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Member since 7/2/04
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Posted on: 7/7/05 7:08 PM ET
Susan C. and I met for a great time in the garment district yesterday. I didn't take many pics, but I though I would share a couple.

A street scene with rolls of fabric. street scene

Inside the Loft...everything is sold by the pound. It's remnants, closeouts and out of season fabrics. We both bought a lot there. rooting around for fabric-have we no dignity?

and Susan getting weighed...well, her fabric is getting weighed. (Not a good pic of her, she's lovely) pay by the pound
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Mary Lynn (Who's finally sitting up and taking nourishment)

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"A woman who works with her hands is a laborer; a woman who works with her hands and her mind is a craftsman; but a woman who works with her hands and her brain and her heart is an artist." (St. Thomas Aquinas, modified)

  
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Posted on: 7/7/05 7:23 PM ET
Wow. I've never seen bolts of fabric on the sidewalk like that. Impressive.

I probably would have been overwhelmed and ended up buying nothing! Sounds like a great deal at the Loft, though. (And it sounds rather "dangerous". )

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With a great wardrobe that's still in the flat-fabric stage.
  
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Posted on: 7/7/05 7:28 PM ET
Marylynn - thnaks for the interesting pics!

RE: Your ..."have we no dignity?"

No need to ask US - aren't you the one who walked out of her underpants in the Detroit airport?

Hahahahah - couldn't resist!

Annie

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Posted on: 7/7/05 7:36 PM ET
(I'm always double checking the elastics on my slips since I read those stories. )

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With a great wardrobe that's still in the flat-fabric stage.
  
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Posted on: 7/7/05 7:55 PM ET
it is hard to have any dignity after you drop your drawers in Detroit! Actually, the only dignified thing to do was step out of them and ignore it.

The district can be a bit overwhelming. I've been there so often now that it feels like home. Some of the shopkeepers even remember me, now. I cheerfully offer 'guide services' to anyone coming this way.
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Mary Lynn (Who's finally sitting up and taking nourishment)

Design Degree??? I prefer my artistic license

"A woman who works with her hands is a laborer; a woman who works with her hands and her mind is a craftsman; but a woman who works with her hands and her brain and her heart is an artist." (St. Thomas Aquinas, modified)

  
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Posted on: 7/7/05 8:29 PM ET
I am green with envy!
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Posted on: 7/8/05 12:23 PM ET
Dignity, nothing! Mary Lynn will tell you I was so happy I was positively giddy! The fabric was $2 per pound and we had a coupon so it was $1 per pound. It's true that it is very overwhelming, but I had MaryLynn to guide me as in "oh- you don't want that" and "yes, you absolutely need that." It was very fun, very cool, and a big thank you to Mary Lynn for showing me the ropes.
  
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