先週購入した布たち :D

こんにちは、御機嫌よう。

今日はイギリスは祝日。のんびりさせてもらっています、が、もう既に掃除を済ませました。うふふ。

今日は先週購入した布達をお見せしようかしら。（って、誰もそんなの見たく無いわよ〜とか？）

ダークブルーコットンの生地はトップスに。最後の布で１.４mしかありませんでしたの。ですから、トップスと言う選択肢のみ。

かもめ柄のコットンの生地は２.５m購入しましたので、ワンピースに。まだどんなワンピースにするか考え中。ちょっと長めの丈にしたいのですの。

ヒョウ柄っぽいのはシフォン生地。気に入ったシフォンが見つかって嬉しいですわ！

あとは、夏のトップス用に。ダークブルーとかもめ柄の生地以外は全部ポリエステル。

ポリエステルの生地達はFabric Landと言うお店で買いましたの。お手軽な生地を売っているお店ですわ。

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インディアンの生地ショップよりちょっと割増料金ですが、いえいえ、それでもお安いお店。インディアンファブリックショップが安すぎるだけ。１m／1.５ポンドとか。

私、お店に行って直に製品を見て購入するのが好きですの。触ってみて、透け具合とか見たり。そうしないと、イマジネーションがわかないのですわ。古風な人間ですの。

今日も暑いですわ。外は２６度くらいでしょうか？

日本の６月は２６度くらいかしら？蒸し蒸しした感じでしょうね。と、毎日何を着ていくか考えてますの。持っていける荷物には限りがありますし。

さて、ポリエステルの生地はどんなトップスにしようかしら〜。こういうの考えるの楽しいざます。

それでは、御機嫌よう！

Price Tag - Over £10

Hello,

This is the last post of price tag related.
So more than £10/meter!

But only one... My wallet is very strictly controlled monthly budget. ;-)

£12/meter

Ta-da--nn! expected £50/meter? No way! :-p

And I have a story how to get this fabric..

As this dress is white base, I used white threads, it means you can get bigger thread(means cheaper).
So.. total cost was:
Fabric(£12) + Zip(£3.5) + Thread (£2) + Lining (£2) = £19.5 (no labour and pattern cost included)

And actually I bought black tweed fabric at the same time. What kind of dress I will make..

Have a nice day!
Yasuko

Dress - Price Tag

Hello!

Next a couple of posts, I will show the dresses and fabric cost order by cheapest.

As I mentioned before, my sewing experience is approximately 1 year. So I am using cheap fabric regularly.  Do you think people just started sewing to make a dress perfectly? Nah!

Of course I am trying to sew precisely following the instruction - but I sometimes struggle to understand how to do it.. Thanks YouTube you are my best tutor to help me figure out.

Even using YouTube, I sometimes made mistaken.. And then realised I had made mistaken when sewing the new dressing.. It's not a rocket science you need to learn a little by little.

That's why I am using cheap fabric - it's like my insurance. I'm not a person to use £100/meter fabric at the beginning... asking my wallet all the time - that person I am. ;-)

Anyway, interestingly I have found 50P/meter fabric in Southall and that fabric are really bargain!
And result of dresses were great.. It's fun to find it.. and super affordable!

Okay, here is the dresses list I had made last 9 month.

Using 50P/meter

Jacket + Skirt

This Jacket is sooooooooooo useful. I regularly wear it. Glad I made it.

Dresse

This purple dress, I used silk fabric for edge part. So this looks more fantastic!

Next post will be the dresses by £1~1.5/ meter fabric.

Have a nice day!
Yasuko
P.S. This purple dress was donated to Charity shop in Dec 2016

Shopping at Southall

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 I have found some typo - I have corrected them now.. :-p
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Yesterday, I went to Southall for looking for winter fabric.

Southall is very Indian town. People working there, are all South Asians.

All shops are Indian related. All clothes shops are selling Indian costumes.

All accessories are bling bling.. I regret I had to wear the sunglasses..

 Waling from Southall station, if you see the Quality Foods shop (top), you are now reached at the central town.

Opposite of this store, there is a fabric shop called 'Quality Fabric'. They are selling affordable price fabrics. I have been there sometimes to buy cottons.

