 All right, you guys back in my car got some recycling in the back Okay, so after I posted the video Taking you guys along to the Charlotte, Joanne Many of you commented that you'd like to see the Hobby Lobby So I've got to head out to the Hobby Lobby today because I need buttons for the trench coat I'm working on as As well as this little number that you guys are going to see in Maybe a week or so I'm doing kind of like a little comparison to hopefully educate you guys on Why I like Vertical fish I dart so much so that'll be fun But I've got to get some buttons to finish up both of those projects So I thought I would take you along with me and we can check out the Hobby Lobby together what I'm Expecting based on the Charleston Hobby Lobby and what I've seen online from other people's Pauls and whatnot is that there is going to be Limited garment fashion fabrics perfectly fine But what I am eager to learn is more about their pattern selection. So the Charleston, Joanne was seriously so good at Getting the new patterns in stock that I never bought patterns at the Hobby Lobby. I just never needed to So I don't know if there's a sale going on I'm not even really planning on buying any patterns today But I want to see what books they have out and then I want to see if they have the new patterns out It would be amazing like top-notch quality if they had the new vogue spring That would be 10 out of 10 This would be my go-to pattern purchasing place a lot of alliteration there But if they don't have that then simplicity spring early spring would be next and then Before that wasn't it but Erick's early spring So I want to see if they had any patterns that came out in 2019 because the Joanne does not So just do a little comparison on the pattern front and see what it's like. It's a little bit of a hike It's further out than my Joanne is so it's got to be good in order for me to make this trek But we're on our way. It's a beautiful sunny day even though. Well, I mean it's 50 degrees so By all accounts not that bad. I don't even have a jacket today. Just this like wool sweater. Goodwill Anyways, check back with you guys when I get there fingers crossed that I don't get lost Okay, all right, I found it it looks like every other hobby lobby I've been to so far and if I thought that Where the Joanne was was like desolate and then all of a sudden out of nowhere pops up a strip mall this place is like Even pushing that envelope even further. There's literally every single Retail store you can think of in Like a half mile area. I'm talking literally all of them This is just like commerce Amplified to a level I have never seen before Um, but anyways, we're here the store actually does look pretty big So that's good and if I like their selection I could certainly knock out all my errands in this one area. So it's not like I'm just coming out here and then That's all I can do. So there would be good time management associated, which is nice. I might have forgotten my Ear buds, so I'm not sure how much you're going to Be able to hear me But I'll do my best to speak loudly and not scare people in there talking to my phone Okay, let's see what it's like. Okay, so they actually have four racks I Four of a payroll fabric My the Charleston, Joanne only seemed to have Maybe like one or two. So this is impressive. It is a lot of polyester Also, it's not organized like all the lightweight like drapey stuff isn't together in the cotton stuff together or the eyelet It's not like that It's not even organized by color. I don't really know if it's organized at all, but there are some really like pretty prints And it seems to be okay quality, you know, I mean it certainly is cheap I mean that's six dollars a yard and then 30% off So I mean at the very least they do like to cover Yeah, 100% polyester, but Cotton feel it just feel like a wall or something. Anyways So, yeah, that's what we have in terms of that isn't even a payroll fabric. That's just Valentine's Day But this is what we have very kind of trendy, right I mean look come on How cute is that right And then adorable little kids out that all they have our kids clothes displayed I think because it takes so few So little fabric to make That is adorable. How did they? Get the back because I was just wondering if I made shorts like this How do you not sit on? the things Did they pull them all off? Doesn't look like it Because that's a super cute outfit that I would make an adult version that fabric is Right here So it's 11 90 90 yard and then 30% off But where's the coordinating? backside This one has pearls all over it I'll ask her and see what she says. Anyways Let's go check out the patterns Which are right job Okay, so we've got McCall's early spring We've got simplicity early spring And that's it. No Vogue I didn't miss speak earlier. I was talking about McCall's early spring not Butterrick so let's see if we can find One of the case this was definitely an early spring pattern M7 889 so let's see if we can find M7 889 788 Well, that doesn't make any sense 7886 to 8146. Maybe they're not in order 7. