I´m portuguese, from near Oporto, and I loved your good taste...it´s my first time here, really it was by chance on your channel...I liked and so I subscrived it. From now, I will follow you.
I must say I love watching you when you travel to other countries to buy your fabrics and trimmings just amazing and a great choice of fabrics. A great way to check out different fabrics which London does not have a big choice. Happy New Year to you and your family XXXX
Omg I was meant to find your channel, I’m going to Portugal this summer. I will be in Lisbon fir two days then 7 days on a cruise stopping at Porto twice
Tecidos de Coimbra is excelente, they have a huge range of cotton, linen and more basic fabrics downstairs and a whole world of sequin, lace, faux fur and all sorts, upstairs. The haberdashery is their sister shop, has the same name
I just got around to watching this video. I loved Coimbra and Porto when I was there in July 2023. Climbing g up that hill in Coimbra, wow! I didn't find the fabric stores you went to, though. I love the fabri s you got, especially that green satin wool. Yummy. I can't wait to see those trousers. If you forgot the animal print quilt, never mind, you didn't need it. You made up for it with that sheer one. Looking forward to your next video. Yey. Oh and Happy New year!!!🎉
Ido love your vlogs fabric shopping and the making up of the fabric your trench coat looks gorgeous thank you for another enjoyable vlog hope we get to see you making your new fabric up thanks again X
Thank you for sharing your travels! You and your husband are so lucky to be so mobile. Do you speak other languages? ❤️Your purchases, those tweeds were to die for!!
Hi Ayisha! Here in Porto there are more very good fabric stores, but as you walked through the city center you ended up seeing the most expensive stores, except for MUNDO DOS TECIDOS (Fabrics World). There is a store on Cedofeita Street called FEIRA DOS TETIDOS, on that same street there is also a haberdashery store (buttons, zippers, elastics, etc.) and another one just selling buttons (but this one is expensive despite having very beautiful buttons). On Rua de Santa Catarina, right above Capela das Almas (a church covered entirely in blue tiles), there is a shop selling fabrics for ceremonies that is my downfall. It's called FIORE FABRICS and you can also find another haberdashery store on this street. The expensive store you mentioned sells designer fabrics like Dior, Gucci, Elie Saab, so people are scared by the prices even though we drool over the fabrics. Here in Portugal we usually buy fabrics in fabric warehouses or directly from suppliers because it is not worth buying in stores (for those who have small brands, of course, because for those who sew as a hobby or to make their own clothes, then yes, the stores are worth it).
Thanks for the tips! I’ve been to a few of these stores before on previous trips to Porto, but on this particular day I was with a friend and only really had time to visit one. So I went to my favourite one. But next time I got I’ll go visit Fiore Fabrics. Sounds like a lovely place!
@@ivanaaduarte11 Olá :) Se és da zona norte tens em Santo Tirso um armazém gigante cheio de tecidos. Mas também compro online como Divazus, Ratucos, Quekucas, My Little Fabric Shop
I lived in pure wool trousers for many years. I washed the fabric before I cut the trousers out and I never had to send them to the dry cleaners. Wash quickly by hand in hand-hot water, using the spin dry to get the water out. Rinse in warm, not hot, water. After the last spin dry, roll it up in a clean dry towel and sit on the parcel for a few seconds. Then it is pretty much ready to iron. Iron on the wrong side, or on the face side under an ironing cloth. Never allow the sole plate of the iron to touch the outside of the garment. It will leave a shiny area that makes wool look old and worn. Hang up to air out. It will still be damp in places after ironing. The more expensive and closely woven the wool is, the better it washes. I always grew out of mine which is a shame because they stay looking new for many years and many washes. The ironing is a chore. That is when you might decide that you should have taken them to the dry cleaner. Consider the time that it takes to take the garment to the dry cleaner and another trip to pick it up again.
When you said 80 Euros I thought that’s not to bad. Just think if you bought a pair of designer pants it would cost 10 time that. Think of how many pairs of paints you could make with that. Great haul
There is a TH-cam video on a method of mending moth holes invisibly, that I would never have thought of in a hundred years. Look up "Downtown Tailoring". The method assumes that you have offcuts of the same fabric. It looks time consuming, but if your garment is, it might be worth the effort.
That knitting shop is literally almost only acryl and polyester. Portugal is not really into natural fibers as most people can't afford that and are pretty frugal. They are also stubbornly stuck in the past and not eager to change their ways into better. So acrylic and polyester is all around in almost all knitting stores. Some stores carry some cotton. And if you're really lucky, there's some wool sometimes. Not in that store, though. That store is not into anything not acrylic.
