Posted by craftyangie February 21st, 2008 in sewing, skirt | 2 Comments »
The honeymoon, Luna de Miel in Spanish, is defined as “a holiday taken by a newly married couple” never did I think it would involve buying fabric!
It was a crisp, beautiful October morning in Madrid and we were heading to one of the many things Loren -a friend and coworker from my old job who happens to be a MadrileƱo- had recommended to visit while in his city. Our hotel happened to be on Calle Atocha…well, so did this Ribes & Casals fabric store!
Boombadeus, probably jokingly, pointed out the windows of the fabric store we were about to pass on our left. I soon noticed a sale sign. We just HAD to stop and check it out.
Ten minutes, plenty of Parisina childhood memories and about 20 Euros later, we came out with four metros (a little over 4 yards) of tweed; two of a red one -on sale- and a beautiful white and black one (pictured). Read the rest of this entry »