Silk velvet(silk and rayon)is getting harder to find, even online and I usually need to check fabric out in person. Over the past ten years, the few specialty fabric stores in my area have closed due to retirement of owners and economy. Even the one good quilting fabric store may close.
The fabric and craft stores I can get to by bus are also closing or moving to locations further out west, and the new stores are smaller. I only dress dolls now in historic costumes, so thank goodness for my fabric stash I do have. And I haven't made one in over a year, but hope to start up again soon. Cindy Abel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chiara Francesca Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:45 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] Silk velvet It may have been the one that is closed now. Gold had three shops back there at one time. Now I think someone else is renting the space and selling fabrics through there but the last time we went two of them were closed. They vary between what doors are opened and closed through the seasons. :) ♫ Chiara Francesca "Which 'Chiara'...?? Nah... wasn't me ;-)" > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Traci > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:26 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Silk velvet > > Yes, I think she meant Golden D'or. Their backroom is cheap but I > haven't > been able to find much there as of late. Was a goldmine when they > first > opened the backroom up but not so much now. > > I did not find my velvet there; it was from one of the little stores on > Perth Street (which is a short distance away from Golden D'or). > > Traci > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Lavolta Press > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You mean these guys? > > > > http://www.goldendor.com/retail_store.html > > > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > http://www.lavoltapress.com > > > > On 1/17/2010 5:11 PM, Chiara Francesca wrote: > > > >> Silk d'Or has a private bridal shop that they put out the overflow > into > >> that little back room that has minimal lighting sometimes. That is > where > >> some of us have found the silk velvet. > >> > >> And I too have mine sitting in a box for um ... too many years. :D > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
