Re: [h-cost] Silk velvet and closure of fabric sources
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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] 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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] 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 f...@lavoltapress.comwrote: 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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Silk velvet and closure of fabric sources
I'm really lucky in respect to fabric...my man is posted with the military in Seoul, Korea and he actually knows about fabrics, so I can just tell him what I want and he gets it for me at the fabric district. :) It's not that much cheaper over there though, since the bad economy has pretty much affected the whole world. I have set him a quest this weekend to look for 100% silk velvet, so we'll see what he comes up with. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Abel, Cynthia L. cynthiaa...@creighton.edu wrote: 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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] 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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] 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 f...@lavoltapress.comwrote: 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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Silk velvet and closure of fabric sources
Tell him to be careful, many times the guys in Seoul tried to sell my mum, polyester-silk as silk. My mum: Silk? Guys: Nae (head nodding) My mum: no, not silk Guy: Nae, silk...polyester-silk mind you we lived there when I was a kid a few mumble decades ago but I noticed a similar trend in the suk in Ba'hrain not that too long ago. Sarah Paterson / Bess Darnley - Original Message - I'm really lucky in respect to fabric...my man is posted with the military in Seoul, Korea and he actually knows about fabrics, so I can just tell him what I want and he gets it for me at the fabric district. :) It's not that much cheaper over there though, since the bad economy has pretty much affected the whole world. I have set him a quest this weekend to look for 100% silk velvet, so we'll see what he comes up with. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Silk velvet and closure of fabric sources
Yeah, he's good about that sort of thing. He's that rare man that actually knows fabrics. He hasn't gotten tricked yet :) On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:17 AM, SPaterson sjpater...@eastlink.ca wrote: Tell him to be careful, many times the guys in Seoul tried to sell my mum, polyester-silk as silk. My mum: Silk? Guys: Nae (head nodding) My mum: no, not silk Guy: Nae, silk...polyester-silk mind you we lived there when I was a kid a few mumble decades ago but I noticed a similar trend in the suk in Ba'hrain not that too long ago. Sarah Paterson / Bess Darnley - Original Message - I'm really lucky in respect to fabric...my man is posted with the military in Seoul, Korea and he actually knows about fabrics, so I can just tell him what I want and he gets it for me at the fabric district. :) It's not that much cheaper over there though, since the bad economy has pretty much affected the whole world. I have set him a quest this weekend to look for 100% silk velvet, so we'll see what he comes up with. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