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they have them all in There's 886 And that's Vogue So wait, they don't have them Okay, let me do some more digging before I film this Okay, so from what I can tell they do have the new simplicity spring Or early spring remember that one Definitely remember that one because I want to get that one But they don't have McCall's So that makes me feel like maybe They aren't shipping to storms, I mean That seems crazy, but yeah, they don't have anything that goes past 7886 so all the New ones they don't have but they do have a large inventory and it's all organized so That's a plus but yeah Bummer and the McCall's one has been out longer than the simplicity So looks like maybe I'll be ordering online like I thought Quark fabric to make like tow bags or clutch bags so $23 a yard it won't focus but Come on There we go $23 a yard and then all their home duck stuff is 30% off always so What would that be still like 16 $17 a yard Sorry, I got a phone call. So that would be like 16 $17 a yard. You don't need that much to make something It's so wide to Okay, not getting it today, but noted They also have a really cool clearance home deck clearance and then also Remnants So that's nice to search through But other than that everything else is pretty standard stuff So okay, so I'm all done The pattern thing I asked her about it. She said if we have the books we have the pattern So maybe that one pattern is missing and I'm like no I'm like there's a whole chunk, but supposedly the woman that runs the department was on her lunch break and So the girl that was helping me didn't really know what she was talking about I'll get back to that though the shorts with the pearls on them So they're two different fabrics the front fabric with the pearls on it is one and then there is a chambray That is the backside So when I grabbed those two fabrics they didn't match so it must have been like a Different di run a different batch a different bolt Something it just it just was a little bit off and there's even like a really really light colored one And they didn't look right together either and I know that like Joanne has that pearl chambray So I can go replicate that with Fabrics that I know I can find other places no big deal But when I was asking her about the shorts she did offer to go Into the break room and ask the lady. So I thought that that was really nice and super helpful of her Certainly wasn't lazy But you know, obviously I Couldn't like have a conversation. So all of the questions I had in Response to her the answer. She had gotten from the fabric department lady She's like, yeah, I don't know and I wasn't gonna have her run back there like 14 times. That was silly I said I would just come back But I did buy a couple of things so I thought I'd show you what I got First of all, I got my buttons that I needed. I Got one set of buttons that I needed you guys I literally want the most simple buttons that I know I've seen a thousand times before But Joanne didn't have them. These people didn't have them. So I'm gonna have to go to One of the notions places in New York City will not go to but go to their website. What's the the big one? I can't think of the name of it. Oh Anyways, it'll come to me. I Really can't think of it. Anyways, I'm gonna have to go online to find the buttons is long story short Um, I also got some shoulder pads that I need for the coat So that was something I hadn't thought of that I needed but I saw and I got and then so okay So this is the chambray that is the backside of those shorts that didn't match the pearl eyes chambray but I did get a bunch of this because it was like $5 a yard after the discount and When I saw this I knew exactly what I would make with the chambray Ta-da, it is Tassel trim and all these different colors so cute right and then so I'm gonna make like a Like a maybe off the shoulder A-line trapeze Tint like dress And use this as the hem Something like trying to do this in the car something like this Won't that be so cute on the hem of a dress? and then I got some extra so if I wanted to do it or there's like a If there's like a flap or something I can do it there too or maybe only they are not on the hem I don't know I'm gonna play around with it But I just thought the colors were so fun and the scale was right for a hem So I got a bunch of this the trim was all 50% off to actually everything I got today was on sale the notions were half off trims half off and the fabric is 30% off But this was only $6.99 to start with so it wasn't super expensive to start with but anyways, so there you have it. There's my First experience at the hobby lobby Technically, I'm in Matthews, North Carolina, and I feel like Matthews and Pineville Total opposites so the Joanne was like we need to not be near the hobby lobby and the hobby lobby is like we need to not be near the Joanne so they Conspired and they're like this far apart But out here there is also a Michaels and a That other art More AC more crafts never been there before maybe they'll have my buttons. Maybe I should swing by there and see if they have the buttons Those craft stores really just don't have a great button selection, but I am already out here. I Don't want to add to my to-do list. All right. Well, I gotta go because I'm an extra errand to run now, but Thanks for joining along. I Hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you all very soon. Bye