a little walk
well, sort of! I had a little shopping trip yesterday, one I have not done for a long long time, looking at these bags, any ideas?
Not very hard : ) Yes I had a lovely stroll going from VV Rouleaux to Liberty via The Button Queen and Macculloch and Wallis. It was trimtastic!!
So I shall start at the beginning, I had a chance to nip up to London with John, he had a meeting that would just be in the morning, so we trained up, and then I had about 3 hours to submerge myself in trims, buttons and fabrics, and I tried my best to do all of that and more.
So I took the tube up to Bond Street and went to VV Rouleaux and it was amazing, if you haven’t been there then go, now! I spent about an hour in there, and I really needed double that, there was so much stuff, including this,
and this,
Just wonderful, isn’t it, a lovely soft wool felt with red hearts embroidered along the length, and there is more,
they make me want to have pretty little girls with smocked dresses, no, stop that thought now, and there are more, it is a big post this one,
I think I will get alot of use out of these, more, more and more,
I will use both of these on the next robot I’m making, did I mention that before, yes, I’m making another one, but for the same purpose : )
Well that was that shop, and then I moved onto The Button Queen, a very sweet little shop, which again I really wish I had spent more time in, I really rused the first three places because I wanted to spend time in Liberty, but we are getting to that!
At the Button Queen I got these,
All lovely buttons, the sheel ones are made from Paua, which I have not seen as buttons before, they are all small as well, adding to my collection.
Next I went to Macculloch & Wallis which was another really old shop, stacks of boxes, and all a bit rough and ready, but crammed full of everything you could ever need, I mean they had elastic to mend you bra straps, and industrial reflective stuff for putting on workmens jackets!
So from there, interesting trim,
The bottom trim is like Lycra, which I will use again on the next robot, yay!
And then I moved onto Liberty, which I was so looking forward to, and as with all these things you hype up, it was a disappointment : (
They didn’t seem to have as much fabric as they did the last time I went, all the fabric was so expensive, and madly so, and it just felt like it was there for tourists, maybe I being too mean, after all I did get these,
and these two remnants,
So I have lots to play with, I escaped the house and children for a while, and I really enjoyed myself. If you do it spend more time at VV Rouleaux rather than Liberty! And it’s a nice walk too!
April 25th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Aaah – bliss. I have only been to VVR once and I have to say, I found it so overwhelmingly gorgeous, I bought next to nothing! What a waste.
Lucky you to have such a fun day!
April 25th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Same here, I have only been to VV Rouleaux once, it was like a sweetie shop… but you could not eat anything!
April 26th, 2007 at 7:39 am
I know what you mean about Liberty. The first time that I went they were chock full of gorgeous stuff. But this last time that I went (and it was a special trip just to London for trim/fabric shopping) I didn’t see as many cute prints. It turns out that the first time was during their great annual sale. Who knew? But I was also lucky enough to get a chance to visit The Button Queen and VW Rouleaux. I also agree that I’d rather spend much more time and money in those two shops than Liberty. That said, I did end up with a couple meters of Liberty lawn prints. I’ve never heard of Macculloch and Wallis. I’ll add it to my store list.
Great buttons by the way. I got some of the pale pink/rose ones too.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:40 am
What a wonderful way to spend a morning. Just looked at the sites, fabulous, especially MacCulluch & Wallis. Thing is though I couldn’t believe the prices. I sell antiques and vintage fabrics and haberdashery ( see my flickr) and I now know why I get so many customers. Thank you for introding these shops to me. I live in the North so don’t get to London often.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Wow what a great day out, I am so envious. I agree with you about Liberty (although still notionally my favourite shop) – it’s never quite as good as you remember. Many of the fabrics seem to be to order only which is frustrating. VV Rouleaux I’ve only been to once and I got frustrated because the lighting downstairs was so bad – I couldn’t tell the colour of anything. But I love the look of Macculloch & Wallis (just ordered some stuff, shhh!)