Happy Saturday –
This week has been crazy balancing work, personal life and then of course my passion for sewing. I am currently making a pair of culottes and should have them completed today. Do you ever get frustrated with buying fabric online? I know that I do.
My favorite way to buy fabric is to go into the store and touch everything. This helps me to determine the weight and how it will feel while wearing it. I call this process, “fabric therapy.” Unfortunately, I am not able to do this all the time. It could be due to time, or the local stores does not have enough variety of fabrics to choose from.
Personally, I have not had a lot of success with purchasing apparel fabric online. Often what I believe that I am getting and what I receive is two different things. There is a solution.
Fabric Mart every year Julies Picks which is open to the first 500 members. They send you every month at least 30 pieces for you to see and touch. I joined at the end of December, and I have received 3 months of swatches. I love it! You get to see the fabric and touch it so you know exactly what you will be getting. I found my fabric for my Easter Dress and will be ordering from the March Swatches.
The 2022 Swatch Club is sold out, but I would recommend this for anyone who is sewing. They have a great selection of fabric and very reasonably priced and the shipping is also reasonable.
Let me know of tips that you have for shopping online.
Happy Sewing!
Valerie
The Saturday Seamstress 