Clothing fabric help please

Hi Guys,
OK -- I have hit all of the Joann's in the area and can't find the fabric I
need. I bought some stuff about 2 months ago that was in with all that crappy
sale fabric they seem to have tons of. this is gonna be my "almost" costume
Mardi Gras gown for next years Bacchus Ball.
I have a design in mind and can make the gown but it will have to be my
"plan B" design. The fabric is black lycra type stuff which is covered with
rows of little lycra ruffles alternating with rows of what looks like black
Estaz fiber -- I kid you not! For those who don't know Estaz fibers, it is one
of the "hairy" ones -- short little pieces of sparkly plastic-y type stuff that
is all smooshed together somehow and is used to stitch stuff like ballerina
skirts on cutsey XS designs. I bought everything that was on the bolt whidh
was only about 1 1/2 yds. To do what I want with it, I really need 2 yards --
one yard for the front of the skirt and one yard for the back. This means I
need another full yard of this stuff and I can't find it anywhere. I can find
the fabric in navy blue, lime green, baby blue or the most god-awful yellow
ever imagined in an LSD induced trip! No more black is to be found -- at least
not around here.
So -- if any of you are gonna be out and about at your local Joanns, would
you check the sale fabric section? You'll KNOW this stuff when you see it
because all of those rows of teensy ruffles and the hairy Estaz like fibers
that are REALLY shimmery -- LOLOL! From the back side, all you see are the
rows of stitching that holds the ruffles and the hairy stuff to the lycra
ground. If you find it, buy me a yard (2 if they have it) and I will send you
money, stash, chocolate, my first born -- just about anything!!! You all know
MOI and know I am good for it so you don't need to come home and e-mail me that
you have found it and ask should you buy it. I don't care if five of you buy
it and e-mail me!!! I'll take it all and reimburse all of you for it -- that's
how bad I want it. Besides, if I got THAT much of it, I could make the hooded
cape that I really want to have too :-)))))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

Oy' Talk about missing opportunities!!! I could have maybe cornered the
market on Black Estaz fibers! ROTFLMAO

Fred
http://www.stitchaway.com

If you are on thin ice
you might as well dance!

"Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply " wrote in
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Hi Guys,
OK -- I have hit all of the Joann's in the area and can't find the
fabric I
need. I bought some stuff about 2 months ago that was in with all that
crappy
sale fabric they seem to have tons of. this is gonna be my "almost"
costume
Mardi Gras gown for next years Bacchus Ball.
I have a design in mind and can make the gown but it will have to be my
"plan B" design. The fabric is black lycra type stuff which is covered
with
rows of little lycra ruffles alternating with rows of what looks like
black
Estaz fiber -- I kid you not! For those who don't know Estaz fibers, it
is one
of the "hairy" ones -- short little pieces of sparkly plastic-y type stuff
that
is all smooshed together somehow and is used to stitch stuff like
ballerina
skirts on cutsey XS designs. I bought everything that was on the bolt
whidh
was only about 1 1/2 yds. To do what I want with it, I really need 2
yards --
one yard for the front of the skirt and one yard for the back. This means
I
need another full yard of this stuff and I can't find it anywhere. I can
find
the fabric in navy blue, lime green, baby blue or the most god-awful
yellow
ever imagined in an LSD induced trip! No more black is to be found -- at
least
not around here.
So -- if any of you are gonna be out and about at your local Joanns,
would
you check the sale fabric section? You'll KNOW this stuff when you see it
because all of those rows of teensy ruffles and the hairy Estaz like
fibers
that are REALLY shimmery -- LOLOL! From the back side, all you see are
the
rows of stitching that holds the ruffles and the hairy stuff to the lycra
ground. If you find it, buy me a yard (2 if they have it) and I will send
you
money, stash, chocolate, my first born -- just about anything!!! You all
know
MOI and know I am good for it so you don't need to come home and e-mail me
that
you have found it and ask should you buy it. I don't care if five of you
buy
it and e-mail me!!! I'll take it all and reimburse all of you for it --
that's
how bad I want it. Besides, if I got THAT much of it, I could make the
hooded
cape that I really want to have too :-)))))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
.
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

With this description, sounds hard to miss. I'll try the hancock's and
G-Street Fabrics (there's a huge one near me). You just never know.

