Last week our little friendship quilting group and I went down to the old shopping district of Riyadh to hunt for ribbons and trims and anything else that could be useful for our quilt projects. These are the wholesale suppliers for the rest of the more fancy shops in the newer "malls" of the city. It's dusty and dirty (bring your hand wipes!) but you never know what you're going to find down there and the prices are cheaper than even in the USA!
Rolls and rolls of ribbon - velvet, organdy and satin - in all sorts of colors and widths.
Sacks and strings of beads...
Colorful rayon thread...
This is what I picked up...I even managed to find fusible hemming tape from Clover (for emergencies!) The rayon thread is varigated. The black stuff is rick-rack which will come in handy for - cat's whiskers?!! Yes, I think that was it!
Last week our little friendship quilting group and I went down to the old shopping district of Riyadh to hunt for ribbons and trims and anything else that could be useful for our quilt projects. These are the wholesale suppliers for the rest of the more fancy shops in the newer "malls" of the city. It's dusty and dirty (bring your hand wipes!) but you never know what you're going to find down there and the prices are cheaper than even in the USA! 
Rolls and rolls of ribbon - velvet, organdy and satin - in all sorts of colors and widths. 
Sacks and strings of beads...
Colorful rayon thread...
This is what I picked up...I even managed to find fusible hemming tape from Clover (for emergencies!) The rayon thread is varigated. The black stuff is rick-rack which will come in handy for - cat's whiskers?!! Yes, I think that was it! 
3 comments:
Looks like a lot of good things were there for the finding.
Oh YUM! What a great place to be able to shop! Dusty, dirty hands is a small price to pay to be able to browse through such goodies!
Oh, that looks like a great treasure hunt! Fun.
Post a Comment