trip to NY
We had fun in NY and I figured it was about time I posted about it… it rained a lot, but that wasn’t really a problem. It actually meant we stepped into a few shops we might not have gone into, just because it was pouring so hard.
One place we checked out when we happened to notice it, was the New York Doll Hospital on Lexington Ave- an amazing place. Piles and piles of dolls and doll parts. Lots of heads here.
I went to all the Japanese Bookstores on the Crafting Japanese list. I had the most luck at Kinokuniya- it is a beautiful store and easy to find everything. I found some beautiful books on dolls, my favorite magazine “Dolly Dolly”, a book of puppets and puppetmakers from Japan. I ended up spending way too much money… my excuse was that it is cheaper then a trip to Japan.
We went to the Museum of Modern Art Shop, one of my favorite places. I got these great socks.
We went across the street to the American Folk Art Museum. There was a show of the sculptures of Nek Chand. Fantastic!
On Sunday, we headed down to the lower east side. We went to Pearl River where I could have spent most of the day. So many fun items to look at. I bought some chinese brushes and some paper fans to ward off my current plague of hot flashes.
We then headed over to Purl- the yarn store and also the fabric store. They are just as great as everyone says. Since I absolutely don’t need any fabric or yarn, I had to control myself. I bought some white silk tape that I thought would be great for embroidery. I bought myself some fat quarters- just something to remember my trip.
We went to Pearl Paint which is a total nostalgia trip for me- it was such a big deal to go there when I was young and in art school.
We came home, totally worn out. Now I can start planning for the next trip.
July 2nd, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Hey, I used to live over Pearl Paint (the one in the Village)! I love that Dolly Dolly magazine, too. I always have to stop myself from buying them.
July 3rd, 2006 at 10:21 am
Such a nice trip you had. I’d love to go to the Doll Hospital one time in my life also. I saw it from one episode of CSI New York. It is just a wonderful hospital for the lil friends. :)
July 5th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Mimi,
You are so generous with all the info and websites. I love reading your blog it’s almost as if I’m there.
Thanks.
July 6th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
American Folk Art Museum? *jealous* Thanks for mentioning them. I have looked at them in months and right now they have some John Brewster portraits up… including that of distant cousins. Fun, fun.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
[...] When I was in New York a few weeks ago, I went to Purl Patchwork. While I was browsing around and drooling on the Liberty of London fabric, the sales person was talking to someone who must have been a beginning quilter. She was showing her how to cut curves and sew them together and then got onto applique. I was listening to it all- not much of a challenge since the store is tiny. She described an applique technique that I’d never heard of before- so obvious and yet brilliant! I don’t think the person she was talking to understood what she was trying to describe, but I got really excited! I just did a 2 minute Google search to see if I could find a good description, but could not so I’ll try to explain. [...]