Ellice

On 10/26/03 2:21 PM,"Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply"
posted:

Hi Guys,
OK -- I have hit all of the Joann's in the area and can't find the fabric I
need. I bought some stuff about 2 months ago that was in with all that crappy
sale fabric they seem to have tons of. this is gonna be my "almost" costume
Mardi Gras gown for next years Bacchus Ball.
I have a design in mind and can make the gown but it will have to be my
"plan B" design. The fabric is black lycra type stuff which is covered with
rows of little lycra ruffles alternating with rows of what looks like black
Estaz fiber -- I kid you not! For those who don't know Estaz fibers, it is
one
of the "hairy" ones -- short little pieces of sparkly plastic-y type stuff
that
is all smooshed together somehow and is used to stitch stuff like ballerina
skirts on cutsey XS designs. I bought everything that was on the bolt whidh
was only about 1 1/2 yds. To do what I want with it, I really need 2 yards --
one yard for the front of the skirt and one yard for the back. This means I
need another full yard of this stuff and I can't find it anywhere. I can find
the fabric in navy blue, lime green, baby blue or the most god-awful yellow
ever imagined in an LSD induced trip! No more black is to be found -- at
least
not around here.
So -- if any of you are gonna be out and about at your local Joanns, would
you check the sale fabric section? You'll KNOW this stuff when you see it
because all of those rows of teensy ruffles and the hairy Estaz like fibers
that are REALLY shimmery -- LOLOL! From the back side, all you see are the
rows of stitching that holds the ruffles and the hairy stuff to the lycra
ground. If you find it, buy me a yard (2 if they have it) and I will send you
money, stash, chocolate, my first born -- just about anything!!! You all know
MOI and know I am good for it so you don't need to come home and e-mail me
that
you have found it and ask should you buy it. I don't care if five of you buy
it and e-mail me!!! I'll take it all and reimburse all of you for it --
that's
how bad I want it. Besides, if I got THAT much of it, I could make the hooded
cape that I really want to have too :-)))))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
.
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

The fabric is black lycra type stuff which is covered with
rows of little lycra ruffles alternating with rows of what looks like black
Estaz fiber -- I kid you not! For those who don't know Estaz fibers, it is one
of the "hairy" ones -- short little pieces of sparkly plastic-y type stuff that
is all smooshed together somehow and is used to stitch stuff like ballerina
skirts on cutsey XS designs.
Is there any way you can post a picture of this fabric? It was a great
description, but I'm terrible at interpreting descriptions.
We have a Hancock's, Joann's and another craft store (which just bacame
a Ben Franklin's) that has a lot of fabric. And I can't imagine that
Mardi Gras fabric would sell very well in North Dakota! LOL!
--
Joan

See my first-ever design he
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/joan.jpg

"Stitch when you are young and poor, frame when you are old and rich."
- Elizabeth's (rctn'r) sister's MIL (Barbara Marr)

From: Joan Erickson


Is there any way you can post a picture of this fabric? It was a great
description, but I'm terrible at interpreting descriptions.
We have a Hancock's, Joann's and another craft store (which just bacame
a Ben Franklin's) that has a lot of fabric. And I can't imagine that
Mardi Gras fabric would sell very well in North Dakota! LOL!

