Even G Street Fabrics does not seem to carry nearly the assortment of apparel fabrics or trims that they used to. I think they are pushing
their >custom home decorating business more.
I was at G-Street Seven Corners last weekend (for my annual pilgrimage since I live in Calif) and they had tons of colors & weights of linen. Sure it was OMG pricey, but it was there ,which is more than I can say for any shop in Silicon Valley. Not much in wools, but then nobody who's sane buys wool in DC in the summer. Lots of books & patterns for historicals (Folkwear, Peggee of Wmsburg, Medieval Misc, etc). There wasnt much in dress weights for the silk, satin, brocade & taffeta historicals that I like. Most of the fancy dress up fabric (and there was lots!) were predecorated in sequins, embroid, and/or shinies. Nothing I could use for Renn to Ragtime. Again, this is possibly a seasonal/ fabric weight marketing thing. DC specializes in hot & muggy. I bought a book then they threw me out cuz it was closing time, --cin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
