I say that every single time I stock up on what ever it I need for what ever Project I’m making in the many Crafts that I do. It never fails. I’m always missing something or the other. 😁😁😁
Watching those striped silks being pulled off of the roll was so satisfying. Also, I was amused by all of the portraits of ladies in exceedingly ornate dresses frolicking outdoors, because clearly the best thing to wear to play outdoors is 15 yards of silk.
Those are Gainsborough. The entire 18th century aesthetic is embodied in his work, magnificent clothes in a magnificent landscape. Also, outside was cleaner than inside back then.
I love your music choices... they are always cute and quirky! Also, there is a saying in my family that "She who dies with the most fabric, wins!" What contest we playing, we're still debating on because both my mom and I sew clothes, while my aunt sews quilts, so our usage of fabric and types of fabric differs greatly.
You love your stripes, don’t you?😀 I have never seen a sewing machine parts store...so many machine feet! Loved the antique/vintage collections. I can almost smell the roses.
OMG GAINSBOROUGH!!! My horrible day is redeemed by Art. 😃 Thank you Noel. 💐 For y’all unfamiliar, he was a society portraitist of the Georgians. Amazing painter.
"Have you eaten on a plane?" Lmao. My husband was an airline mechanic (now he works on fueling trucks), he even said that was an epic burn. I almost spit out my drink.
That was wonderful!! I love going to the Huntington Library as a child we used to go the 1st or 2nd Sunday in May after Church for my Grandmother's birthday. I loved the Duck Pond. One year mom had me dressed in a full white dress (late 1950s I think the dress had blow-up Intertubes as hoops) with white patent leather shoes. I got too close to the mud around the Duck Pond and slipped in. I didn't get to see Pinkie and Blue Boy that year. I loved the paintings and if I got lost they knew they could find me in the Pinky and Blue Boy Room. My Grandmother told her sister (my Great Aunt Sis) that I liked those paintings and she sent me framed prints of Pinky and Blue Boy.
This is so sweet! My friend grew up walking distance from the library and she was regaling me with memories of when they used to let children ride their bikes on the grounds.
Thank you for taking us on your trip! There were 2 black, white and silver/grey striped silks that I am absolutely lusting over, if I ever make it to LA the fabric district is top of my list to visit!
Your fabric district adventures are always some of my favorite videos. This was absolutely the kind of easy, friendly content I needed today. Can’t wait to see your abundance of riches when you have them ready to share!
A fun adventure to accompany you all on. Thanks to all you knowledgeable Costubers, now when I go to art galleries and museums I obsessively look at the clothing and textile details in EVERYTHING. And oh how well I understand the “What have I done?!” of the post fabric-buying-spree-high hangover. 😆
The detail on the dresses in some of the paintings are amazing. The flow and wrinkles, the highlights and shadings are so life-like. Thanks for sharing!!!
Oh my. The fabric. The paintings. I had no idea that Blue Boy and Pinky were in California! And I love the dark pink classical style gown in one of the portraits. Thank for taking us with you!
Yay! Finally time to sit down and catch up on some of my fave RU-vidr videos. Oh that stripey silk. Oh. Sorry the restaurant was a flop. I have that Walt Disney Black Beauty record downstairs 😀🐴 I adore looking through antique malls. So much cool stuff. Thanks for letting me do it vicariously through you. Looks like it was a beautiful day. Take care.
All the pretty things, think my favourite dress painting was the gold regency, favourite garden is all and favourite fabric was ALL the beautiful fabrics.💖
I was drooling at those embroidered silks.... just as well I have no need for any! (And live several thousand miles away from the LA Fabric District). Gorgeous gardens.
There is just everything about this video that is food for the soul to live vicariously by! I really look forward to seeing your absolutely dreamy fabric choices in future projects. Did you hear yourself say you don't need any more fabric now? What??!
I used to be a member of Huntington Library when I used to live in LA- one of the best places ever. Thanks for bringing back all the amazing memories.💗💗💗
Do you ever go to Luxury fabrics in the fabric district? It's a couple doors down from Home fabrics, and while it has less selection, the prices are usually significantly better. Also, what are your plans for the green and pink stripe? We can wear our dresses out of that and match! 😉
Thank you so much for the wonderful tour. It was interesting from start to finish. I love the red stripped fabric you pointed out. Where I live up in Manitoba is in a 95% shut down. Worst place in North America. Your tour really made me feel like I was along with you. Thanks again 💜⚘💜
Every time you pointed to a specific fabric, it was one I was already drooling over! Slate linen is most certainly NOT black linen. TOTALLY different. Those were the vinyls of my childhood!! I love antique stores! The paintings were so cool...all those beautiful clothes on canvas!!
