I'm back

[frualeydis]

I met my dear friend anders and the very nice people he shares a house with, last night. Today I got up too early and hung around for a couple of hours before going to the University and Marianne Vedeler's defence of her doctoral dissertation. The dissertation was interesting and c. 3 hours long. It was great to meet her and especially professor Lise Bender Jörgensen, her mentor and professor Lena Liepe and doctor Ulla Mannering, the opponents. Unfortunately there wasn't any time to really talk to each other. Then I went to Gronland (a part of Oslo; and it should be anorwegian letter instead of "o", but I can't write that on this keyboard)and looked around for fabric. I bought 5,8 metres of a lovely madder red thin 100% wool for 280 NOK (around 45 $) at Rainbow Textiles and then I got me some pallak paneer before I caught the bus home. Now I'm home after almost four hours on a bus and I'm going to eat something and take a bath.

There will be more on the dissertation later.

Comments

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I think I missed "New Rainbow". I have never been to Sultan or Saab, which to me is only a swedish car ;)
The thing is; I used to travel a lot to Oslo in the early 90s, but then I wasn't interested in sewing, so all I know about fabric stores I have learned from haugtussa the last two years and I've only been to Oslo twice in that time.

/Eva

[sneprinsesse.livejournal.com]

I see.
The nice thing about Oslo is that all the immigrant (fabric) shops are lumped together in a small area. The non-immigrant sewing shops are actually also close to each other too, but in the city center. Each type has a different selection.

I haven't been able to find such a cluster of immigrant fabric shops in any other city I have been to, actually. It may be that I have been to the wrong part of the city, or that there is a different organisation of things, or perhaps even not as many immigrants and therefore not a big enough marked for all the shops.

[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

I love Grønland and their fabric shops, and it's one of the thing I miss the most about Oslo!

Saab textiles has a lovely selection of ribbons and stuff, and they have a 20% student discount (if I remember correctly). I wasn't all that impressed with the fabric selection, except for some pricy ones. But hey, compared to any store in my home country their selection is divine....

Rainbow Textile and New Rainbow Fashion is basically the same thing - it's the same family running them, and their selection is basically the same (for some reason I tend to prefer New Rainbow, I don't know why). I LOOOOVE them. So much affordable stuff, so many gorgeous fabrics and trims. I bought most of the materials for my Elissa costume at their shops. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/elissa/hnni4.jpg

I pop by Midha nearby Gunerius every now and then, but that is mostly because I used to work with their daughter and was introduced to their store that way. They have nice items, but not as flashy and special as the other places. They're more of a "serious" shop.

Sultan Fashion is also brilliant.... Especially all the lining fabrics by the entrance. 20,- NOK a metre for fabrics that would cost app. 100,- a metre in my hometown. It's not even funny.

Oh, I'm rambling about fabric shops... I'm glad you had an interesting time, and I hope you'll get to use the fabric for a fun project!