 Good up for day three Getting ready to leave and head to McCall's. I thought I would do a really quick room tour since we're getting ready to go Basically, I'm in one corner of the room and there's the door So small room, but New York City. So what can you do? Here's our little bathroom? It only has a standing shower no top or anything little toilet little vanity with some storage And then we got a king-size bed that we shared and then Outside rolling on the seventh floor outside is some construction, but honestly they weren't working over the weekend So we haven't even really heard it until this morning So that was good and then just a little desk area and a TV There's a mini fridge and a little coffee maker that we didn't use either one of those and Yeah, that's pretty much it Not much else to say about it. This is the Hampton Inn on 39th and between 8th and 9th Avenue Really close to everything in the garment district close to lots of restaurants close to Times Square I Like the location of this a lot. They give free breakfast, which isn't like the most spectacular thing, but It fed us sustained us one less thing for us to have to worry about whenever we leave here. So yeah, that's it That's where we stayed. I give it. I don't know probably three and a half stars Five it was noisy in the hallway like we're right by the elevator and so all night long people coming and going But anyways, so we are headed out. It's raining. So I'm not gonna be able to vlog on the way But we're going to McCall's and I'll check in then. Bye Yeah, so I bet you hear that a lot my grandmother. No, you have a ton of history. Yeah You know over the years Old selling tools and it's like your own little museum. Yeah So how many iterations has the office had oh They've been around a lot. Yeah Tori like in your mind Say it again. You have all of this inventory like stored away your mind somewhere in my mind. Yeah, you're like Oh, I know what would work for that my mind. Yes. Definitely. Yes. She's a great fabric. I I've been doing it a long time Yeah process. Yeah, they say repetition is everything So fun, it's cool. It's cool. And you know some some dates are older, but those are left up there as a reference Oh, that's right. We did have that let me come back and see what they have. So yeah, please ask me. I'll go to watch you Wow Very cool Yeah, that's really neat and then back there are prints. I mean basically the prints are in the back Of the room Collection print collections. We have a coffin print collections. All the prints are out there. What are the latest in zipper? You know, so we we stock all this stuff. That's so cool. Yeah And then when they make this sample they just come pull from here they come Yeah, well, no not pull they order. Okay, occasionally we steal and We're at the orders of the board. But mostly it's um It's just an ordering Cool. Yeah, so you would go through here and you look and you you pick out your patterns Wow This is an 1876 pattern book That is amazing. Yeah, isn't it? Isn't it crazy? So, um Yeah, we've hit a lot of patterns even back then Yeah, I see you did. Yeah, look at the details. The options are endless. It's crazy So I guess here's you know, here's how we styled it Yeah, I mean look, she's like working out in the field. I mean, I don't know how many patterns you're making now where you Or she's playing croquet That's active wear. Yeah, exactly. It's the new atlaser Okay, so let's Cute and these are the ones that you're doing the the remake the reproductions of where she is. Yeah um So for butterrick and mccalls Um, they'll take a look at the Design and then make it in-house for vogue We do those with actual patterns. We have to have the actual vintage pattern because They want to recreate it 100% accurate. I think they even still use the same instructions So, um, that's how we do those Skating outfit. Yeah. Oh, of course Cute baby secrets Pats boots Pats and boots Floor to ceiling shoes Very cool. Oh, baby shoes Neato flip-flops We just wrapped up at mccalls. It was Yeah, it was very cool. I couldn't film a lot of stuff because they were all working on future Patterns and so they didn't want any of that stuff to be on the internet, obviously But what I can say is the new stuff looks really cute Um, we got to meet like all the designers and see the studio Um, I'm trying to think of other things. I didn't vlog The pattern making the muslin illustration. Yeah, there was service. Yeah We went everywhere up in there in their office and it was really really awesome. Um, so we are Leaving here now and um, I think we're gonna We got some suggestions from Meg and Peggy who is their like fabric person and we do their Broadway and um So of some stores that we hadn't heard of so we're gonna go add those to our list anyway, so they um So they were really helpful so it's like it stopped raining and um We're gonna make our way back to the garment district and get shopping So we will be in touch and it stopped raining. I know. Yep So we have made it to metro for the elevator heading up to the ninth floor and I'm gonna go on the corner and you should see Kashi sitting right there We're gonna go in do some shopping. We'll show you what we buy Okay, let's do got just that 45 so I need to This for you? No, that is me. I don't How would I amber help me you go ahead? So we stopped into this Well new to us place called butterfly fabrics because we saw these cotton sateens from the window So they have lots of really cute prints. They were like eight dollars a yard amber got this one Mine you can't see from here um, but yeah butterfly fabrics 237 west 35th and they're open every day I mean, he said like eight 9 30 to 6 8 30 to 6 every day so they also have lots of like Places and do peonies and silks and sequins and all kinds of stuff. So That's where we went to our on our way to elliott beer man Now and also meg told us about a place that you can't remember the name But she has the address so we're gonna go check that one out Okay, so elliott beer man was like, I don't know four stores down um seven floor 225 West 35th Um on the seventh floor. So we're headed up there. We've never been to elliott beer man before we both have won the social media contest We've gotten fabric from them for free, but have never been to their store. So we'll see what it's like So we are at elliott beer man. This is what it looks like Very kind of like warehousing Yes Um Here from france mostly italy's all out of that. So I got a knit