NYC Garment District Trip

Sorry I've been absent from the blog world lately. I've just been busy with life. Kids are still home for summer break so pretty much all my time has been spent with them.

I did get a chance to escape to for my day trip to the NYC Garment District/Fashion Center with my friend. This was such a fun experience. This is not a place to go if you are looking for quilting fabrics but it is a place for dress makers, clothes designers and anyone wanting to build their stash with fabulous fabrics. I have to say you need a plan to get through all the stores. It is some what over whelming. I found some stores seem to be duplicates of each other so you really want to hit some of the more popular stores (Paron, Lace Star, Elegant Fabrics, BQ Trimmings, Spandex House, Mood (never made it there), Steinlauf & Stoller, etc.).

My friend, Colleen, is a dress maker at Murhpy Dresses and she was there for several items that she really needed for her customers. We searched high and low for the things she needed. It was quite adventurous ... She has some good stories on her site, especially about our hunt to find NY Fashion Center. It was fun searching and hunting in all the shops for the items she was looking for. She had some good luck with her finds. I was there for the pure pleasure of just looking. I was able to pick up a few a goodies (of course).


These African print fabrics really caught my attention. I purchased them at Fashion Fabrics for approx $5/yd.



Paron Fabrics was my favorite store. Probably because they carried the types of fabrics I like to work with (cottons) ...

Here's the nice man at Paron cutting my $2/yd sweet treats fabric..


Elegant Fabrics had every type of fabric imaginable .. faux furs, shirt fabric, suit fabric, silks, organza, cotton, etc. You get the idea ...


Nothing but lace at Lace Star ... (very cool)


A store with nothing but trimmings. Fun, Fun...
BQ Trimmings ...

Need a zipper ... Go to Steinlauf & Stoller ... I had fun here looking at every color and size imaginable of zippers. They also carried many threads, and notions here.



Spandex House ....
Here are photos of a few other places we were able to visit...


Ladies, if you'd like to go shopping with the guys then just drop them off here at the Midtown Comic Book store.
We shopped to the very last possible minute. We really wanted to sit down at a nice NYC restaurant for dinner but time got a way from us. We stopped at Pret "Just Made' for a sammie .. It was quite yummy (grilled chicken, fresh mozzarella, tomato, lettuce with balsamic vinaigrette)


At last, we get to sit and rest while we wait for our bus to pick us up at beautiful Bryant Park ...

Stop for a game of ping pong in Bryant Park ...
Great trip! :)