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

My friend needed buttons, she had one button left from a garment and was hoping she would be able to find exact one. So a visit to MJ Trimmings was in order, I hadn't been there in over 10 years and WoW have they expanded, I was so overwhelmed that I didn't buy one thing....lol However, my friend was able to get the exact buttons that she wanted.
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. We continued walking and checking out various stores and ended up at 28th Street, but the hustlers quickly gave us reason to move right along...lol. So we jumped on the train to Little Italyand decided we would have lunch at Ferrara Cafe


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
Before heading to Queens we stopped at N.Y. Fabric Warehouse (406 Broadway, NYC 10013) which is a small shop packed floor to ceiling with fabric. It definitely could've used better lighting, but the young lady was so helpful, pulling the bolts out and schlepping them as far as to just outside the shop for a better look. They had some lovely suiting fabric and again I refrained from spending buck wild and just settled for 3 pieces:

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.

Pattern: New Look 6952, Misses blouses with 5 options, including ruffled hem. This pattern is super easy and the button placket was just as easy, it was just a matter of folding along the fold lines & stitching. I'm considering covered snaps using the fashion fabric instead of buttons, now if only I could remember where I saw the tutorial on covered snaps...lol The pattern includes a cuff for Version E, but omitted that and cut them shorter by 4".
Only thing that remains for this blouse are the snaps and will search for the tutorial on covered snaps and lastly hem the sleeves.
Until then... have a fab Week!