City, Shopping & Sewing
A dear friend and I enjoyed a beautiful day in the City last week, shopping, eating and just having fun. We started out at 10:00am @ Rockefeller Center and walked along enjoying the morning hustle of people.
Quick visit to BCBGmaxazria, why did the sales consultants look like secret service men....lol I was afraid to remove a handbag from its shelf, fearing they may draw their weapons...lol
I fell in love with this Tote $348.00 and Blouse - I like the pleat and the way they accessorized it with a belt.
Hunger set in so we stopped at Dishestogo for a quick breakfast. 




Thereafter, had to visit the street vendors and check-out the pashminas


Then I was in bead heaven, I think we spent a good 40 minutes in Yorkbeads. I purchased a few things, but had to really control myself. Look at that wall of beads.



Talk about ummm umm finger lickin good pastries... 2df!! You know I had to have cannoli... actually our lunch consisted of nothing but pastries...lol

This one

this one
and this one, the pic doesn't do it any justice, but a lovely blue/lt. blue argyle
We ended our day by having dinner at Mardi Gras Cajun Creole Rest. OmGoodness I had the best dish, which was Salmon with mussels, clams, shrimps & calamari in a cilantro sauce & rice.
I had the audacity to attempt more shopping in Forest Hills, which had a few shops and browsed them quickly realizing I was too tired to continue shopping and dragged myself into the house at 10:00pm... Talk about a long day!
With the 3 day weekend I was able to work up one of the fabrics.
The bold diamond fabric.

Only thing that remains for this blouse are the snaps and will search for the tutorial on covered snaps and lastly hem the sleeves.
Comments
Your trip in to the City sounded and looked wonderful. I need to make that trip in the near future. I love the fabrics that you purchased and that blouse is gorgeous. Here's are 2 tutorials I found on line. I hope they help.
http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/review/readreview.pl?ID=1259
http://maytheclothbewithyou.blogspot.com/2008/07/covered-snap-tutorial.html
I like your blouse!
Keep up the good work!
@ Sue: I have yet to master matching print and this was just a blessing...lol
@ Opal: The fabric shop looks like its been there for some time, but not sure. I will definitely checkout P&J Fabrics on my next venture. Thanks.
@ Andrea: Thanks for the links.
I would just love to make my way into MJ Trimmings!!
Great buys!
Sounds like you had a good time shopping with your friend.
Your shirt looks great.I like the fabric, and I really like the blue argyle :)
Isabelle from Kitty Couture had made a little video about covering buttons. You might find it helpful :) (It's the third one down dated Dec 8th)
http://kittycouture.blogspot.com/search/label/Tips-Tutorials-Patterns
Looks like y'all had a blast!!