Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-10 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 2:32 pm, Ailith Mackintosh wrote: > I live in NE Ohio, roughly 60 miles south and slightly east of Cleveland. Interesting. Thanks! -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do." -- George Mabry

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-10 Thread Chiara Francesca
be replaced. Check to see if your local Wal-Mart is having this sale this weekend. Chiara - Original Message - From: "Ailith Mackintosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-10 Thread Ailith Mackintosh
I live in NE Ohio, roughly 60 miles south and slightly east of Cleveland. kate - Original Message - From: "Catherine Olanich Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [h

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-09 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 12:05 am, Ailith Mackintosh wrote: > > So I think the fabric departments in Walmarts in areas where Walmart is > > the > > *only* choice are probably quite good; it's in wealthier suburban/urban > > areas > > where they're likely to fail the fabric shopper. > > Not necessar

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-09 Thread Ailith Mackintosh
So I think the fabric departments in Walmarts in areas where Walmart is the *only* choice are probably quite good; it's in wealthier suburban/urban areas where they're likely to fail the fabric shopper. Not necessarily. :-) The only Wal-Mart in my immediate area that will still carry fabri

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-09 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Monday 09 April 2007 10:58 am, Margo Anderson wrote: > I'm in one of those small towns that only have Wal-mart for fabric. > > Some of what I've found on the sale tables there: > > heavyweight cotton herringbone twill, perfect for making corsets, $1 > a yard > cotton duck canvas, $1 > aubergine

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-09 Thread Margo Anderson
I'm in one of those small towns that only have Wal-mart for fabric. Some of what I've found on the sale tables there: heavyweight cotton herringbone twill, perfect for making corsets, $1 a yard cotton duck canvas, $1 aubergine crepe back satin, $2 black slinky knit, $1 plaid taffeta, 60", $2

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-07 Thread Dianne & Greg Stucki
At 02:10 AM 4/7/2007, you wrote: I also haunt my local Pendleton outlet. I dropped the better part of $250 there today, but that was for a total of 64 yards of beautiful Pendleton wool. I was a happy. I walked out with nothing every time I went for the past three or four months, because ther

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-07 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 4/7/2007 2:11:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I walked out with nothing every time I went for the past three or four months, because there wasn't anything worth taking home, at least for me. I'm sure many of us share the thrill of the hunt, w

Re: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-06 Thread LuAnn Mason
]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:24 PM Subject: [h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric Well, our last competition costume (for Archon 2006 in St. Louis) was designed at 11 pm at our local Wal-Mart around the fabric they had in stock. It included black/blue/b

[h-cost] Re: Wal-Mart fabric

2007-04-06 Thread Pierre & Sandy Pettinger
Well, our last competition costume (for Archon 2006 in St. Louis) was designed at 11 pm at our local Wal-Mart around the fabric they had in stock. It included black/blue/brown chinese brocade (acetate probably), yellow quilting cotton, a variegated brown crushed panne velour, and a stretch yel