As part of my current stay visiting family in NZ I have had a lovely time visiting ‘The Fabric Store’ in Christchurch. Last time I made the mistake of making my purchases only to find they had a big sale starting mid January. So this time I was patient. Lo and behold - a sale giving 40% off most fabrics and 20% off the rest.
As the lady was measuring out my fabrics for cutting she reminded me that they always give an extra 10% to allow for shrinkage! I don’t think I have ever come across this anywhere else. I have only ever seen advice to buy extra.
Most of my purchases were plain fabrics suitable for trousers so won’t photograph well. On my second visit
this rather nice silk had risen to the surface in all the rummaging and asked to come home with me.