Day 1: Search for the fabric

So I originally started looking for the fabric on Saturday,  but forgot to post and I didn't search for the fabric again until today. So technically this is day 2. So I will start with Saturday.
So I searched up different local fabric stores by me and went to look. The first one I went to was more for upholstery, but the fabric used in the poncho looked very unique so I still looked around the store and found a fabric that might work. Unfortunately, it is a really dark navy blue so that was unusable, but I got a swatch anyways just in case that was all I could find. The next store I wrote down was extremely close to the first fabric store, but it was closed. So I popped out my phone and searched for more local fabric stores. The next one I went to was a clothing fabric store. So I looked around that one and couldn't find anything remotely similar to the poncho's fabric. But luckily I met a Seamstress there and we talked some and I showed her the pictures of the poncho and she thinks it's a great first project because making the poncho itself will be pretty easy. We talked more and she is going to help me with the poncho because I am not a professional at this so I am so glad I met her. We looked in the books that they had there and we found a pattern that we can modify for the shape so I bought that, but that was the only thing I bought at that fabric store.
She told me of another fabric store out of my city, but close, that is gigantic. So I went to that one and she was right, it was huge! Unfortunately I still couldn't find it there either. But I did find the ribbon colors on the bottom of the poncho.

As you can see on the left there are mixed colors of a mustard yellow, orange and a pink-ish purple color. So I found the exact colors of those. For the beads it looks like it might be African. But I will look in a craft store to see if I find at least navy blue beads. It doesn't have to be exact like in the picture, but close enough.





There were other fabric stores I found, but one was not where the phone said it was, one was in a half broken down building and I didn't think it was a good idea to go into it, and the others were closed. So that ended the first day of me trying to find the fabric.
For today I went back to the store that was closed to see if maybe they had something. Unfortunately it was an interior designer trade place. But the girl that worked there was so nice and said that she is an interior designer herself and has a membership there so I could buy it through her. So she let me look around and I did find something.

(This is the actual fabric of the real poncho)
The fabric I found has a visible weave, like the picture on the left, it's not made by wool (at least I don't think it is) but it has that weave and it is almost the exact color. So I didn't buy it because I forgot the measurements and the Seamstress that's helping me told me sites to look at. But I think I am almost sure that I will be getting the one I found. The girl at the store told me that she has other fabrics close to that one so she will write down the others she finds. But I am absolutely happy that I think I found the fabric. It's a little bit different than the actual fabric, but I knew that I would probably not be able to find the exact kind. But with that almost out of the way, I will be almost ready to get started. The Seamstress is going out of town for 2 weeks, but while she is there she will see if she can find any fabrics if I don't buy the one I found, which I probably will. But that's all the stuff that went on and I am really excited that I've started! Stay tuned for updates to come!