dressew

While I was in Vancouver for my work conference, I walked a few blocks (okay, several blocks) towards the 300 block of West Hastings into the Heritage section of the city (still the good part of Hastings) and hit Dressew. It is a huge fabric store that has just about everything, include thread, zippers, ribbon and some very quirky things too -- crazy Halloween wigs for instance.

I was very restrained - mostly because I had to fit whatever I bought home in my suitcase. Here's a photo of what I bought and a few photos of the store. The prices were very good - fabric for less than 4.99 a metre, buttons for covering at .99 (they are over $3 in Fabricland), zippers for .79 cents, Gutternman thread for 1.49, etc. They don't have many patterns - just some Burda.

My work conference was pretty jammed packed with sessions, but I did manage to make some time to do a bit of Christmas shopping and check out the Vancouver Art Gallery. I think after our super ambitious schedule that we had on our NY trip, everything seems really easy now as far as city sightseeing!