But first, Kyle of Vacuuming the Lawn and I got together for lunch and then shopping. Our first stop was Metro Textiles, 265 W. 37th Street, Suite 908, where Kashi was more than happy to help us select fabrics (thanks for the photo Kyle).
Kyle is wearing Vogue 1351 |
We then visited Botani Trims, 263 W. 36th Street. They have a large selection of zipper pulls you can have installed. At Botani, you tell them the length of the zipper, color and what type of pull and they will build it from scratch for you but be prepared to pay good money for it. (They also have a large selection of hardware, buckles, studs, etc.)
Kyle was happy to find some square snaps at Botani:
Square snaps - yay! |
Then off to the McCall's tour located at 120 Broadway in New York City. The lobby of the building is magnificent. It was huge with incredibly high ceilings. All of the lobby was marble kept in pristine condition. In fact, the building has been designated a federal historical landmark. Just look at the beautiful ceiling (wow):
Kathy Wiktor was our gracious host at McCalls. In the photo below, she is talking to us about the editorial room. Behind her are pages and ideas for an upcoming issue of Vogue Patterns magazine. On the table are black goody bags McCall's generously gave to each of us. Each bag had a magazine, pattern and informational sewing materials.
Kathy also took us to the room where they have photo shoots for the magazine. Besides the camera equipment (of course), we saw a long table full of jewelry, accessories and shoes, on loan from the designers, to be used for an upcoming photo shoot. We also saw a cute little make-up room.
The hallways were adorned with beautiful original fashion artwork:
THANK YOU McCALL'S!
After the tour, the group headed off to the party held at Elliott Berman Textiles. They sure know how to throw a party! There was music, wine, snacks, games and prizes.
Kyle and Awilda |
The best part for me was mingling with all of the fabulous sewists like the wonderful Deepika, founder of PatternReview.com:
Deepika is wearing the PatternReview Winter Street dress |
and Anna Mazur, editor of the Pattern Review column of Threads magazine and author of the recently published book, Handbag Workshop (thanks for the 2 photos below Anna!):
I am wearing Vogue 1036 |
and the fabulous editors of Threads magazine:
and Carol (in her beautiful pink sheath dress) and Peter of Male Pattern Boldness:
THANK YOU Elliott Berman Textiles and a BIG THANKS to Deepika for founding Pattern Review! It is a wonderful site which provides a valuable service to the sewing community.
PS: I added all of the links above in case readers want more information. I have no affiliate relationships.
Gosh this day sounds like a ton of fun! I wish NYC was a bit closer for me!
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun. I am lucky to live so close to NY.
DeleteIt was fun to spend the day with you! The topstitching on your jacket is perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed spending the day with you too! It was great fun. Thanks about the topstitching!
DeleteVery nice post Tomasa. The day just flew by, I wish I could have spent more time there.
ReplyDeleteYes, me too. Time flies, especially when you're having fun.
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