Hello all, while I have been fairly quiet on the mailing list until
today there are a few things that have been waiting to be passed along
to everyone.
First:
I know of an excellent source for good, plentiful, and usually dirt
cheap fabrics, trims, notions, etc. They now have a website I believe
but you must visit their stores in-person to shop. They offer student
discounts on fabrics now also although they usually were willing to
give me the discount in the past when I inquired about it. It is called
Jo-Mar and they are located throughout the Philly area. Most of their
fabrics I was told are leftovers from wholesalers and such (in NY in
particular) so the fabric can be purchased sometimes in huge
quantities, and generally measures about 54" which is great for large
projects.
The inventory is constantly changing and varies from store to store and
once something is gone it's gone for good so I've learned to stock up
to be sure I don't run out and end up stuck later with an unfinished
project. The location I frequent in the Northeast has quite a few
rolls of 100% cotton tape and is already preshrunk. It's 19cents a yard
and absolutely authentic and perfect for making period underpinnings
where drawstrings or tapes were used. They have a million yards of
different eyelet trims and laces right now too. Not to mention how many
millions of yards of LARGE rolls of satin ribbon they have right now,
all different colours. They are sold in 100 yard rolls for $5.00.
If anyone would be interested in coming to this area to do a Jo-Mar
shop-hopping trip I would be more than happy to lead the tour since
I've been to nearly all of them, excluding locations on the far end of
the city or those that have just recently opened. If anyone would be
interested in a middle man who cannot get to this area, I would also be
glad to find my way back to the yahoo group pages where goods can be
traded and list some things for sale. It's usually better though to go
in person because quantities vary and are constantly changing with
fabrics.
Second:
One other thing I would like to mention again that I think I mentioned
last year, is that I would like very much still to organize a group
where the costumers, reenactors, vintage dancers, etc. in this region
can unite and possibly plan public events of our own. This was
experimented with breifly last summer but did not succeed. However, if
anyone would be interested and is in the Philadelphia/Southeastern PA
region please let me know.
Thank you all for your ear and hope to talk soon.
-Justine J.
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