That is a shame. I wouldn't bother to put in all the effort of hand-knitting a garment in anything other than wool. Wool stays looking new for so many washes and years of wear. I actually think that it is economical, so long as you don't grow out of it, or lose a lot of weight.
@@chriswatson1698 Exactly! I personally don't use acrylic or other synthetic fibers, only natural. But it's a thing here in Portugal. That being said, I kind of understand. Minimum wage is only 820€ here. Yet stores ask the prices of other European countries when it comes to food, clothes and other items. People just can't afford it.
Not quite anymore. There are a lot of good yarn shops and good quality yarns in Portugal these days. You have to know where to look, though, like anything else (thinking of Retrosaria in Lisbon, a Ovelha Negra in Porto and others).
@MsTeresaR Those are exceptions. Retrosaria is indeed a great one. One of my personal favorites. Am knitting one of her kits as we speak. But those are exceptions. Lucky exceptions, but still exceptions.
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Travelling and fabric shopping……my kind of dopamine 💪🏾🎉🤎🌟
The blue Italian wool - drool!
I´m portuguese, from near Oporto, and I loved your good taste...it´s my first time here, really it was by chance on your channel...I liked and so I subscrived it. From now, I will follow you.
Welcome aboard!
Always love it when you take us in the fabric stores with you. Can't wait to see those beauties made up.
the NY Yankess hat in portugal goes hard! haha
I must say I love watching you when you travel to other countries to buy your fabrics and trimmings just amazing and a great choice of fabrics. A great way to check out different fabrics which London does not have a big choice. Happy New Year to you and your family XXXX
You Have to visit Brazil - (Rua Almirante Barroso , Brás )- Such gorgeous fabrics! many options. I missing quality and best price in fabrics here...
She who has the most fabric when she dies, wins.
Thanks for sharing your traveling!!!!
Beautiful fabrics and trims! Love the chiffon 😍😍 a slinky unlined dress would be gorgeous with the right undergarments ❤
Omg I was meant to find your channel, I’m going to Portugal this summer. I will be in Lisbon fir two days then 7 days on a cruise stopping at Porto twice
Tecidos de Coimbra is excelente, they have a huge range of cotton, linen and more basic fabrics downstairs and a whole world of sequin, lace, faux fur and all sorts, upstairs. The haberdashery is their sister shop, has the same name
Such gorgeous fabrics 😍 thank you for sharing!
Loved everything please go back.😃
Girl math!! "Kind of a bargain!" Love it!😊
I just got around to watching this video. I loved Coimbra and Porto when I was there in July 2023. Climbing g up that hill in Coimbra, wow! I didn't find the fabric stores you went to, though. I love the fabri s you got, especially that green satin wool. Yummy. I can't wait to see those trousers. If you forgot the animal print quilt, never mind, you didn't need it. You made up for it with that sheer one. Looking forward to your next video. Yey. Oh and Happy New year!!!🎉
Happy to see you 😀
I love the fabrics you picked. The leopard print is my favorite. Happy sewing 🧵
Love listening to the background gossip 😅
Thanks so very much for sharing!❤️
Ido love your vlogs fabric shopping and the making up of the fabric your trench coat looks gorgeous thank you for another enjoyable vlog hope we get to see you making your new fabric up thanks again X
Really like the crinkled trim in cream and black. Like all the fabric choices, but particularly loved the scenery shots. AND…that trench coat!
I always love your travel and fabric buying adventures!!!❤❤❤I'm always a fan of grabbing special trims when I visit new places😊
Thank you for sharing your travels! You and your husband are so lucky to be so mobile. Do you speak other languages? ❤️Your purchases, those tweeds were to die for!!
Love seeing you buy fabric
Lovely fabrics - so much potential. Looking forward to seeing your makes. ❤
Hi Ayisha!
Here in Porto there are more very good fabric stores, but as you walked through the city center you ended up seeing the most expensive stores, except for MUNDO DOS TECIDOS (Fabrics World). There is a store on Cedofeita Street called FEIRA DOS TETIDOS, on that same street there is also a haberdashery store (buttons, zippers, elastics, etc.) and another one just selling buttons (but this one is expensive despite having very beautiful buttons). On Rua de Santa Catarina, right above Capela das Almas (a church covered entirely in blue tiles), there is a shop selling fabrics for ceremonies that is my downfall. It's called FIORE FABRICS and you can also find another haberdashery store on this street.
