Fabrics-store.com has all new colors, and they're on sale!!

[gem]

I think I may faint:
http://www.fabrics-store.com/first.php?goto=showarticles&menu=f&article=1&sa=1&printed=

(And I just bought 20 yards in their *last* sale!)

[bellevivre]

you are evil, like the fru-its of the dev-il


*sigh*

[gypsylakat]

Gem, you're an enabler, I can't even express why I'm sad that I have money in my bank account, and there are new colors... Yet still can't bring myself to make a purchase...

[LadySeasan]

something told me to keep my husbands credit card with me tday....

[Auryn]

you know, thats just mean of you.
I just went through my whole stash of friday and vowed I wouldn't buy anything else until I had turned at least half of it into something wearable or useable.
And then you do this.

[gem]

I know!  I completely don't need anything, either, but now I'm thinking I might just have to line Milord's Gimli tunic in linen, just on principle.

(Ok, I was thinking of doing it anyway, but one of the new colors looks perfect, and it's on sale, and sigh.)

[Aiacha]

Oh thank you, thank you!  I was planning on making some new garb for Sherwood and this will be perfect!

[Artemisia]

Gem, Gem...

Don't make me do it. I've been so good lately.

But there are so many colors. And the price is so right.

I think I'll whimper softly in this corner for now.

[lys1022]

*adds her whimpering to the rest*

So...many...pretty...colors!!!!

And I don't have any money right now!  WAH!!! 

*starts looking at the budget for Friday's paycheck and wondering if she can sneak a few extra dollars out of it*

[DragonWing]

OMG  look at those prices. SOOOOOOOO resonable. I may have to buy some.

[gem]

The great thing about Fabrics-store.com is the reward points you build up automatically with each purchase, *plus* the coupons that come in every order.  After my 20-yard splurge this summer, I had enough reward points to get the linen damask for my corset for free.

[Athena]

Enabler. 

[Rani Zemirah]

Crap...  (sigh)  Now I guess I have to actually click the link, if the sale is that good...  I was going to be so strong and superior!  "Look at me, I can read this whole thread and still resist, because I'm not really an addict... I just like the pretty colors..." 

Uh huh, sure... 

(click)

[Syrilla]

Not looking, Not looking... igh

[Aernn]

Those are very pretty colors.

But I need to know, how soft is that linen?  How heavy is it?  Unfortunately no stores near me seem to carry linen so I can't compare the weights and textures and now what I would be buying online.

[gem]

Aernn, guess what?  They do FREE SWATCHES!!!

I actually find their linen (this linen in particular, the 5.3 oz medium weight) *incredibly* soft, particularly after three or four washes.  Milord has never worn linen before, and I just made him a new shirt for our anniversary, and I was a little nervous, but he found it very comfortable, too!  The dress in my avatar is the chocolate-softened 5.3 oz, and it's a great medium weight dress fabric.   

[Rani Zemirah]

Gem, can you tell me approximately what size the swatches are?

[gem]

Um... not quite the size of a business card?

IIRC, they come stapled to a strip of paper with the swatch information printed behind them.  I found it useful to get swatches in different weights as well as colors.  The colors display *very* accurately on my monitor, but of course YMMV!

[Rani Zemirah]

Thanks for the info!

[Lady Penelope]

OK, I've never ordered fabric online, so of course I am nervous....
I also am planning to make a kirtle and I do not have a pattern for it yet.
Approx. how many yards would I need for a kirtle? (if it makes a difference, I wear a dress size 22/24)