fabulous fabs

Posted on April 12, 2006 by mariko

So Carolyn and I did no knitting whatsoever during our trip to Australia. This does not mean, however, that the trip was completely craftless. We went to a fabric store in Sydney and peered into windows of ribbon and button shops (they were all closed, or shut, if you are Australian). We also went to a cute fabric shop in Darwin, and when we reached Melbourne we happened upon a really great fabric store: Patchwork on Central Park. They were very nice in there, and the owner even let me snap a photo of her:

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The shop had, pant pant, Japanese imports. I restrained myself (I’m not telling about Carolyn) and just got a few small pieces:
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Can you see the mushrooms on the pink and green fabric? I had to get the crocodile one, of course, since Australia is known for all their crocs. Now, what to make?

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8 Responses to fabulous fabs

  1. freecia says:
    April 13, 2006 at 01:06

    What a totally cute shop! So very awesome.

  2. alice says:
    April 13, 2006 at 06:52

    Awesome fabrics–I dig the elephants, too. 🙂

  4. carolyn says:
    April 13, 2006 at 08:12

    i was more restrained than i wanted to be…

  5. shanwen says:
    April 13, 2006 at 08:54

    hello mariko, i am a new knitting blogger and i truly enjoy reading your blog..
    By the way, i am from melbourne and i live near east malvern too.
    I agree that the patchwork work shop is totally awesome

  6. Daphne says:
    April 13, 2006 at 13:02

    Dude. I might have to leave work now, drive down to PDX and wrest that pink and green fabric from your hands.

  7. Danielle Cruz says:
    April 14, 2006 at 09:06

    OMG i’m in love with the pink one. i HAVE to find someone in melbourne interested in swapping some of these fabrics!
    btw, your blog is my favorite craft blog – it inspired me to learning how to knit and to make my own blog 🙂

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