Flibbertygibbet: As Britney would say...

No, not "Kevin, I dropped the baby!" Rather, "Whoops. I did it again."

Somehow wandered up to Liberty's haberdashery and fabrics floor before knitting. However, m'lud, in my justification, it's 75% off now. Plus you get another 10% off if you have a Liberty card. So that's 77.5%, I think, with my limited maths.

That means I spent approximately £40 on this lot:

~ 1/2 metre of heraldic blues and red for "the quilt"/the accessories fabric stash
~ 1 metre of pink trees and little birdies for a summer skirt
~ 2 1/2 metres of psychedelic fruit for a summer dress - probably Simplicity 6587. It feels like it should have buttons - buttery yellow pearls - and besides, the new machine just loooooves doing button holes!

~ Two different silks, 2 metres of each. The first is from last night - originally £30 p/m finally reduced to a very impressive £6.75 p/m. I'll probably use the same pattern as the black polka dot dress which I posted about back in December for this one, but with perhaps a teal silk for the upper bodice and cowl; and I'll start looking for a pattern for the orchid one, which actually arrived in the last spree, asap. It was comparatively more expensive at only 50% off, but it was all gone last night so I'm glad I splurged when I did.

~ The first print may look familiar - I bought a two metre piece of it last week, for £17.50, which was half price. There wasn't a bolt of it on show then, but there was one there last night so I bought another 1.5 metres so that I can make a dress with a HUGE circular skirt, plus it was reduced to 75% + 10% off. Seemed daft not to.
~ the second is a Robert Kaufmann that I bought in NYC last year, and have only just got around to washing. Because when the inspiration to make something from it strikes, I'd hate to have the buzz killed by having to wait a day for the washing and ironing thing.

So I spent about £40 - but I calculated that I saved about £125. Of course I would never have bought it all at anything near full price, but that's not the point.

I've realised there's a definite pinkish theme to the entire stash, and it intrigued me last week when Caroline, my shopping companion, said to me about one fabric I had chosen 'Oh, that's so you.' I often wonder what 'me' really is and it tickles me to think that others can readily recognise my tastes. But having realised how picky I am when it comes to choosing knitting patterns, perhaps there is a common theme. I have fallen in love with most of the patterns in this book, particularly the one-button cardigan, but the silk yarn is slightly out of the price range at the moment. However, I'm wondering if I can find something via Colourmart... cos, yeah, cashmere is always the cheapest option...

This weekend I've a freelance job to finish, some cards to make for a Swap-bot swap, some shoe bags to make for an order, I'm going to get the pattern book for the Lux tank top, and then generally hole myself in and craft, write, make, fabricate and avoid the outside world, or rather specifically two birthday parties. I know I'm being a little hermit-like but it's time to stop posting about supplies and to start using them. Then, I promise (myself) I'll come back out of my shell.

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Ah, love that fruit print, had to restrain myself when I went to the sale. But then, it wasn't 75% off. And I love the one next to it, with the birds. I hadn't seen that. Did you see the pinky one with the watering cans? I couldn't really justify buying it, but I have been thinking of it fondly ever since.

Posted by: sarah | Saturday, 27 January 2007 at 10:48

Liberty...... (quietly sobs....)

you know, I bought all my wedding dress fabric from those beautiful floors, and it was such a wonderful experience, having my silk wrapped in tissue paper.... lovely...

I'll go and wish for more like that in the corner now!

Posted by: raspberry | Saturday, 27 January 2007 at 23:11