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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Pretty Cotton Voiles at Mood Fabrics
I went to the beach this past Memorial Day weekend and, while there, stopped in a beach shop that featured a collection of tunics in colorful voiles. Voile is the perfect fabric for a hot summer day: It's made of natural fibers (cotton or silk) and it's so lightweight it can be almost sheer. Of course I got a hankering to make my own voile tunic, so I headed to Mood Fabrics on W. 37th Street in the Garment District yesterday. They have loads of pretty voiles in beach-appropriate prints. I left with two yards of a preppy green-and-white print. Check it out….
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Address: 256 W. 38th Street, New York, NYC Phone: 212-398-3538 Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m....
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Guide Fabrics at 262 W. 38th Street is a great source for linings and interlinings. On my way to getting some buttonholes made at Jonath...
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Not many words, really. Just the photos. I'm proud of it. It isn't mine, and I nearly tear up at the thought of having to part w...
My green cotton voile tunic is my favourite summer top - shame the fabric is so hard to find in Sydney.
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