I spent part of my afternoon at this fabric store. A friend had told my mom about this FOUR STORY fabric store, located in the heart of San Francisco. Since I have recently decided it is time to get my sewing adventures in gear again I was excited to go visit this store.
Every floor contains a different fabric, silk, lace, cotton, gingham….you name it you can probably find it. They also have a whole floor of buttons and appliqués, and misc. sewing items any person could probably imagine.
The fourth floor is filled with remnants – the “leftovers” off of bolts of fabric. This was what I had my eyes set out to find. I can’t afford to pay “normal” Britex prices. Seriously, some fabrics were $65.00 per yard of fabric. But I could not leave this crazy cool fabric store without purchasing something. So I set out in the remnant section to find some cotton flannel material to make burp cloths and changing pads with. I was actually a little disappointed with the selection, but I did find a good deal on some pink patterned material and blue patterned material. So I have the makings for both a boy and girl set of burp cloths. I still have to get terry cloth for the back, but I can get that locally for a good price.
Here are some pics of the fabric I bought. It was hard to get a good photograph of them so I am posting a few in hopes you can get the idea out of one of them!
What a neat place! You should start following my friend Katelyn’s blog! She is a mommy to one of her own and a foster mommy to a special needs baby that she hopes to adopt. Her and her husband are an amazing couple. She also loves to sew and posts a lot of her projects. She’s a cool girl and a good source for adoption info! Love you!
By: Sara on May 3, 2009
at 11:27 pm
I love that store! I haven’t been in years! I miss you and I can’t wait for you to come home.
By: Sammy on May 4, 2009
at 12:10 am
Thanks Sara. I will check out her blog.
Sammy, you’ve been there! Awesome. I miss you too. See you in a week.
Love you.
By: thedianestory on May 4, 2009
at 12:39 am
that is hecka awesome!!!!!!!!! i wanna gooooooo! i love BUTTONS lol. no, seriously. i do.
By: Fallonius Plutonius on May 7, 2009
at 11:24 am
If I would have known that I would have brought you home some! Another time….maybe we will plan a day to S.F. Love you!
By: thedianestory on May 8, 2009
at 7:47 am
[...] made these with the fabric I got at the Britex in San Fransisco. The terry cloth, my good friend already had so she let me use some of what she had [...]
By: The Finished Project « The Diane Story on July 21, 2009
at 12:51 am
Adding this place to my “Bucket List….” Actually I need to write that list down somewhere…doesn’t do a lot of good in my head!
By: Sara on August 27, 2009
at 5:00 am
Seriously Sara…we should make a girls S.F. trip and go together!
By: thedianestory on August 27, 2009
at 5:12 am