NYC Fabric Shopping & a Celebrity Sighting!

A few weekends ago, my sister and I went fabric shopping.............. IN NEW YORK CITY!!! Eeeeeeeeeee!!!!! (Can you tell how excited I am about this?!?!)

Here is what I ended up with (keep reading for a full review of where we went).

From top left- Teal & Black stretchy material from Spandex House, White Flower Trim from Pacific Trimmings, Black Ruffled-edged Elastic from Pacific Trimmings, Black Purse Handles from Pacific Trimmings, Black Sequin Sheer stretchy material from Spandex House.

We started off searching for Mood:It was a little hard to find because you don't enter from the street, but we found it! See the Mood signs on the 2nd floor windows? I was really excited because this is where they shop on Project Runway, but when we got inside, I was a bit like a deer in headlights. Three entire floors of floor-to-ceiling fabric. Whoa! It was almost too much to take in. I didn't end up buying anything there, and I think it would have helped to have a specific project in mind.

Our next stop was Spandex House: The name "Spandex House" sounds a bit ridiculous, but I loved this store! So many fun, colorful stretchy fabrics! I felt like we were in the costume department for Cirque du Soleil. I ended up buying 2 fabrics here.

The next stop was Pacific Trimmings:Fun, fun, fun! Aisles and aisles of ribbons, belt buckles, zippers, and more. I think I was hitting my fabric shopping mojo here! I found a lot of nice extras that aren't available where I live.

Then, the unthinkable happened--a celebrity sighting of a fashion celebrity...ANTHONY WILLIAMS from PROJECT RUNWAY! We were crossing the street on the same cross-walk, but walking in different directions. I literally did a double-take!

And another celebrity sighting...MARK TWAIN! Ha ha ha! Mark Twain is my hubby's favorite author, so since he couldn't come, I drew a little Mark Twain, and we took photos of him all around NYC. hee hee.

Ah, what fun! Fabric shopping is exhausting, but it makes me happy!
p.s. Notice I wore my Brown Knit Dress... had to wear a Made-by-Trisha creation to go fabric shopping in!