Cheap fabric? I am so there.
Went into Nippori today to go fabric shopping. Yay fabric shopping! Not so yay to getting turned around -- again. (I can't seem to help getting lost there, but I always eventually end up at the intended location. Eventually.) There's an Art/Sci meetup this weekend that I hope to attend, so I needed stuff to make garb. Yay SCA!
Was excited to see a 200 yen table at the first TOMATO store I went in, and got 6.5 meters of this lightweight shiny crepe-y pale pink fabric (think they call them 'silk solids' or whatever at Joann's -- have used similar for garb before) and 5 yards of thin white broadcloth.
Further wandering along the road led to finding a shop with decent prices on yukata-print cotton and flag fabric. I mean, like, a full meter of the Union Jack type flag fabric. I think I'll have to go back there if I ever get around to making that Jenny Sparks-inspired punk-loli outfit. Chee. Then came TOMATO II, an upholstery/interior store. Kept getting drawn to everything for steampunk/loli designs (if you aren't aware, Victorian fashion fabrics were taken directly from curtains and couches. It is that heavy.) Grabbed a 1.9m remnant of this pale green jacquard for Y470 -- the most expensive today. *g* There's also a second-hand kimono shop along this road -- stopped in there, but left fairly quickly as I could feel the temptation vines creeping towards me. Or are they tentacles? *g*
Came across a store that boasted good prices on good goods. :D In fact, they had a bolt of light royal blue cotton sateen for Y100/meter out front -- suffice it to say I bought it, all 6 meters that were left. Very Trimarian color, if I do say so myself.
Went looking for silk shops, and eventually found the one tucked away in an alley. Beautiful Thai silks, but at Y4000 a yard... even with the 10% discount, it's a bit too dear to purchase frivolously. Heading back towards the station on the other side of the street, I found some more shops selling fabric for Y100 a meter. Purchased six meters of red (only slightly darker than that Japanese red -- you know, the orangey color?) cotton broadcloth, and six meters of dark rose... something synthetic. Was probably meant to be a lining fabric, but is soft and drapey and not really sheer at all so it is becoming a new skirt thing.
At the third TOMATO store, they had 5 floors (didn't go past the first today, though) and a Y100 section, so I think I'll have to go back. Picked up thread, though.
So, in total, bought like, 30 meters of fabric. It is heavy. It is also in the process of washing, so I can use it. Whee~
Was excited to see a 200 yen table at the first TOMATO store I went in, and got 6.5 meters of this lightweight shiny crepe-y pale pink fabric (think they call them 'silk solids' or whatever at Joann's -- have used similar for garb before) and 5 yards of thin white broadcloth.
Further wandering along the road led to finding a shop with decent prices on yukata-print cotton and flag fabric. I mean, like, a full meter of the Union Jack type flag fabric. I think I'll have to go back there if I ever get around to making that Jenny Sparks-inspired punk-loli outfit. Chee. Then came TOMATO II, an upholstery/interior store. Kept getting drawn to everything for steampunk/loli designs (if you aren't aware, Victorian fashion fabrics were taken directly from curtains and couches. It is that heavy.) Grabbed a 1.9m remnant of this pale green jacquard for Y470 -- the most expensive today. *g* There's also a second-hand kimono shop along this road -- stopped in there, but left fairly quickly as I could feel the temptation vines creeping towards me. Or are they tentacles? *g*
Came across a store that boasted good prices on good goods. :D In fact, they had a bolt of light royal blue cotton sateen for Y100/meter out front -- suffice it to say I bought it, all 6 meters that were left. Very Trimarian color, if I do say so myself.
Went looking for silk shops, and eventually found the one tucked away in an alley. Beautiful Thai silks, but at Y4000 a yard... even with the 10% discount, it's a bit too dear to purchase frivolously. Heading back towards the station on the other side of the street, I found some more shops selling fabric for Y100 a meter. Purchased six meters of red (only slightly darker than that Japanese red -- you know, the orangey color?) cotton broadcloth, and six meters of dark rose... something synthetic. Was probably meant to be a lining fabric, but is soft and drapey and not really sheer at all so it is becoming a new skirt thing.
At the third TOMATO store, they had 5 floors (didn't go past the first today, though) and a Y100 section, so I think I'll have to go back. Picked up thread, though.
So, in total, bought like, 30 meters of fabric. It is heavy. It is also in the process of washing, so I can use it. Whee~