Fabric buying at Mood in NYC!

Thankfully, this project has coincided with a plan to go to New York to visit some friends because, honestly I don't know where else I would find boucle! Even online the pickings are slim, plus then you can't see it and touch it which makes such a difference.

This was the first time I've been to New York since I began sewing so it was my first trip to Mood. It was, in a word, overwhelming. So many pretttttyyyy things! Fortunately I was on a time crunch and had to stick to my list or I might now be mortgaging my house to pay for my fabric binge.

My boyfriend was also with me and looked all over the store for Swatch (the store pooch that occasionally appears on project runway) to no avail. He kept coming back to where I was to report "I found a water bowl but no dog" "I found a painting of Swatch but no dog." He was so disappointed!

It was also busy! I thought people did not sew anymore?!?

I recently asked at a chain store here in NC if they had boucle...they did not even know what it was. Sigh. Fortunately at Mood, they have a whole aisle!

In wool paradise!

I bought the following for my jacket:

3 1/2 yards of tweedy deep plumb and white boucle - I intentionally avoided a plaid to make the sewing process easier since this is my first French jacket
2 yards of deep teal china silk for lining - I'm probably going to get a different lining fabric as I now have reservations about the color I chose and thickness of the fabric.
8 buttons - Mood gave me one that doesn't quite match so really I only have 7.

Swatch of my main fabric. It looks a bit black but is really a very dark plum/eggplant.

I still need:

A chain to weight the bottom - Mood did not have any, but M&T Trimmings has several options available online, unfortunately I did not have time to visit their NYC store
Trim - I did not like anything Mood had and my color is hard to match
Potentially new lining

Does shopping count as project time?

Estimated total hours spent: 7

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