Sad face. Very, very sad face.
I have received an email that Textile Fabrics in Nashville, THE ONLY REAL FABRIC STORE within driving distance, will be closing as the owner is retiring.
I don't often get to go, as it is a 2 hour drive, and I don't even think I've made it to their newest location (they've moved twice since I first managed to visit), but just knowing they were there was like a security blanket.
I probably won't make it up this fall for the clearance sales; it's not like I NEED more fabric anyway, so I'm just going to have to remember how lovely it was to walk in...smell FABRIC and not cinnamon brooms, and see gorgeous silks and woolens live and in person.
I am grateful for the internet vendors, but even the best of them will sometimes send a 'Hhhhmmmm...' piece of fabric, something that wasn't quite what I pictured from the description. There's just something so luscious about actually touching that piece of fabric and envisioning what it might be...then putting it on the counter and watching it get unrolled and cut; finding matching thread and buttons right there...
I fear that is a thing of the past. At least in North Alabama. There's just nothing around...that I know of, anyway. Textile Fabrics was the last bastion of fine home sewing.
Now all there is...is JoAnn's World of Polyester and Crafts.
I'm going to be kinda blue about this for a bit.
I should find time to sew something I bought from Textile Fabrics in honor of the dreams I have dreamed there...
