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[clarice.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know of a good place to buy cheap trim? Cheaptrim.com is great, but buying the whole spool at $27 rather defeats the purpose, especially when I need several different styles.

Oh, and potential Seattle Tea Party participants: I've had enough interested lolis to go ahead with the planning. I'm scouting locations (I have a few good ones in mind, but I think they're too spread out to visit them all in one afternoon -_-;) and trying to work out a date. I'll keep you posted :)

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[hereticalpigeon.livejournal.com]

i buy bags full of cute assorted trimmings at the thrift store for 50 cents

[clarice.livejournal.com]

I need real lace, though. Yards for a dress :/

[seeinglife.livejournal.com]

Dollar stores, the dollar lace bin at Wal-Mart, sales racks at fabric and craft stores. Probably ebay, too.

[clarice.livejournal.com]

I keep my eye out there, but I'm looking for specific things in specific lengths, not just random trims. I was just hoping that there was a site like cheaptrims.com that sold smaller spools or would let me minimum order 10yds (or whatever) of something rather than 20.

[clarice.livejournal.com]

Ah, very nice! A bit cheaper than Jo-annes and a better selection. Thanks for the link :) (...now if I could only find all of these in black, too... Blah. I'm settling for white-lace-on-black dress rather than black-on-black like I'd like. Nice black lace just doesn't seem to exist!)

[clarice.livejournal.com]

it's in Everett, but I get out there sometimes (I'm tempted to buy a crap sewing machine there, actually, because the one I have right now eats thread like mad and I can't for the life of me find a good used one -- or a used one that functions, period >_<)

Buy the good stuff!

[marle777.livejournal.com]

If you get 100% cotton lace you can always dye it black since cotton takes dye very well (and the dying process will preshrink it at the same time). You're going to have a very hard time find lace that is already black unless you buy the cheap, yucky polyester stuff. ^__^

Re: Buy the good stuff!

[clarice.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of that! That's a really good idea, though :) I only buy the good stuff to begin with, anyway, because I just hate the cheap look and feel of polyester lace. Yick. Polyester lace is for the exclusive purpose of trimming petticoats.

[ashna.livejournal.com]

hmmm... wonder if I'll take a trip down to seattle for this... >.>
Maybe maybe. ^___^
More Lolita is Always good! ^___________^

[clarice.livejournal.com]

I lost count, but I think it was five people, plus myself, so six. Maybe 7. Of course some of them might not be able to come, but even 4 is enough for me. (Basically I just want enough people so I don't feel weird running around in 15 yards of lace -_-;)

As for places, I'd really like to end the evening at Dilletante (sp? Can't spell French to save my life) because the chocolate's so good, naturally, and it's somewhat elegant. I'd also like to do something during the day and so I'm trying to come up with places that would make good photographs. Aquarium pictures are really neat, but I don't know if a bunch of loli's wanna go to an aquarium. *shrug*

[clarice.livejournal.com]

I have another friend that might want to come, so I'm gonna email her about it.

The more the merrier gothier, to be sure! ^_^*

Places that would make good photographs? Are there any really gothy places in Seattle? I know there must be a cathedral here, at least.

There aren't too many, really. There are a few psuedo-goth buildings at my college (UW) but they're sort of happy, early 20th Century gothy (I'm going to go look again, anyway.) But if we could get into the reading room, that might be a good spot... Dunno, would have to check. I'm trying to walk around town with new eyes -- if I can't find hidden potential anywhere we're never going to have any luck.

You're right, aquarium pictures would be cool, but I think it wouldn't be fun to hang around in a dark aquarium full of tourists and little kids all day.

Very true. If people are available, I might go with a Wednesday afternoon or something, so we can avoid tourists as much as possible where ever we decide to go.

We could definitely go down to the Ave (or maybe Broadway). There's lots of interesting things to see down there, as well as a goth store and some consignment shops.

Nyargh. Broadway definitely better. I live a block from the ave, and in addition to not wanting to hang around my house for the afternoon, the Ave pretty much sucks. There are two consignment stores, Red Light, which is okay but expensive and not all that goth-friendly, and Buffalo Exchange, which is trendy clothes. There's the Gargoyle store, but that's more amusing that gothy, and other than that there's just a bunch of Ave Rats and Rite Aide Bum Kids that would *really* harass us if we walked by in lolita wear. (God I hate the ave.) But Broadway, on the other hand, is a lot friendlier toward weirdos (and sometimes has better stuff at the consignments), and houses Dilletante, which would def. be nice :)

[clarice.livejournal.com]

If only the sakura were flowering now, ne? But I think the UW might be our best photo best, any way. ^^*

And baby, are we ever visiting the gay stores! Rawr!

[caliginous.livejournal.com]

Hancocks or Michaels have spools for next to nothing. You are stuck usually with pastels, and lots and lots of white. Sometimes it's hard to find. but they almost alywas have it. I keep buying spools of it because it's so cheap and then never using them.