LOLOL -- well, it's not Mardi Gras fabric, just the fabric I want to make my
dress out of for the Bacchus Ball next Feb in New Orleans. I can scan the
fabric and then e-mail you a pic of it. I have no place on the net that I post
pics anymore. I'll have to wait until DH gets home so he can show me how to
use the new scanner he bought a few months ago. I have the copy function down
pat but haven't had to use the scanner yet :-))). Also, trust me -- there is
NO WAY you could ever NOT recognize this fabric :-))) HONEST!!! The fabric is
some flavour of Lycra so it is stretchy in both directions, the ruffle rows are
about 1/5" wide; the sparkly, hairy stuff is maybe 1/4" wide; the rows
alternate between ruffles and sparkles and are 1" on center; black is black
unless you are seriously color blind and then it's anybody's guess :-))).
When DH gets home tonight, I'll have him show me how to scan and then I'll
send the scan to anyone who wants it. But trust me, if you see this fabric
you'll KNOW it's the right stuff. I mean, who, in their right mind, would make
more than ONE type of fabric like this -- LOLOL? If I could wear either that
psychadelic yellow or the billious lime green, I would have gotten one of those
colors. BOY -- you'd see me coming from about a bazillion miles away -- LOLOL!
CiaoMeow ^;;^
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

On 10/27/03 12:41 PM, in article
, "Joan Erickson"
wrote:

Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:

The fabric is black lycra type stuff which is covered with
rows of little lycra ruffles alternating with rows of what looks like black
Estaz fiber -- I kid you not! For those who don't know Estaz fibers, it is
one
of the "hairy" ones -- short little pieces of sparkly plastic-y type stuff
that
is all smooshed together somehow and is used to stitch stuff like ballerina
skirts on cutsey XS designs.
Is there any way you can post a picture of this fabric? It was a great
description, but I'm terrible at interpreting descriptions.
We have a Hancock's, Joann's and another craft store (which just bacame
a Ben Franklin's) that has a lot of fabric. And I can't imagine that
Mardi Gras fabric would sell very well in North Dakota! LOL!


Mary - I found it in Navy but not the black! sorry!
Cheryl

Did anyone catch the name of the fabric and/or manufacturer? It might
be available online.

Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:
The fabric is black lycra type stuff which is covered with
rows of little lycra ruffles alternating with rows of what looks like black
Estaz fiber -- I kid you not! For those who don't know Estaz fibers, it is
one
of the "hairy" ones -- short little pieces of sparkly plastic-y type stuff
that
is all smooshed together somehow and is used to stitch stuff like ballerina
skirts on cutsey XS designs.

--
Brenda Lewis
WIP: "Big Bird", Janlynn

Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote:


LOLOL -- well, it's not Mardi Gras fabric, just the fabric I want to make my
dress out of for the Bacchus Ball next Feb in New Orleans. I can scan the
fabric and then e-mail you a pic of it.
That'll work! I'll be watching me mailbox in anticipation of this
TiaMary fabric.

--
Joan

See my first-ever design he
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/joan.jpg

"Stitch when you are young and poor, frame when you are old and rich."
- Elizabeth's (rctn'r) sister's MIL (Barbara Marr)

From: Brenda Lewis

Did anyone catch the name of the fabric and/or manufacturer? It might
be available online.

HMMM -- I'll have to check the bolt end next time I am in Joanns. There's
still a fair amount of it in navy and a *whole lot* of that green and the
yellow -- LOLOL! Anyway, the info might be on the bolt end -- assuming it's on
a regular cardboard bolt and not some joe mcgee, jury rigged hunk a cardboard
:-)))! I can guarantee you, it ain't printed on the edge of the fabric LOL.
CiaoMeow ^;;^
..
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

From: Joan Erickson

That'll work! I'll be watching me mailbox in anticipation of this
TiaMary fabric.

OK -- I am in the process of e-mailing it to you. Let's hope it doesn't take
as long for you to download it as it's taking me to upload!!!
I just went and measured how much fabric I'll need *with my dress shoes on*
and it's more like 1 1/2 yards!!! If anyone finds this fabric, that's the
minimum length I need -- I will happily take more but I need at least 1 1/2
yards. Thanks & CiaoMeow ^;;^
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!