Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Meeting Sigrid!

 When Sigrid contacted me a while back that she'd be in NYC with her family and could we arrange to meet up for fabric shopping I was so excited.  We've been e mailing for several years as well as reading each others blogs and she felt like an old friend even though we'd never met.  It was exactly like seeing  an old friend!  We had the best time.  Robin from A Little Sewing On the Side came up from Baltimore and Lindsay T met us for lunch.  I had met both of them last fall and it was nice to see them again. Here's Lindsay with Eugenia at Eliot Berman.

Lindsay took us to Eliot Berman before she went back to work.  I was the only one who bought fabric there, two gorgeous pieces of wool blend knits at good prices; the kind of thing that is very hard to find.  They also had this season Calvin Klein gorgeous, but not exactly what I was looking for.   It is definitely worth a visit.
Here we are, obviously at Mood where Sigrid and I both bought fabric,  in fact we each bought a piece of the same mini houndstooth for pants. She also bought some lovely black wool for a jacket.  We went on to buy notions and zippers.  If you remember she bought a 22" invisible zipper at home for 6 euros!  That's crazy.  I bought a YKK invisible zipper, 22" long for about 80cents.  We each bought black pants zippers for a pittance.
That was our last stop, we were both exhausted! (Robin had left about an hour earlier to catch the train.)  Before that I took Sigrid into Paron and she finished up her fabric shopping in the half price annex.  She's talking about looking for a cheap ticket just to come over for fabric shopping.   Even though the garment district isn't what it used to be it still has more fabric choices than most people can get at home and the prices can be very good for very high quality. 

Seth fixed my Viking!  The part came yesterday and not only did he install it, but when he was running it the low gear sounded funny, so he took that apart and greased it with modern lithium grease and made sure everything was thoroughly oiled. The machine had not only not been used much but it hadn't been used in years so it was totally dry when he first opened it up.    Now it purrs.  It's so pretty.

15 comments:

  1. It's fun to meet sewing/blogging friends! You met up with a great group! I did the same thing last week in Toronto.

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  2. Nancy, I love your hair that way.

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  3. Nancy - that's great you met the ladies for lunch. I'm jealous :o) - maybe next time.

    Wonderful news on the Viking!

    How is your grandson?

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  4. Eek, that's me! Great seeing you as always, Nancy. Let me know the next time you venture in, ok? Looking forward to seeing what you make out of your knits.

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  5. Ah you guys look like you had a great time! I hope Sigrid does come back so that I can meet up with you guys next time. I'm really sorry that I missed this!

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  6. Yay for meeting Sigrid AND Dad's amazing powers of fixing.

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  7. Nancy, what a great post! And people, Nancy's silver hair looks even better in real life. She has just a tiny bit of color left on some of the tips and it is edge-y & looks quite cool.
    So glad you got shop - shop - shop!

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  8. Fabulous! The community of sewists is amazing.

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  9. Really sounds like you all had a great day :)

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  10. What a great day !. Glad you can now finally enjoy your new toy.

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  11. There are few things better than meeting up with Online Sewing Buddies. And I take every opportunity I can to get to NYC fabric stores. Glad you enjoyed your day.

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  12. Oh you gals look like you're having so much fun - what could be better than fabric-ing around (fabric is a verb?....right?!!!), in NYC with lunch with great sewing friends...thanks for the pics.

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  13. Oh what fun! I love meeting sewing friends.

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  14. Nancy, it certainly felt like meeting an old friend. It was a perfect day!
    And so glad your husband got your machine purring again, looking forward to a project with buttonholes ;)

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