Date: 9/15/08 10:52 AM

Hi All,

Check out this great article by Kathi Rank. Now, armed with a printed copy of this, you too can have fun in the district. Don't forget to review the stores when you get back!

Fabric Shopping in LA article

Special thanks to MelissaB and Christina Sonja for their featured photos in this article.

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- Deepika
Founder, PatternReview.com
Blog: http://www.deepikablogs.com

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Date: 9/15/08 2:05 PM

Great article! Someday I hope to visit LA's fabric district to see how it compares with my beloved NYC garment district.

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Come visit my new web site, where I write about fabric shopping in the garment district, at http://shopthegarmentdistrict.com/

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Date: 9/15/08 3:59 PM

I posted a message on this board a few hours ago, but it never made it into view. So, I'll post again to give my thanks for a great article that makes approaching the LA fabric district seem so much more manageable than I had anticipated. I've printed and will save (and use) this article on my next visit to see family in LA. Thanks so very much.

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Date: 9/15/08 5:02 PM

Thanks for excellent article Kathi !!!!!
It will be a great resource for everyone visiting LA.
Vonne

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Vonne šOš Brisbane Australia
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Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age and dreams are forever.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

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Date: 9/16/08 4:19 PM

Thanks, Kathi! This will be super helpful if I ever go back. Or I should say, when I go back! I wasn't able to hit up every place I wanted to in just one day...

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Christina
www.assortednotions.com

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Subject: Fabric Shopping in the Los Angeles Fashion District Date: 9/16/08 4:25 PM

Thanks so much. I plan up a trip soon from San Diego......Janice

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Date: 9/16/08 5:31 PM

So much information! I will have to find a reason to come to LA...just as soon as I've sewn down my stash. That should be in about 20 years.

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http://theslapdashsewist.blogspot.com
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2007: purchased 115+, sewed 105+
So close to parity, yet so far

Trying again in 2008
Yards purchased: 133
Yards sewn: Somewhere around 95

2009? I give up

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Subject: Fabric Shopping in the Los Angeles Fashion District Date: 9/17/08 0:02 AM

Great article Kathi! I look forward to visiting the district again. It was very overwhelming the first time - so many stores and so much fabric!

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Melissa B.

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." ~Dolly Parton

Fabric sewn in 2011 ~ 65 1/8 yds
Fabric sewn in 2010 ~ 112 1/2 yds
Fabric sewn in 2009 ~ 137 3/4 yds
Fabric sewn in 2008 ~ 218 3/8 yds
Fabric Sewn in 2007 ~ 209 1/4 yds

My blog ~ http://susie-homemaker.blogspot.com/

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Date: 9/17/08 0:27 AM

Great article Kathi. I'm going to take it with me next time.

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Marilyn

January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.

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Subject: Fabric Shopping in the Los Angeles Fashion District Date: 9/17/08 9:48 AM

Great article!

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