Goodness what a lot of lovely things you shared!!! Fantabulous fabric fix....naughty Noelle..... laughed when you said I never need to buy fabric again....haha. You so will though. Antiques, collectables, fabrics, gardens and paintings of dresses....what a feast.
I have fabric envy…I look at the stuff at joanns on sale and my wallet says no. One day though I will get some nice linen to sew with. I would probably pick wool over silk cause I am accident prone and silk just feels like it would not go over well. Wool and linen are my dream fabrics I guess lol. I forgot! Thank you for the galavanting though the gardens and gallery shots! Those paintings are beautiful and you could almost feel/hear the silk in some of those dresses in the portraits because of all of the detail that went into them.
Omg the painting of the golden yellow silk dress was amazing! The way the artist captured the way the light hit the fabric folds and stitch lines was so realistic. Still/again in lockdown in Toronto and I just want to go fabric shopping! (I fully support lockdown covid measures, but not the way weak government has drawn out the process instead of being more aggressive earlier on.)
The gardens were beautiful but I have to admit you'd have had to drag me kicking and screaming away from the antiques; especially that 'Surrey with a fringe on top'! (Yeah, probably not right carriage type but it sprang to mind!). Thanks for sharing your adventures with us, Noelle, and for the funky music :D
Yes, I used to have 3 in my city and that wasn't counting the department stores which had fabric and haberdashery. Now we have none and the department stores are closed too. 😭
I just took a picture of a bunch of fabrics I got in the past couple of weeks...all so pretty, but now the tub I've given myself to keep them in is full...and I'm looking for ways to make room for more (in addition to using them....lol). I'm glad you had a fun weekend and shared it with us.
I am sooo jealous!! all of those beautiful fabrics...sigh...one day, maybe, I'll get over there and go nuts in this fabric district,,,we don't have anything even remotely like that, all we have is 2 largish chain store haberdashery type places that have everything from thread to bed linen, it's a bit sad really... I love the stuff you ended up with, it kinda reminds me of my Nanna's "Regency" stripe wallpaper in her "best" room (front parlour)...
So many wonderful treats! Did you find yourself, after going to view the paintings, wishing that you had gone there before the fabric district because of new inspiration? Also, sorry that we missed the bonsai garden. Have you read Terry Pratchett’s Thief of Time? I adore Lu-Tze’s bonsai projects and found myself thinking of them when you mentioned bonsai.
Love it! And I'm completely with you on the black linen. My stash definitely has a variety of different black fabrics that I justify because they are *vaguely* different from each other.
I got to go to three fabric shops this week! I was so happy I bought some random cream jersey, just cuz I could.
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Another fun Video!!! Ace is the place I would go to to get some supplies as well. And I am so excited you got the pink, light green silk!! Excited to see what you create when the fabric fits a project. 😁👍🏼
What a lovely surprise!! Everything looks so amazing!! I’m hoping once things open back up that my small localish fabric district has survived!! I know that my local fabric store has been run off their feet lots of people decided to sew over the pandemic.
Algorithmic support And gratitude for something that looks fun And for your friendly video too. I appreciated seeing the mini art show & the garden montage.
Oh my goodness, I remember Michael Levine’s, Fabric& Fabric and all the little stalls up and down the streets - I remember the places, but not the names - bead shops - trim stalls - rolls and rolls of luscious fabrics - thanks for a trip up and down memory lane, and seeing how it’s all so different now. Yes- The Huntington! 😋. All those dresses!Try for The Getty next time or LACMA, too. - check out the exhibition schedules. If LACMA is closed, there’s always LaBrea Tar pits...🙄😝 Yes, one of my fave places to burn up my budget and my face - LA fabric district is definitely cosplay heaven. And wouldn’t The Huntingdon Gardens be THE place for a costume reveal?- And your seasonal timing was perfect 🤗
Yes! Ive been waiting for this video, since i saw your stories. I live near LA but never gone to the fabric district, it felt so overwhelming not knowing what’s stores to go to.
Great fun! Thanks! My guess- the waxed thread is Silamide (sp?). Used for basting- very smooth and resists tangling. Not sure of the fiber, maybe nylon?
23:41 that vibrant orange silk gown... what kind of dyes do you think they used to get that flame orange color in that era? I think it might be saffron dyed. That is a LOOK AT ME dress. Was that a Dutch painting? Somehow connected with William of Orange
Yeay! A fabric video! I`m so happy that things slowly is going back to somekind of normal! Can?t wait to see what you bought this time! Lots of love and stay safe out there! @drivebyanycraft