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Friday, March 25, 2011

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In anticipation of my first skirt project, I ordered an invisible zipper foot for my sewing machine. It turns out that the place to go for Janome parts in Vancouver is actually the Pfaff store... I didn't realize they were affiliated! In any case, that's great for me because it's right on Granville, smack dab in the middle of my commute home. I was worried this foot would be expensive, but it only set me back twelve dollars. Win!

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My assistant inspects the merchandise


A few doors down, there was a carpet store with a few going out of business sale signs in the window. Now, I'm not in the market for a carpet, but they had a rack of pashminas outside. Upon closer inspection of the goods (and the signage), I realized that this was something I've been seeking for a long time: REAL pashminas. Affordable ones. Clearance sale, twenty five dollars each, 60% pashmina and 30% silk. I almost bought a beautiful champagne-coloured one, but it had a very visible knot in it, so I went with this bright blue instead.

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I've been looking for one of these ever since I stupidly elected not to buy one in the markets when I was in Hong Kong. I've regretted that ever since! If you're in Vancouver, a natural fibre junkie like me, and in the market for a genuine Pashmina, check out Caspian Carpets on Granville. There are quite a few pretty colours to choose from. (Probably not for long, though!)

In other news: Pendrell 2.0 is off to a smashing start. Sleeve alternations look very promising. Keep an eye out for finished photos in the next day or two!

6 comments:

  1. have to say (janome owner too) i'm not that into the pfaff shop. it just seems that most times i go in there, they don't have what i need, or tell me i don't need what i want (such as a stitch in the ditch foot for top stitching on garments; i think i read that it's good for that purpose on the janome site itself).
    but i want to love them. and the lady with the bangs is pretty awesome.
    i think there's a place near royal oak skytrain that carries janome feet - and not on special order. i'm gonna give them a whirl.

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  2. Oh, thanks for the heads-up! I have to say, I placed a special order for this foot and they weren't really that great about it - they told me it would take a week and it took twice that long. However, I wasn't in a hurry so I wasn't annoyed about it, but I might have been if I'd needed it. (I was probably more annoyed that they didn't call to update me.) But they were friendly enough when I went in.

    I'd be interested to know if you have a better experience elsewhere! I have to say, someone trying to convince me I don't want/need something always rubs me the wrong way. (I've had that experience at a certain local knitting store. We told them what we were looking for and she said, "why would you want that?" Uh, okay.)

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  3. so this is where i think i'm going to try: http://www.frasersewing.com/about.html
    really confusing website, but hopefully the shop has lots of goodies! happily i live near the skytrain so it's not too much of a trek!

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  4. Whoa I agree about the website (a new window launches every time you click a link?) but it looks very promising for accessories/notions/etc! I should check that out!

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  5. The Pfaff/Janome connection is interesting to know!... it kinda explains why a friend found me a manual for an elderly Pfaff serger that happens to be identical (except for the colour) to my equally elderly Janome serger. Hope you have fun with your foot... I've decided I need a different zipper foot for my Janome regular machine, I really hope I don't have to order it in!

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  6. Producing identical machines under different brand names seems like cheating! LOL But then again, at least it means you got a manual :)

    I've just finished the muslin for my first pencil skirt, so hopefully I'll get to try out the foot very soon!

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