New Friends and new stuff

I took off for a couple of hours today (um, or so) and met Denise and Betsy at G Street in Rockville. Their new store just around the corner from the old location. We did a little shopping or a lot of shopping, perhaps, and had our photo made in front of my favorite place in the store. Then we all had lunch in the old G Street shopping center. They'd been to Mekong River first and then were headed to A Fabric Place (aka Michael's). I had to go back to work.

Denise found this beautiful wool, fit for Caesar perhaps? For her BWOF coat. She's going to line it with a deep corral silk. Betsy draped it over her and I took the picture so she could see how it looked on her. Good, I think. Very good.

Betsy shopped mostly for "staples" (wallet a little light after Mekong River? I took a gander at that haul, really beautiful pieces). She did get some buttons for a jacket she has planned. Wish I had a photo of both the Mekong hauls and the buttons. But I did get a picture of our feet There's a tiny piece of Denise's fabric in one corner, we'll pretend that's what I was photographing, ok?

I bought some lin gerie lace to try some undies and to finish my chemise. It's photographed on some interfacing (wouldn't want you to miss that) and some turquoise silk - 2 yards, so you can see the white lace. It's all stretch lace except the black scalloped. It's going to edge the chemise.

In fact, I got one edge sewn this evening before stopping to blog and eat dinner and veg out. I'm putting some stabilizer on the edge, then zig-zagging the lace on. A little tedious, but it seems to be working out well.

In addition to the silk I picked up a couple of pieces off the $2.97 wall of goodness. It was neat and tidy (see the photo above) but not very packed. I still found these: The stripe is a wool (probably blend) and the darker brown is a knit with a nice texture. Click to see it better.

And to top the day, this was waiting for me in my mail box from Wendy. Thanks, Wendy. I'm really liking the Yoked top on the far right. And the dress with the belt on the left looks promising for fall (with slightly less poofy sleeves, I think). The Bolero? We'll see.

It was a fun sewing day and don't forget to watch Project Runway on Lifetime tonight.