In a message dated 2/1/2009 9:14:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, ruthan...@mindspring.com writes:
If a small store does open near you, do your best to shop there, and to educate the owner on your needs. Meanwhile, keep hectoring whatever stores do sell fabric, to keep on selling it, and to stock the kind of fabric you actually want. Actually, I still have a few small, locally-owned, fabric stores near me. I do patronize them occasionally; however, they play fast and loose with labeling requirements and such. Either fabrics aren't properly labeled at all, or are re-wound onto other bolts, etc. And they overwhelmingly go in for polyester. I really, really, want to know what I'm getting when I buy. Flame tests aren't foolproof, besides being kind of a pain in the neck--either one has to sneak a few threads or buy a small piece, and some of these stores aren't amenable to selling, say, 1/8 yd. pieces. Ann Wass **************From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000023) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