The expensive store you mentioned sells designer fabrics like Dior, Gucci, Elie Saab, so people are scared by the prices even though we drool over the fabrics.
Here in Portugal we usually buy fabrics in fabric warehouses or directly from suppliers because it is not worth buying in stores (for those who have small brands, of course, because for those who sew as a hobby or to make their own clothes, then yes, the stores are worth it).
Thanks for the tips! I’ve been to a few of these stores before on previous trips to Porto, but on this particular day I was with a friend and only really had time to visit one. So I went to my favourite one. But next time I got I’ll go visit Fiore Fabrics. Sounds like a lovely place!
Olá! E onde compras os teus tecidos? Em que fornecedores? :)
@@ivanaaduarte11 Olá :)
Se és da zona norte tens em Santo Tirso um armazém gigante cheio de tecidos.
Mas também compro online como Divazus, Ratucos, Quekucas, My Little Fabric Shop
Thank you for sharing your trip. Beautiful choices.
Beautiful fabrics and trims. Can’t wait to see what you make with them.
Did you make that trench coat? It looks so good! What fabric did you use?
I did!, the video before this one shows me making the trench coat!
I lived in pure wool trousers for many years. I washed the fabric before I cut the trousers out and I never had to send them to the dry cleaners. Wash quickly by hand in hand-hot water, using the spin dry to get the water out. Rinse in warm, not hot, water. After the last spin dry, roll it up in a clean dry towel and sit on the parcel for a few seconds. Then it is pretty much ready to iron. Iron on the wrong side, or on the face side under an ironing cloth. Never allow the sole plate of the iron to touch the outside of the garment. It will leave a shiny area that makes wool look old and worn. Hang up to air out. It will still be damp in places after ironing.
The more expensive and closely woven the wool is, the better it washes. I always grew out of mine which is a shame because they stay looking new for many years and many washes. The ironing is a chore. That is when you might decide that you should have taken them to the dry cleaner. Consider the time that it takes to take the garment to the dry cleaner and another trip to pick it up again.
When you said 80 Euros I thought that’s not to bad. Just think if you bought a pair of designer pants it would cost 10 time that. Think of how many pairs of paints you could make with that. Great haul
Gorgeous choices as always. I bought some high end wool & cashmere for trousers, unfortunately the moths loved them and they are full of holes now 😞
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. One of my fave jumper is now ruined by the moths 😩
There is a TH-cam video on a method of mending moth holes invisibly, that I would never have thought of in a hundred years. Look up "Downtown Tailoring". The method assumes that you have offcuts of the same fabric. It looks time consuming, but if your garment is, it might be worth the effort.
@@chriswatson1698 thanks for that, I've saved the tutorial for later xxx
Love the first store wool
I’ve missed you. TH-cam’s algorithm had hidden you.
xXX👍👍👍
That knitting shop is literally almost only acryl and polyester. Portugal is not really into natural fibers as most people can't afford that and are pretty frugal. They are also stubbornly stuck in the past and not eager to change their ways into better. So acrylic and polyester is all around in almost all knitting stores. Some stores carry some cotton. And if you're really lucky, there's some wool sometimes. Not in that store, though. That store is not into anything not acrylic.
That is a shame. I wouldn't bother to put in all the effort of hand-knitting a garment in anything other than wool. Wool stays looking new for so many washes and years of wear. I actually think that it is economical, so long as you don't grow out of it, or lose a lot of weight.
@@chriswatson1698 Exactly! I personally don't use acrylic or other synthetic fibers, only natural. But it's a thing here in Portugal. That being said, I kind of understand. Minimum wage is only 820€ here. Yet stores ask the prices of other European countries when it comes to food, clothes and other items. People just can't afford it.
i am portuguese and i use them almost exclusively while knitting.🤔 you just have to pay the price like everything in life.
Not quite anymore. There are a lot of good yarn shops and good quality yarns in Portugal these days. You have to know where to look, though, like anything else (thinking of Retrosaria in Lisbon, a Ovelha Negra in Porto and others).
@MsTeresaR Those are exceptions. Retrosaria is indeed a great one. One of my personal favorites. Am knitting one of her kits as we speak. But those are exceptions. Lucky exceptions, but still exceptions.
Sorry, but animal prints make one looks really cheap…😢, even when one is so pretty like you.
Wow! Totally disagree! That is very much a personal opinion.
Hello,
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