Anyone who lives in or around should visit Sew Sew Fabrics in Bexleyheath. Claire the owner has just introduced a range of fabrics at £1 to £2 a metre, some gems amongst them. If you can’t get to the shop she has a mail order service too.
I go on a Thursday evening for sewing club, a chat and a cuppa. Check out the website for events and fabrics.
www.sewsewfabrics.co.uk and
www.roundpoundfabrics.co.ukJust up the road in Welling there is a haberdashery/alteration shop/wool shop called D&D Haberdashery. It’s like Alladin’s cave with buttons, elastic, ribbons, zips, threads, sparkly things, wool spilling out from every nook and cranny. I bought some cones of woolly nylon for the overlocker, bundles of elastic and satin ribbon, all very cheap. Only problem is that the owners are Turkish, I think, and don’t speak much English, but very pleasant.