G Street Fabrics never was a fancy place. Back in the day, when it was on G Street, it was a quilter's mecca. Quilters from all over the country shopped there. I once met some members of an Idaho quilters club (about 2,000 miles away) who chartered a plane to shop at G Street once a year.

Online fabric stores have largely taken over that business, but locals still prefer to see, touch, and buy in person.

Taken for Flickr's Our Daily Challenge: A UNIQUE BUSINESS OR STOREFRONT IN MY HOMETOWN

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

Round 1 (49,000 square feet)

2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Suite 882-884, Potomac Mills, Woodbridge, VA

This location opened on November 23rd, 2019; it was originally part of an IKEA, which opened on April 17th, 1986 and relocated to a larger outparcel building on November 28th, 2001. This portion became G Street Fabrics in 2003 and a Neiman Marcus Last Call on March 6th, 2009, which closed in fall 2017.

The pattern is from Kwik Sew - Kwik Start Learn-to-Sew pattern #3336, view B.

The fabric is G Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD

Before 49th Capital Pride Parade along U at 14th Street, NW, Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 8 June 2024 by Elvert Barnes Photography

SEW WITH PRIDE / G STREET FABRICS Poster

www.facebook.com/gstreetfabrics

Elvert Barnes WRITING ON THE WALLS 2024 / POSTERS Series at elvertxbarnes.com/graffiti

BEFORE THE PARADE Series

Elvert Barnes 49th Washington DC LGBTQ Pride 2024 docu-project at elvertxbarnes.com/dc-gay-pride-1

Elvert Barnes 2024 LGBTQ PRIDE docu-projects at elvertxbarnes.com/gaypride

Elvert Barnes June 2024 at exbphoto.com/2024

From the $2.97/yd table. 1.5 yards of each knit print. 3 yards still allowed this month!

Lauren uses this quilt as an example. NONE of these prints are straight. They were either put ON the shirt on an angle on purpose (Gaithersburg), or the design was created to be purposely off kilter (flying carpet) or it's crooked as a result of the printing process (Kennedy Center).

Lauren is the author of "The Extraordinary T-Shirt Quilt: A Scrapbook You Can Sleep Under"

www.laurenkingsland.com

The colors of the red shirts are off. They're all about the same shade, but for some are showing more pink or orange.

The "DARK GREEN" around the two shirts will actually be the same lime green as the rest of the binding. The dark color is just a visual reminder to me that I need to cut those pieces special for those areas.

at about $500 a yard, it was kind of intimidating.

All only 1 yard, all from the $2.97 table.

Quilt Pink .. from G-Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD

My newest addition on my deck

This was one of the displays at G-Street Fabric in Rockville, MD

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This detail shows how I was able to place the Delft motifs for maximum impact. This dress also has inserted ruffles: above, light blue mini gingham and below red/white star print. The blue-centered daisy buttons were purchased at G Street Fabrics, as was the tricolor braid used as a neck drawstring.

The print on the left is from Kashi at Metro Textiles in November. I neeeeeeded the blue to go with.

Light blue rick-rack and a red-centered daisy button from G Street Fabrics.

Ruched red and white gingham ribbon and more red-centered daisy buttons.

The class was especially fun! Sorry it was so short!

This was one of the displays at G-Street Fabric in Rockville, MD

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Quilt Pink .. from G-Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD

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Quilt Pink .. from G-Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD

This was one of the displays at G-Street Fabric in Rockville, MD

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Quilt Pink .. from G-Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD

I know....I have a lot of fabric. I have more on the way too...

Clockwise from top left: the teal plaid is from Ipso Crafto, an absolutely wonderful craft store I just found in Barracks Row/DC. They are dying in these shitty economic times and are closing. Everything is 30% off. Next to that is a Japanese import, an Echino print I think. The next 2 are from my deeply beloved remnants table at G Street in Rockville (the lighter one is a striped green/white...I really really love it). The navy blue gingham is from Exquisite Fabrics in DC. They are about to relocate so almost everything there is on sale too.

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Quilt Pink .. from G-Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD

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This was one of the displays at G-Street Fabric in Rockville, MD

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Quilt Pink .. from G-Street Fabrics in Rockville, MD