Recently Gillian of Crafting a Rainbow put up a
fabric haul video and review of some fabrics she purchased online. I thought it was a great idea, partly because it is nice to see people and hear them talk about their sewing/fabric and partly because it is great to actually see how fabric behaves when a person is touching it, particularly when shopping online.
So I had a parcel arrive today (or a present, as my daughter calls it), from
Crafty Mama's Fabrics. Crafty Mama is an Australian seller who stocks beautiful fabrics, as well as Ottobre magazine and other interesting patterns. I hadn't ordered from there before, because I got a bit confused with the website and then paralysed by the choices. Indecision may well be the budgeter's friend. However, on a recent browse, I saw some lovely deer fabric (no longer available as far as I can see, but there is
this one) and as that is the current movie obsession in our house, thought it would make a great dress. I also fell in love with some
kite Lillestoff in the sale section, so they went into the cart. Then I realised that the lovely Lisa (Crafty Mama herself) will also select a surprise range of fabric up to a given value (called a
Happy Happy Joy Joy pack), the perfect solution to my indecision (and frustration when I can't find the coordinates I want). I've made a little video of my purchases and I've pulled out some Riley Blake knits (a
chevron and a
stripe) and Girl Charlee ones (
anchors,
birds and
hearts), for anyone who is curious to see how these behave and sew up. Something I didn't mention in the video, but probably should is that I think I (and others?) can often assume that all jersey will behave like stretch jersey and that isn't a realistic expectation, if a fabric doesn't contain lycra it isn't going to have that awesome stretch, but sometimes that's a good thing.
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If anyone ends up watching this, I'll be sure to post another with my next purchases, probably next week...
Just a note, I purchased all these fabrics and am not affiliated with any retailers, the opinions are all my own.