uh viscose aka rayon Um knit that reminds me a lot of anthropology. It's going to be a cute tiny pocket tank And I also got a really great cotton rayon woven jacquard maybe um That I think is going to be really nice. I want to make like a pleated skirt Maybe get to flare dress. I'm not sure and then amber is getting two knits one to make a top and one to make a dress Um, both florals. So we saw a lot of stuff that we got here. It is on The expensive side, but not that much. I mean a lot of the stuff that moved was like 12 to 14 dollars And this stuff was like 16 18 dollars. So Not that much different in price all things considered a couple of extra bucks a yard But everything here feels so good like all that rayon and They're that they import feels really awesome So, yeah a couple more things added to the stash I'm not sure the plan from here We only have like 45 minutes. So we might run by that shop that meg recommended and then Um, probably have to get back to the hotel from there. So I can zoom So we made it to the one that meg recommended. It's called prime fabrics 212 west 35th street And you can see they have like Kind of a little bit of everything These are some laces And some knits, I believe back there And brocades and Amber found A knit that she really likes and it was like eight dollars a yard. So I imagine that's pretty reflective of The rest of their prices Not super expensive, but not like cheap cheap either Kind of in the middle. They have a lot of really cute stuff There's just so much of it and it's all so different that you kind of have to dig Like You can see there's like it's not just solids. It's not just prints. It's kind of all mixed in together So you kind of have to pull things out and feel them and look at them and You know, see what you like New store for us prime fabrics. Also, um, as we were leaving elliott beer man, we talked to their owner manager, um, eugenia And she said she does a lot of stuff that we didn't know Um, they on social media used to be elliott beer man textiles And they changed their name to ebt fabrics. So on facebook and instagram. They have a newsletter Um, so they're doing a lot more with social media on the retail side They're mostly wholesale, but um, they do they are doing some stuff on the retail side But she said they're having a big sale april 10 50 off so go and Check them out and see if you like anything their stuff. Like I said is usually imported Really high quality really nice. Like we're both really excited about the stuff that we got there So you want to check them out and save a little bit of money? um Go to the sale starting april 10 But i'll let you know if we get anything from prime fabrics where we are now, but this was a really good recommendation bag Thank you If you've ever wanted to know how they Roll the bolts at a fabric store. They've got this huge machine and they just take it off of One big one and put it on another big one cool, huh? Probably the biggest adventure of the whole weekend Was cramming all that fabric and if you guys and half empty Like book bags and amber had to use the extender on her bag My book bag is filled to the perimeter fabric in every single section And that whole thing is full plus amber's got some fabric in her little red bag there So we're hot Our backs hurt Our hands hurt But we are on the way to the airport. We're on the New Jersey transit train back to EWR Where we still have to check in and then get to our gate So We've got a lot of a lot of trouble ahead of us, but we got so many good things A lot of fun. I think even if we had more time, we didn't have more space So we couldn't have Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, I didn't ship anything from metro. I thought about it But he's wanting to charge me 20 dollars and I was just like, you know, no, I couldn't Right exactly so I thought that I would just try and Grin and bear and get the fabric home myself and a gala got it in amber even said she's like I don't know where he put all that fabric I was like it's like It's like the clown car of fabric. I thought we're gonna be wearing this I have heard people doing that Um, if you put it on your body, you can get on the plane. So Um, so yeah, we managed somehow so we will Um, get to the airport We have leftover cookies from last night. So that might be dinner and Just kind of relax. We're not in a huge rush to get to the airport. We don't board for another Two hours So we've got plenty of time to kind of take our time and not stress So We'll see And exhibit oh and that yeah, we've done so much that I even forgot about that Is Like our main motivation to go right now. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. And um I'm so excited because we added another fabric store to our favorites list things to mix Yes, exactly. It was the um prime fabrics. We didn't get to spend a lot of time there at all It was so much bigger than Yeah, it's like Four times as big as metro and they had a lot of the same fabrics for the same prices So I think next time we go we'll hit up prime before we hit up metro Just because they have a bigger selection and stuff. So We um, we're separated by a seat and so we just asked the girl to swap with us anyways Um, so yeah, we added another Store to our list which was exciting really honestly the weather held out like I Used my umbrella for like two blocks and then I never used it again We were indoors a lot in subway and then on the tour so You know, we weren't outside the whole time but But um, yeah So it was good. I can't wait to get home and Wash all my fabrics and I'll probably put a bunch of them in my culette planner Full-on haul video maybe I can get Amber to do one on her phone and send it to me and I'll include it um, but She's been posting a lot of her stuff to instagram anyway. So hopefully you've been watching that um What else? Yeah, maybe I'll do a video of putting my stuff in my culette planner and what my ideas are But yeah This is it. It's been so fun. We are delayed on the way home. So we probably won't get home till late So this will probably be my last update for the trip But I really hope you've enjoyed the daily vlogs. It's been fun and interesting to do I don't know what I feel about like whipping out a camera in public People got I got with some weird looks sometimes but Whatever So, yeah, this is it for this weekend. Yeah, thanks for watching. Thanks for coming along and Welcome aboard in the express. Thank you for flying with us