Given my current interests, I couldn’t visit NYC without a trip to the garment district. After all, my wardrobe (and my daughter’s wardrobe too) for the trip was mostly me-made clothes.

After passing the giant button, we headed to the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) museum where the exhibit right now is on statement sleeves. While this might not have been the most fascinating topic for my husband, he has learned to recognize statement sleeves and has been pointing them out to me ever since.

We walked past lots of fabric stores and stopped in at Mood Fabrics to check it out. It was an amazing three floors of fabric sensory overload: floor to ceiling fabrics of every variety! In the end I took a bunch of photos and only bought two yards of fabric because I was just too overwhelmed with choices. It would be very cool to visit with some specific projects in mind.