Back in June, the bf and I went on a road trip down through Idaho and Washington state. It was awesome. The drive was absolutely beautiful and I really enjoy visiting Seattle (Pike Place Market was so cool). We even got a chance to go kayaking, which I totally fell in love with. One other thing we made sure to do was go to a fabric store and look for a dressform. Since I had the bf in tow (he only has so much patience for fabric stores), I only ended up going to one major fabric superstore: Hancock's. For those of you with a Hancock's in your neighbourhood, this might not sound exciting at all, but prices for patterns (99 cents for McCall's) and the dressform were much better than here in Canada. So after a lot of thought on the matter, I decided to get the basic Sewperfect model by Dritz. It's pretty basic, but it was relatively inexpensive, so I won't feel bad when I need to upgrade in the future. Here she is (sorry the photo quality is a bit poor):
So far, I've been really happy with her, but I only set her up last weekend, so I'll give a full report once we've spent a bit more time together.
Here's some pictures of our trip!
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| Puget Sound |
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| Space Needle |
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| Pike Place Market |
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| Riding the golden piggy (bull riding style) |
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| At the first Starbucks |
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| Glass statue in Tacoma |
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| Glass sculptures |
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| Guy blowing glass at the glass museum |
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| Ballard Locks |
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| Lift-y bridge near the locks |
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| Cutest honey truffle evar! |
That looks like a great and solid dress form!
ReplyDeleteI live in Canada too, and am definitely going fabric shopping next time I'm over the water (Seattle is a 2 hour ferry ride from me). Was it Hancocks in Seattle you went to? I can also get a ferry to Port Angeles, WA, but the ferry times mean you only have about 2 hours on shore before you have to go back (unless you want to stay overnight), but this is just long enough to go fabric shopping...See a theme here! haha. I managed to get a secondhand mannequin from the local online used goods website, or else I could never have afforded one. Why are sewing goods so expensive in Canada? Booo :(
ReplyDeleteAhhh I love Seattle. I've been several times but haven't had a chance to explore it too much (made it to the space needle one year, and the market another, and I was THRILLED to see the fish guys!). I was really hoping for a picture labelled "the 12th Starbucks..." LOL. I was looking for a place to eat one time and could literally stand at one Starbucks and see three others, it was hilarious (but it was late and they were all closed and I was hungry, so that was less hilarious).
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