My other addiction

Since I’m full disclosure, I have another addiction.

I dream about this place. I can hardly contain myself while I’m there. The people know me there – like by name. There is no other place like it (that I’m aware of anyway).

Curiosity peaked? It’s Fabric World, yes, I’m a fabric geek like that.

As in true addict form, I spread my addiction to others so I’m less of an oddity. I tell the manager I’m ready for my advertising and commission check for the number of referrals I send to this place.

This is one of those places where it’s feast and famine, but I never leave without something. When it’s a famine, I’m still able to scrounge up some cheap notions like an 8 yard roll of pom pom fringe for $3, or buttons for a penny each. When it’s a feast, watch out! They get remnant fabrics from the fabric district in LA. Designer cottons, minky, home décor fabric. In fact on a normal basis there is nothing over $4/yd in the store – including the home décor stuff. However, when they have their really good remnant sales, it is only $2/yd. This is a no thrills store just fabric, and lots of it. I understand for many, the hunt and did thing is not there style, but for me it’s like a treasure hunt!

I hit a new low last time I was there because this stranger walks up to me and asks if my mom owns a bridal shop in Loganville (why yes she does), she said she and my mom got off tangent talking about fabric stores and that she was going to Fabric World. My mom mentioned that was one of my favorite stores and low and behold I was there when she ended up there. Caught like a deer in the headlights.

I’m usually in full manic mode while I’m there grabbing anything that catches my eye, so it took some incredible self constraint while I was there last to take some pictures with my ipod. Madeleine is always so good when we go, even though we, (I mean I) spend hours shopping. You can see her happily content buried in the shopping cart.

Because I sew a ton, and I have a little thing for fabric, it’s so incredibly difficult to have any form of control while I’m there. I can’t get fabric for that price anywhere! I get the bulk of the fabric for Madeleine’s clothes from here.

 

I keep threatening the staff that one day while I’m there I’m going to jump up on a table and start rolling around and throwing fabric like Uncle Scrooge in his money vault.

Love this place. I’ve banned myself for the immediate future, but that doesn’t stop me from thinking about it!