Confession: I love fabric! I collect it, stacks of it, vintage and new. And I want to share a Bay Area secret-- Stone Mountain and Daughter Fabrics. It has been a Berkeley fixture for decades. And it is one of the Bay Area's premiere fabric sources for fine fabrics, offering vintage reproductions, Japanese imports, silks, batiks, themes, and more.
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wall of silks |
Stone Mountain has so much fabric that it is really too much for me to be able to share it all. So I'll share my can't miss sections.
One of my favorite sections is the immense silk room. Stone Mountain has just so many types, shades, solids and prints of silk, and the prices are really fantastic.
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Dupioni |
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designer silks |
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Habotai |
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awesome prices on Habotai |
And there is an extensive collection of Japanese fabrics-- the modern Kawaii, the Sakura, and the traditional.
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modern Japanese prints |
Fabric is classed in many ways, by color, by subject, by fiber. Here are some of the Goth prints that I picked up on my last visit.
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Lawns |
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skully prints |
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Swiss Dot |
There is always a huge sale section.
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a small selection of sale fabrics |
Of course, there is a wall of whites in every shade and weight for that perfect match. And there are lots of wool felts for the hatter in you. I am excited to share that Stone Mountain is giving every BlytheCon San Francisco attendee a 20% off coupon in their goodie bag! They are located just steps from the Downtown Berkeley BART station, so it is a super accessible location.
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Coupons for BCSF goodie bags and a gift certificate for the raffle |
I will leave you with a picture of these 2 fantastic pieces of silk that I got to make the Chiffon Dress pattern from Momoko’s upcoming BCSF Demo.
Yummy!
See you at BlytheCon!
Thank you for the Keane card that was in BlytheCon SF goodie bag! I had seen her art downtown many years ago before I ever had a Blythe. Those big eyes are iconic. I wish I had the time to go to the fabric shop! The good thing was that Priscilla Flowers (the traveling Blythe) got to come home with me. Thanks again! Cristina
ReplyDeleteThank you for the Keane card that was in BlytheCon SF goodie bag! I had seen her art downtown many years ago before I ever had a Blythe. Those big eyes are iconic. I wish I had the time to go to the fabric shop! The good thing was that Priscilla Flowers (the traveling Blythe) got to come home with me. Thanks again! Cristina
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that you like your card. A big part of the hobby for me is sharing with people. I am so happy that you got to bring Priscilla home! Congrats!
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