Shepherds Bush - Goldhawk Rd Fabric shops

SHEPHERDS BUSH
GOLDHAWK RD FABRIC SHOPS

 If you have never been to Goldhawk Road looking for fabric then you need to prepare yourself, cos it will 'blow your mind!'

Never have you seen such an incredible mix of quality fabrics at amazing prices.

Classic Textiles, I've been going to since I was a kid, they have ends of lines from big designer names.

I'll go there without a clue of what I gonna make and come away inspired to create loads of stuff.

The fabric choice is just so varied.

You can get a mix of pure and synthetic silks in loads of colours for under £10per metre.



Click on fabric for close-up

   Look at the above amazing 'Digital Print Pure Silk Cerub' fabric £25per mtr but you could get away with buying 60cms (£15 ish) and making a simple top or 1mtr would make a lovely long dress as it's very wide.

I've got some so I might show you what I do with it in a later tutorial!



Click on fabric for close up

  And this is sequined net.
It has such a great weight and drape. £22 per mtr but again to make a lovely tank top with pink ribbing on 'V' neck and around armholes costs about £14, (just like the Missoni Tutorial but make 1inch bigger on each side as fabric is not stretchy)

 A1 Textiles are great for fake furs and more unusual edgy fabrics like, sculptural neoprene and fake snakeskin leather.

Upstairs at A1 they have a new Haberdashery dept that's really handy but for an even bigger selection head into the market next door, I'll be posting about there soon cos it's 'brilliant!'

                And A-Z Fabrics are great for pure silks in loads of colours in loads of shades.

 Silks here are around £6-£8 per metre

Ok well that was all the good news, the really, really bad news is that the Council have given permission to a developer to knock all those shops down.

Some  shops have been there for nearly 100yrs, Classic Textiles 50yrs.

And they're demolishing the Market!

So if you want to get into to sewing, get yourself down there soon, cos it will give you that extra push to really inspire you to get sewing.



Tutorial 10 - Upstyle, Flower Applique onto Cardigan

Tutorial 10
Upstyle, Flower Applique onto Cardigan

For this 'Upstyle' tutorial I've used 'Digital Fabric Paper' and printed using my home printer.

It comes in cotton and silk and dries in minutes.

1.  To make a garland of flowers I had to print 2 halves as I only have an A4 printer. Once fabric is dry, peel away from paper backing.

2.  Then lay onto some 'Bond a Web' and cut out.



3.  Press with iron.
You can peel off paper backing but I prefer to wait till I've cut out the image.



4.  Cut around each garland and laying them on top of each other work out where you'll need to cut them to make them fit.

                                            Now is a good time to peel of paper backing

Stretch cardigan onto ironing board and layout your printed fabric.

Once you're happy press into place.

5.  When everything is pressed now you can sew using a straight or zig zag stitch, all around your design.

This method can be used for any piece of clothing.

Looks really great to build up a collage of prints onto the back of a coat or jacket great upstyle project.

My Digital Printing Fabric paper was bought from 'Crafty Computer Paper'. online.