Ok.. so on the first Saturday of arriving home, I went to shepherds bush to source and hopefully buy my fabric! Due to shopping at shepherds bush for my 1st year end of year make project; I knew there was a whole highstreet of shops with a very large variety of choice! This; I think was partly also why I didnt want to purchse the fabrics I had seen at Hansons fabric store in Dorset, when we had gone as a group; as I knew I would be able to get very similar if not the same even (if I took my swatches along) for a much cheaper price. Also the joy of these types of very small competitive shops as opposed to somewhere like 'Hansons' (more of a warehouse store) is you can to some extent haggle to get a price that you are more comfortable with (as many of the shop keepers are very aware of their 'on the doorstep' competition which may well also stock that fabric and offer a better deal!)
This trip was very worthwhile also as I could look to see if there was any more individual components or beads/ decorational elements that inspired a decorational sample idea or that I would not be able to find at a later date when sourcing these and therefore would not be able to buy now! This was not actually the case.. however going to the fabric shops there again.. bought right back the sheer variety of choice but not sacrificing quality!
The shop assistants were very nice and are happy to help! Through explaining what the material I had selected would be used for (James' dress coat) The shop keeper was able reassure me that the weight of the fabric would be good for a jacket; and gave me information on the suitability regarding washing, dry cleaning, drying, stain removal, absorbancy! The shop keeper was extremely happy to help and through eplaining I was a student and my project he was willing to support me by discounting the fabric slightly (knocking off £5 from the total bill) as it was a university project!
Despite travelling costs which, (due to good planning; going on a saturday with weekend fares on oyster being very cheap) came to £10 return, my shirt and jacket fabric came to £25 in total! Therefore, even if I added the £10 travelling costs to this; £35 for all of my fabric is extremely cheap! Having set the budget with the other group members at £100; this would mean I have enough money definately for the decorational elements I was hoping to purchase! (Which I had worked out the price of before buying my fabric so that I knew the price I was aiming for with my fabric!)
The trip only took from mid morning until early afternoon which meant that I still had the rest of the afternoon to get on, so did not lose time and could finish off my pattern drafting that I was set back on slightly!
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