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PR Weekend 2013 San Francisco April 26th - 28th 2013
Deepika   Intermediate MA USA Member since 2001 Posts: 10449 Founder	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/9/12 4:17 PM Yup, We are planning way ahead this time. Since we couldnt do SF this year, we're going to plan for next year! Since the Bay to Breakers falls on "our" usual PR Weekend, lets beat them to it. update The dates have been moved to the last weekend in April because of a great location we scored! April 26th - April 28th This is just a save the date post and also a call for volunteers for next year. If you are interested in planning this event or helping out, please post on this topic and we'll put together a committee for next year. Planning ahead will benefit everyone. So please pitch in to help if you can. -- Edited on 2/1/12 3:15 PM -- ------ - Deepika Founder, PatternReview.com Blog: http://www.deepikablogs.com
Sherril Miller   Advanced CA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 7235	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/9/12 4:59 PM Not sure what I can do from down south, but I'd be glad to help. And YEA! for San Francisco next year. ------ Visit my blog at http://sewingsaga.blogspot.com If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well; and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST! - TSL
Neefer Intermediate CA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 2658	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/12/12 12:35 PM I can help, but on the condition that we move it to Oakland. Oakland is much more accessible. It's less expensive. It works just as well as SF as a starting place for excursions, except, I suppose, for destinations in The City and maybe the peninsula. The same may very well be true for San Jose, but I don't know the south bay as well. ------ Neefer aka AgitProp and Village Churl Sewing Blog: http://www.oaktrees.org/blog/ Bonny lass, bonny lass, will you be mine? You shall neither wash dishes nor serve the wine; But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, And feast upon strawberries, sugar, and cream.
Ethansgram   Advanced Beginner NV USA Member since 2008 Posts: 30	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/12/12 12:39 PM Thank you! I'll look forward to it. I haven't been in San Francisco in ages and I'm excited about the plans. ------ Grandma to arguably the cutest 7-year old ever!
Luckylibbet CA USA Member since 2003 Posts: 1388	Login to reply to this post In reply to Neefer Like this post Date: 1/12/12 12:46 PM I agree with Neefer - it'll be a lot easier to find an affordable hotel in Oakland, and Oakland is a pretty central spot for starting a fabric crawl. Besides, the NY Times listed Oakland as one of the 45 places to go in 2012 - well, I know we're talking 2013, but still... 45 Places to go in 2012 ------ Suo ergo maledicto Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. - Steve Jobs
Sherril Miller   Advanced CA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 7235	Login to reply to this post In reply to Luckylibbet Like this post Date: 1/12/12 4:09 PM That was a very interesting list. Thanks for sharing it. ------ Visit my blog at http://sewingsaga.blogspot.com If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well; and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST! - TSL
Deepika   Intermediate MA USA Member since 2001 Posts: 10449 Founder	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/13/12 5:24 PM We are researching meeting rooms and sleeping rooms in SF. Let us know the activities you'd like to do while we're there. List the fabric stores you'd like to visit and the speakers you might be interested in. ------ - Deepika Founder, PatternReview.com Blog: http://www.deepikablogs.com
Ethansgram   Advanced Beginner NV USA Member since 2008 Posts: 30	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/13/12 6:52 PM Sandra Betzina is located in San Francisco, and if her costs are not too much, she does a great job. I attended a couple days at an ASG event with her, including a pants fitting workshop. She's very personable and down to earth. She's probably pricey though. ------ Grandma to arguably the cutest 7-year old ever!
Luckylibbet CA USA Member since 2003 Posts: 1388	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/14/12 1:51 AM Ideal Fabric Crawl: Britex (San Francisco)- very few can afford them, but great looky-loos! Apparently the source for high end custom dress makers in the Bay Area. I've only bought trim there, the yardage price is too rich for my wallet. Stone Mountain & Daughter (Berkeley) - terrific fabric at prices very little more than JoAnn. Great source for indy patterns. Good selection of knits. Clearance yardage on the upper floor, in their classroom (my kid learned to sew there!) Lacis (Berkeley) - Museum of lace. Not much for fabric hogs, but wonderful if you're into corseting or tatting. EVERY boning imaginable, plus all the gear if you are into making your own lace. Knitters heaven for supplies outside of yarn. Piedmont Fabric (Oakland) - founded by a former employee of Poppy Fabric. Small, but choice high end fabric at "reasonable" (ie comparable to Emma One Sock) prices. GREAT buttons! Happy Stop (Oakland) - We'd need to call ahead to plan that one for sure. He opens approximately whenever he feels like it. Cash only. Cheap knits. (I've never actually been there, but have heard lots!) Back in SF - Ribbonerie - very small store with great selection of trim, but it's kind of out of the way in Laurel Heights. Satin Moon - similar to Piedmont Fabrics in their selection, but again, out of the way in the Richmond district. They are disadvantaged in that parking is wicked difficult in their neighborhood. But kitty corner across the street is Fabrix - inexpensive designer fabric. Small store and it's a pot luck what you'll find. Member sfshaza shops there all the time, but she's closer to SF than me, so she gets all the bargains. To go farther afield: Thai Silks (Los Altos) - Small store with nothing but silk. They advertize a lot in Threads. Fair prices for what is admittedly upper end goods. But Los Altos is quite a ways outside the Oakland/Berkeley/ SF area, being about forty miles south of SF .... Edited to add; Not a fabric store but a wonderful resource - SCRAP-SF. Chock full of miscellaneous goodies! Edited to add again: Contact Stone Mountain & Daughter for teaching resources. Sandra Betzina is allied with them, but if you can't get her then Nicole Vasbinder is a terrific resource, and she's more appealing to a younger demographic. At PR Weekend Portland a few years ago, the younger demographic was important. -- Edited on 1/14/12 2:09 AM -- -- Edited on 1/14/12 3:09 AM -- ------ Suo ergo maledicto Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. - Steve Jobs
sfshaza Advanced CA USA Member since 2007 Posts: 182	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/14/12 3:11 AM I know this is a year too early, but there will be a Jean Paul Gualtier exhibit this coming May: DeYoung website. Perhaps there will be something equally interesting the following May. I don't know how far afield folks are willing to travel, but, in Marin, is Dharma Trading. Down the peninsula is FabMo, but that would require special arrangements. ------ http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/

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