29 August 2006
I wanted to go shopping all weekend, but Monday was a bank holiday, meaning the shops were crazy over the long weekend (well, past experience leads me to believe they must have been). So I . . . went shopping today instead! (And worked over the weekend.)
My main target was Liberty, because I've got to soak up as much Libertiness as I can take before I go. I bought the above fabrics to make my own 'gypsy' style blanket -- big rectangles of patchwork and loads of running stitch. I can't get the colours quite true on screen, but they go together pretty well. I hope.
And well, you can't just buy Rowan fabric while at Liberty:
And! That was all on sale. They're clearing out old stock for the new autumn/winter season stock (which, if I'm even allowed to say this about anything Liberty does -- meh.).
The print on top was £13-something per metre and is destined to be pillowcases (if you've felt Liberty cotton lawn, you'll know what a great idea this is). The middle piece was a remnant just short of a metre, for about £11. I really failed to capture its prettiness, but it's great. And the bottom -- the needle cord -- £5.25 per metre. I couldn't believe it. I got enough to make a skirt, which should be fun and cute and not overpowering. Just. . . dotty.
After Liberty, I went to Uniqlo, because it's my most favourite clothing store ever, and something a bit unusual happened. I picked up two pairs of jeans, tried them on, and for the first time since, like, puberty, I did not loathe the way I looked in trousers. A big event. And only about 20% of the success can be put down to Uniqlo's general amazingness -- the rest must be the running and the eating right. Result!
That dotty needlecord is going to make the best skirt.
posted by Ali at August 29, 2006 09:25 PM
I just made something with the top Liberty fabric. Use a small needle :) It pulls thread otherwise. But it is lovely and silky. And Uniglo - I still have pieces going strong in my wardrobe from 5 years ago.
Have you come across The Cloth House just up from Liberty yet????
posted by Alison at August 29, 2006 11:32 PM
Congrats on your fitness/nutrition strides!
posted by Laura at August 30, 2006 12:47 PM
Wow, nice shopping score (the prices don't mean a thing to me though?????) Congrats on the pants! I just shopped for some with less encouraging results...grrrr.
posted by Momma Pajama at August 30, 2006 01:18 PM
re: Prices -- For US dollar prices, you can double the figure, although it's not quite two dollars to the pound -- YET!
It doesn't seem like a steal, I know, but the regular base price for Liberty fabric is about £18 a metre now.
posted by Anna at August 30, 2006 04:50 PM
GORGEOUS fabric. i especially love that deep purple stripe print. yum!
posted by joleen at August 31, 2006 06:01 PM