Going to Soho for fabrics is admitting before hand that you are willing to pay for good quality materials, and beautiful fabrics.
They sell luxury fabrics such as embroidered silk, black lace, velvet and furs that suit well for theatrical costume or bridal wear. In addition they have now added 'Peace Silk' to their merchandise. 'Peace Silk' means the moths are allowed to emerge from their cocoons to live out their full life cycle, conventional silk is made by boiling the intact cocoons and unwinding the single silk strand onto reels. Peace Silk has a different feel to commercial silk, it is soft, fluffy and light as a cloud. (There! and you thought I wouldn't explain the difference!)
I haven't bought anything from them so far, but having a good browse is a sure way of getting ideas for projects and letting your hands do most of the enjoyment. read more