Here is the map I roughly draw..

Quite different atmosphere.. and people are nice (if you are not rude!)

I have been to very expensive silk shop but according to my mother in law who is already passed away few years ago, their silk are cheaper than other shops in london.

There are so many interesting accessories for night dress if you want to make! My eyes was like 'wow..'.

This is the shopping centre. the inside is like HongKong's Chungking Mansions. But not so scary comparing to Chungking Mansions. I mean safe. 

I had a lunch at small restaurant near the quality food shop. The waiter was very nice - but my tummy was not well at that time, so I could't eat all..   :(

What I bought?

Well... I felt I disorganise for shopping.. I bought only zip.

  

Ah... Why I didn't buy accessories for dress!!! Damn! 

Maybe next time. 

Have a nice evening!

Yasuko

Trip to Cornwall and new fabrics..

Finally I have got a holiday... and now at Cornwall.
Had got some local gossips from local shop, we have arrived at hotel.

And these cute couple of pandas is welcoming us.

They called Cornish Panda :-) (My husband called)

Oh and... we went to shopping centre and found a sewing shop inside. And I decided not buy fabric in this trip but I ......  bought....again.....

Tartan check one will be dress and I haven't decided what kind of pattern I will use. I like to make something modern.

And last night's hotel was in Devon. It was nice atmosphere..

I brought a could of dress I made with me - possibly I could take picture and I will post to this blog!

Have a nice evening,
Yasuko

Craft shop and Fabric shop

Today, I pop into local fabric shop for buying zip which I completely forgot to buy before.

In Farnborough, Hampshire, there are two shops next each other and I really thing it is so convenient for sewing and craft lover!

Craft shop is The Art of Craft
Fabric shop is Fabric Box

Located to Lynchford Rd, Farnborough. Just next to Camp road.
Big Car parking id located to the behind of these shops.

Cap road village is changing lately. There are some pretty cafes, charity shops, beauty salon, flower shop, Boots and butchers.. Only vegetable shop is missing.. used to he there but gone.

Anyway, these two shops, craft and fabric shops, for me, very very convenient. I could get what I want, from one of them.
It seems craft shop is expanding - I have seen many craft lovers regularly use this shop. (me,too)

Today, I bought a zip from craft shop and dressmaking patters and fabric from fabric shop. ;)

Luckily Vogue pattern was half price! I got 3 patters.
And this light green fabric is £5/meter from designer brand. 
Im thinking I could use this fabric for jacket. for early autumn. 

Ah... so many sewing projects are waiting for me!
Have a nice evening,


Yasuko 

Southall - Indian fabric shops

I love Indian fabric shops in Southall.
South is indian town, when I first drove through the area, I was surprised it's all Indian!
People walking, all shops and movie theatre.. everything Indian!
I felt like I was tripped to India. Really.

We sometimes pop into Indian supermarket to buy asian vegetables and instant Curry set.
I noticed the front of the big indian supermarket, there is Indian fabric shop.
It was few years ago, I don't remember exactly and I decided to have a look.

There are so many fabrics(of course) and silk, cotton, printed cotton fabrics, Egyptian cotton and more.

The price is so great. Start from £2/ meter.

Nowadays I regularly visit a couple of Indian fabric shops near the Southall Library(Dominion Centre&Library)  .
Big car parking space is just the behind of the library. Plenty of spaces are available.

'The New Fabric shop' is just next to this library and starting price is £1/meter ~ £4/meter.
Every week, new fabric are sold and if you missed to buy fabric, there will be no left in next week.
So if you find something nice, just but it. Otherwise it will be no longer available!

'Tanya Fashion' - start price from £2~3/meter. Their range of fabric is more fashionable and they display the fabric on the bodies on the wall. You can easily imagine how these fabric works on your body.

Around this area, other indian silk fabric you can find. They are very expensive but cheaper than other London retailers.

These fabric shops are a little away from the central Southall town.
In Central Southall, there are more more fabric shops you can find. However if you go there by car, it will be difficult to find the car parking space.

If you visit there by train, it will be easy to talk around and have a look. But you have to be careful, to buy too much fabric in there..!

I will show which fabric I have brought from which fabric shop later.. ;-)

Have a nice tea time!
Yasuko