I love fabric. Love love lovelovelovelove it. Even if I have a moment (it’s rare, but it happens) that I don’t feel like sewing, I still want to look at fabric. I love looking at it in person and online, and I love imagining what I’d do with it all!
However (believe it or not), I’m on a budget, and so I have to be strategic about my purchases. I have quite a stash, and I like having my favorite fabrics on hand because it helps me think about possible projects.
I often buy fabric on sale, and don’t necessarily bite right away when a new line comes out. I like to wait and see what people are doing with prints before I decide about some of them. In fact, my favorite fabric line (at the moment) is hope valley, however, I didn’t buy any of it for a long time until I had seen it used in other projects and came to love it. I really love how well it plays with so many other fabrics. I’ve been keeping my eye on this line, because I knew I wanted to stock up before it was out of print.
Lucky for me, I have a friend who keeps me posted on these important matters– Brenda runs the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild, and also runs her own fabric shop on esty! Pink Castle Fabric has been one of my favorite places to shop for fabric because I LOVE the lines Brenda orders, and she has really reasonable prices (it also helps that I can pick up my fabric in person!). If you’re thinking about getting some Hope Valley before it’s gone, Brenda’s shop would be a good place to do so– she still has a lot of the prints in stock!
A little while ago I was over at Pink Castle Headquarters (aka, Brenda’s house), and snapped a few photos. Brenda has SO much good stuff in her shop, and will continue to get more… in fact, she’s taking preorders for the Flea Market Fancy re-release this spring! I’m excited to see how it pairs with Hope Valley, I’m imagining a big patchwork quilt.
Brenda also often snaps up fabric as it’s going out of print, like the Anna Maria Horner pastry line voiles and Folksy Flannels. I took the opportunity to stock up! I’m always a sucker for Anna Maria Horner prints, and when I know they’re going out of print and are on sale, it seems crazy not to get some! I had a fat quarter stack of little folks voile prints, and I was really excited to get the pastry line voiles to go with them!
It’s been really interesting to see the “behind the scenes” at Brenda’s shop, so I thought I’d share it with you all! Plus, if you’re looking for a place to buy some great fabric, you know where I’m going for mine!
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I don’t know if I’m more jealous of you — you got to visit in person… or Brenda — she gets to live with this fabric goodness all of the time!
Yummy stuff! Love Brenda’s shop.
Fun to see! You’re lucky to be nearbye for sure.
I love Brenda’s shop! You are so lucky to live close enough to see it in person =)
Thanks for sharing tthe “behind the scenes” with us!
Looks like heaven in there 🙂
I’m not sure if I could sleep with all that fabric goodness in my house! Thanks for the fun visit! I will definitely check out her shop!
I’m drooling on my laptop at all those pretty fabrics! I have a whole pile of Hope Valley waiting in line for inspiration to strike. Sometime I think I bought it just to look at. Happy sewing!
Thanks for the Pink Castle Tour! I’ve ordered from Brenda a few times and her service is great, hers is one of the shops I always check when looking for something in particular. Thanks for the heads up about the pre-order, such a great idea, I’ll have to figure out my wish list.
Oh, wow, it’s so cool to get a behind the scenes look at Brenda’s place. I don’t think I’ve ordered fabric from anyone but her in a few months, her prices and selection really are that good!