Buying Trip to Poland Fabric shops
It's Monday and I have plans to visit around four fabric stores today, but first things first, breakfast. I came to a lovely courtyard café near my hotel. The croissant and coffee were delicious. (Actually, I've never had a bad meal in Poland, even the convenience store hot dogs taste good and are cheap.)
At the first store, I ended up buying more of the small floral patterned fabric.
The second store was located in an out-of-town wholesale warehouse and shop area. It had a wholesale-like atmosphere and was worth exploring. Although the fabrics were arranged by type, there were some plain fabrics with suddenly cute Eastern European patterns, making it feel like a treasure hunt. It reminded me of the atmosphere of a Moroccan rug wholesaler. Of course, since they didn't speak English, I had to rely on my basic Polish and Google Translate to make my purchases. I ended up choosing fabrics with ethnic-looking patterns at this store.
As for the third store, when I left the wholesaler mentioned earlier, I saw a group coming out of the building where this store was located, carrying what seemed to be bags of fabric. Intrigued, I decided to go inside and was pleasantly surprised. They had a wide variety of clothing fabrics, including materials for men's suits and coats. Although I only selected fabric for my babouche shoes this time, I think it would be nice to make totes or other products using fabric from this store as well.
We visited a few more shops that day, but the atmosphere was more like local grandmas chatting while shopping, rather than a place to take photos, so I didn't take any pictures. It was fascinating to see that each store had its own unique style, reflecting the owner's individual taste and preferences. Nowadays, it's common to see stores with similar products, so it was refreshing to find shops with such distinctive character. The patterns that caught my eye were ones that I wanted to make into samples, take pictures, and order more. However, the maximum amount of fabric available was only 5 meters, and some fabrics were as little as 3 meters, which meant that I could only make 30-50 pairs of babouche shoes in total. These fabrics are limited edition and will probably not be available for reorder, so if you want babouche shoes made from them, you need to act fast!
Once I returned to Berlin, I organized the fabrics immediately. I had purchased 22 different kinds, and now I am numbering and cutting them into samples, considering which colors of edging thread and leather for the heels will be the best combination. Even the boldly colored Polish ethnic patterns that seemed too flashy at the fabric store turned out to be perfect for babouche shoes when seen in small sizes, and the large patterns I only bought a little of seem to be interesting as well. Making babouche shoes is the most fun job!
(The fabric showcased in the photo above has sold out for all patterns except for the stripes.)
Roughly half of them will feature fabric extending up to the heel, while the thicker fabric will incorporate leather for the heel part. The most time-intensive aspect of fashioning these Babouche is the edge finishing, utilizing a traditional Moroccan technique known as "edge goring." This involves hand-knitting and sewing the edge, imparting a distinctive aesthetic that can't be replicated by mass-produced edge tape.
Our collection of Babouche made from this fabric released with each style limited to about 30-50 pairs. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity!
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