Shopping in Brighton

This is a remnant I picked up at Ditto Fabrics - it's 100% cotton and brushed on one side.  Less than £2, I picked it up because I liked the colours and the weight.  I think it will eventually become a bag.  The shop was packed from top to bottom and front to back, all sorts of everything.  If you like working hard to search for fabric then this is a shop for you.

 

Beads, beautiful beads - from the Brighton Bead Shop

I thought these would be a nice embellishment for my Africa quilt which is pieced but awaiting quilting.

This little chap will be attached to my Gecko on the Wall quilt - awaiting hanging.  From the Brighton Bead Shop

And this larger gecko from Kissing Fish will be part of the hanging of the Gecko quilt.  We loved this shop - full of wonderful things from Indonesia.

Some little fishes I liked at the Brighton Bead Shop.

These glisten like swarovski crystal, the photo doesn't do them justice, very tiny and I couldn't resist.

This is brightly coloured cotton muslin - bought at New Fabric Flair, 51 Gardner Street - in the North Laines shopping area - no website.  This shop is even more packed than Ditto Fabrics - you have to squeeze past piles of all sorts and other customers, to get to the back of the shop - only to find it is a dead end and you need to retrace your steps to escape.  Not a great experience, I don't need fabric that badly, but I understand that some folks do and there was no shortage of them in there buying lots and lots and lots and lots................

Some other shops in North Laines which I think deserve a mention......

Sensations Gorgeous jewellry which looks a million dollars (well it floats my boat anyway) but doesn't break the bank.  I think it looks a hundred times better in real life than in the photos on the web site.

Two Feathers This is a shop selling Native North American Indian crafts, jewellry and many other things.  I liked a lot of the jewellry in here, particularly the ear rings.  Tim and I could not see anything with a price ticket on and I presumed if I had to ask the price then I probably couldn't afford it.  I really don't like it when there isn't a price ticket in sight.  Looking at the web site after arriving home, some of the pieces I admired were well within my purse range so no price tickets lost sales - never mind, I didn't really need any new jewellry. 

Eco Logic Cool  This is the place to go if you need something really unusual - we fixed ourselves up with a present for an upcoming 18th.  We'll definitely go there again when we are looking for something for the person with everything.  I loved the gorgeous rainbow mosaic mirrors.

There's no doubt about it, we had a great time.  While I was wandering and browsing beads, fabrics, art and the like, Paul and Tim found plenty of other "man" type shops to forage in.