Fabric Porn, and Cheap Too

[akirlu]

I mentioned to my friend Liz, who does art quilts, that I had found a vendor on eBay who sold Folkwear patterns for less than buying direct from Folkwear and Liz, that perpetual font of Stuff I Need to Know About, shot back, "Denver Fabrics sells them for thirteen dollars apiece."

Which is not quite true, but 20% off MSRP is nothing to sneeze at, either. And besides, more to the point, Denver Fabrics has STUFF. Fabulous stuff. I don't know why I might need a small hide of garment-weight, sueded, fuschia leather, but if I do, I know where to get it at an amazingly good price. (Under $10. For the hide.) And maybe you have to be into beading to get excited by the prospect of an assortment of ultrasuede scraps for just under $2, but I'm pretty excited. And then there's that amazing silk taffeta in a color I can't even name (in Guy Colors, it's pink, but in Girl Colors it appears to be a pinkish, maybe mauvish, magenta-to-blue changeable. Arguably this tells you what you need to know about the various virtues of Guy Colors versus Girl Colors: concision versus precision). And while I have no immediate use for a pink brontosaurus apatosaurus iron-on patch, it's charming to note that the sewing world has also taken a stance on paleontological nomenclature, if not representational accuracy. So those of you with a tropism for fabrics, you have been warned. Click links at your own risk.

EDIT: OMG! They have steel boning! Sqeeeeeeee!

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

My uncle recently expanded his color repertoire by half again. He used to have twelve colors (red, orange, etc., and light red, light orange, etc.). Now he has eighteen: he has added "country" as a modifying adjective. Not always accurately.

My mom, on the other hand, is quite insistent that her favorite sweater is aubergine, not plum.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Well, aubergine and plum are different colors. Geez.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I know they are, but the manufacturer is confused and believes the sweater to be plum.

[davidlevine]

it's charming to note that the sewing world has also taken a stance on paleontological nomenclature, if not representational accuracy

Ah, but how do we know they weren't pink?

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

I set myself up for that, didn't I? Just for clarity's sake, I wasn't referring to the color, Mr. Antic Disposition.

Re: Fabric Porn, and Cheap Too

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

you evil, evil crack pusher.

[davidlevine]

You mean the head shape, then? Or just the overall cute'n'pudginess?

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

Mr. Antic Disposition

Well, you certainly nailed THAT on the head.

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

I heart Denver Fabrics, but your mentioning them makes me realize I never ordered my aglets! Argh argh argh!

Re: Fabric Porn, and Cheap Too

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

viral marketing, baby, that's the ticket...

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Head shape and flexible tail. Part of the bronto- to apatosaur redesign theoretical turn was, afaik, updating the tail to the more rigid, elevated, balance-counterweight conceptualization, rather than the draggy, snaky kind of the Old Skool dinos.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, I am brilliant. (Sometimes, I am humble. Both at once costs extra.)

[davidlevine]

We have always been at war with Apatosaurus.

[davidlevine]

Hey, I resemble that remark!

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what he said.

[shikzoid.livejournal.com]

I must mention this to lintninja.

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it is so.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you want to be a vile, evil crack pusher too, eh?