While JoAnn Fabric is great for street wear projects, when it comes to dance wear their fabric selection is limited. Don’t get me wrong, you’re still going to need JoAnn’s for all of your notions, but unless you live near NYC you’ll need to go online for fabric.
So when the envelopes full of swatches started to pile up, I finally got organized. Fortunately most of the New York stores send their swatches stapled to a sheet of letterhead (including Spandex House, my favorite!), and for those that don’t you can just staple the samples to a piece of paper with the store’s contact information. Then I bought some top-load poly sheet protectors from Walmart, slipped each page into one, and put them together into a loose-leaf binder that I already had. I was also able to put my Swarovski & Preciosa crystal sample sheets from Dreamtime Creations (another favorite) into the book.
It’s great being able to find everything in one place!
By the way, as long as I mentioned the Swarovski & Preciosa crystals, I really suggest buying some sample pages if you plan to do a lot of stoning. The charts are clear so that you can see what the color will really look like with your fabric behind it, and the charts have size samples as well. Soooo much better than spending a lot of money on stones that looked great on your computer screen and being disapointed when they finally arrive.
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