fabric shopping

for someone else... is... such... a... tease!  it's no secret that i could run my own fabric store, so when emma and i went to the garment district to choose 2 jersey knits for me to remake one of her melted dresses, she was on strict orders to prevent me from buying ANYTHING.  dude, even though i've been sewing seriously for 5ish years, i still have never really been to the garment district.  (i have enough fabric, remember?  so well-behaved, hehehehe)  at the top of the subway is a giant sewing needle and button,

along with a statue of a dude on a classic sewing machine!  i was a tourist in my own city!

we hit up paron fabrics and fabrics for less, 2 stores that the sewing bloggers i follow frequent.  (ok, secret is out, i read a lot of sewing blogs hehe.)  emma, who is between 5'10 and 5'11, and i had very different views in the store apparently.  she'd pick out some fabric and ask me my opinion, but i could never see to which one she was referring.  she thought i was nuts, so i took an eye-level pic to demonstrate:

yeah, fabric stores are not intended for shorties.  but, imagine my bliss at being surrounded by so much fabric!!!!  none of which i could buy, of course.  it was fun though.  emma is prewashing her fabric for me (she has a washer and dryer in her new apartment!  lucky girl!) and then i will start her dresses after mom's bday present.  omg, time is ticking.

another pic of the bday boy.  love you, bday boy!