York City ....

Hi everyone, I’m back home in London and what a fabulous time I had in New York City!!

The highlight of my trip was a lunchtime meet up with Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic) and Elizabeth (Sew A Beginner). Of course that meant fabric shopping so our chosen venue was Metro Textiles where we bumped into a familiar face – Opal, from Opals Passions. Isn’t the sewing blogosphere great ? – it was like meeting up with old friends! I had The Best Time - talking fabrics, getting sewing tips and swapping stories.

Here’s a picture of my three lovely friends (from left to right Elizabeth, Carolyn and Opal)


Thank you ladies for giving me such a wonderful welcome to your home town!

And here’s a picture of me, Carolyn and Opal with the very charming Kashi from Metro Textiles.


So, did I buy anything? Well of course I did – between the compelling chat – I managed to grab myself a few gorgeous pieces at some very good prices.


From left to right: a luxurious printed silk charmeuse, a cotton in a big print in fabulous colours, a stretch cotton sateen in black and white with aqua accents.

Now is probably the time to confess that these weren’t my only fabric purchases whilst in New York – later in the week I revisited the garment district and picked up a few more yards here and there. But I’m going to save those for another blog post. Right now I’m jet lagged and in unpacking chaos but, although I was sad to leave NY, it’s exciting to be back home with my sewing machine and with lots of new fabrics and ideas to inspire me.

So, more soon ……

22 comments:

  1. It was so great to meet you in real life! It was a wonderful way to spend a lunch hour...and I can't wait to see the other pieces you bought!

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  2. Exciting!! What a fun trip! I'm pining for the East Coast. . . maybe in the Fall . . .

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  3. How fun! And I love your choices!!

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  4. You have picked up some gorgeous fabric Eugenia . I agree with what you said on my blog it's just not fair !!! Sounds like a perfect trip to me .

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  5. It was soooo nice to meet you. I wish I could have spent more time talking with you. Can't wait to see what else you bought! Did you make it to Elliott Berman?

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  6. Sorry I missed you ladies - next time. Glad you had safe trip home and a great time in New York.

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  7. Welcome home and back to blogosphere! It sounds like you had a wonderful trip. You certainly bought some wonerful fabric!

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  8. Your new fabrics look lovely - can't wait to see what you make with them! How lovely of our New York bloggers to show you where to shop!

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  9. You managed to grab some beautiful fabrics. Glad you enjoyed your trip so much and can't wait to see all the fabric you got!!!

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  10. How nice to meet blogger friends.
    You bought some very pretty fabric.

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  11. I am totally smitten by the silk charmeuse - can't wait to see what you do with it.

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  12. Glad you had such a great time! Though you must have been wilting in the heat. Good luck settling back in! It always takes me a few weeks to get back into regular life mode after a vacation...

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  13. Looks like you survived the heat wave and were able to make some great purchases. Look forward to your other finds. I was crawling over the fabrics at Metro there were so many when I was there the first week of July. Wonder too if you visited Berman since I stopped in and found a couple things. Happy sewing!

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  14. Can you hear me panting and drooling?

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  15. Wow. I can't wait to go myself. I'm looking forward to hearing more of your trip when you are more rested.

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  16. Welcome home! Love your choices from Metro and can't wait to see what else you picked up.

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  17. Wonderful that you had such a great time and made it home safely. Love your fabric choices and I agree, it's nice to meet up with bloggging folk and be reminded there are nice people out in the cyber world.

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  18. Oh..., Great fun; the sewing fashionistas together in NY. One day I have my fun.
    Wink, wink.

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  19. How neat that you were able to meet up with other sewing bloggers and the chance meet up with one!!
    Your fabrics are lovely. I often like your fabric choices!!

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  20. How great that you got to meet up with those wonderful ladies! And the fabrics...fantastic!!

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  21. Still so jealous of these sewing blogger meet-ups! I'm waiting for some of you cool peeps to come out to LA already! ;)

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  22. How fun and fabulous, especially to meet fellow fashion fashionistas! It looks like you enjoyed your stay in New York. What an extra treat to take home such cool looking fabric!

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