Kaimuki Dry Goods

Kyle!







So, this is what I bought:

Thin tissue knit for a t-shirt. I was even thinking of ice-dyeing this (pencil girl).



Absolutely thought this would make an awesome t-shirt with reverse side as binding. So much texture. My favorite colors. Do not ask about the price.

Definitely more in priceline with the 48. Drawn to certain Trendtex fabrics that you can buy cheaper at FabricMart.

Definitely not done with lusting after japanese fabrics - which were cheaper in Nippori (Tokyo) .
That airplane fabric?? $27/yd.

A lovely chat with the ladies led to a nice lunch spot.

Very friendly, amazingly helpful.

I spent an inordinate amount of time contemplating the swim suit fabrics. A one-piece is not your friend when you gotta go pee.

I'm thinking I should wear a bikini at my age. The age when you move past body issues.

If you're ever on Oahu, kaimuki dry goods is very easy to get to --I took TheBus again. So easy to get around Oahu when you want to ditch hubby and DS. You hear and see so much local flavor.

On this trip, I have learned two new things that my aging Smarty pants phone can do:: Groupon coupon for Pearl harbor that saved us a ton of money at Pacific air museum.

And, Google maps has bus routes. So easy to put in your destination. Google maps pulls up the best bus route, where to transfer, how many steps to walk between stops.

I am seriously getting smarter with my smarty-pants phone.

First Fabric

FabricMart in Kaneohe.










The reviewers on yelp said this location was the most friendly . Apparently, some of the other locations can be quite surly although I'd like to ascertain that for myself.


About an hour's bus ride from the condo, I discovered the Kaneohe post office was on the same route nearby as well as a grocery store to buy macadamia nuts to enclose in several packages.

Hubby was playing golf with his cousin at Turtle Bay --which actually never happened because the course was too wet from the rain. { Seriously? No one cancels anything for rain in Oregon }.

DD son & daughter were hiking Koko Head aka railwood ties straight up and Diamond Head.

Diamond Head turned out to be touristy with no available parking spaces (pay) and crowded. They went out for breakfast instead.

I found out TheBus goes straight to Kaneohe and FabricMart. (Fmart.com)

Oahu has an awesome bus system and out on the east side of Oahu it is pretty simple. $2.50 buys you a ticket to people watching.










After fabric shopping - I took some photos upon entering but then got overwhelmed with Hawaiian and japanese awesomeness.

The rest of the photos came from the counter at the post office as I placed them neatly crammed them into a medium flat rate priority box.

The post office was across the street from a grocery store where I purchased some macadamia nuts for two packages.

I sent some of the red thimble fabric to friend in Japan!




It's nice not to carry it around. If you didn't know it, fabric is quite heavy!

Prices at FabricMart were around $3.99/yd - $15/yd.

Very inexpensive. They had rayon blends, polyester blends and cotton.

Most of my fabrics were $5.99/yd or less.

They even had Cotton & Steele brand fabric for $9.95. Cheaper than I can get it in the 48.


I bought 4 yards of this reversible indigo wax print.



Another lady was buying it for Pareos - cover-ups. I loved the striped pattern and that it was reversible.


TheBus was filled - standing room only - with locals and the odd visitor/old person/ tourist. I hardly waited for the bus at all. The DS took the bus into Honolulu the other day - it took two hours and 99 stops.

You just go to Google maps app on your phone and plug in your start point and your end point and it tells you when to get off, when to walk, transfer, GPS, etc. It was very easy.

I had to do P.O. today as Monday is a federal holiday.

My other must-see fabric store is Kaimuki Dry Goods in Honolulu.

We need to send DD back to Anchorage tomorrow night. . .


Yes, there was an airplane print.