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Recommended brick & mortar shops

Tamnymore

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #45 on: September 29, 2018, 13:15:23 PM »
Wow RTW in Magees! If the prices in store are like those on the website she must be a millionaire... or maybe was a millonaire until she spent her millions in there.  ;)
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wrenkins

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #46 on: September 29, 2018, 13:28:46 PM »
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Ploshkin

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #47 on: September 29, 2018, 13:47:14 PM »
I made my tweed jacket with Donegal Tweed that I bought in Magees when I was there about 3 years ago.  Their prices must have increased hugely, I think I paid £25/m at that time.  I bought 3m because I didn't know what I was going to do with it and so I've got a goodly lump of it left which is waiting to become a gilet when I get round to it and find a suitable lining.
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Tamnymore

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #48 on: November 06, 2018, 18:22:46 PM »
Not a fabric shop but a sewing machine (mainly) emporium - Bambers in Eccles, Greater Manchester. I wanted a replacement foot pedal for my Janome as the old one was sticking. Phoned Bambers yesterday morning and the new foot pedal arrived today - pretty good service I think.
'One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.' Oscar Wilde

blackcat001

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #49 on: January 26, 2019, 07:37:00 AM »
North West France

In my short time here, I have located three.

Laval: Tissus du Centre, Route de Fougères, 53000 Laval. It's in an industrial unit on the industrial/retail park where Darty is located (at the Peugeot end).

Rennes: Tissus Myrtille, 173 Rue de Lorient, 35132 Vezin-le-Coquet

Le Mans: Tissus Myrtille, 92 Rue du Moulin aux Moines, 72650 La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin

Addendum.. There is another. Toiles de Mayenne, Le Bourg, Fontaine Daniel, 53100 Saint-Georges-Buttavent. I have not visited inside yet, so can't report accurately as to how good it is. My current understanding is that it has wonderful fabrics for household items and that it is expensive. One day  will check it out.

Of the first three I mentioned, I love them all. Each has a great range of fabrics for just about any purpose from quilting, dressmaking, upholstery, crafting.. anything, really. They also have a great range of yarns and a myriad of haberdashery items. My nearest and dearest is very, very glad the shops are not closer to where we live...  ;)

Lollipop

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #50 on: February 12, 2019, 21:47:56 PM »
Right in the middle of South Yorkshire there is a shop called Walton's Fabrics in Goldthorpe.
They carry a wide range of fabrics at really affordable prices and, if you are so inclined, have loads of dancewear fabrics from suppliers like FunkiFabrics that are about 1/3 of their price.  0_0
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LeilaMay

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #51 on: February 22, 2019, 18:13:27 PM »
For P&Q fabrics, I've just visited Barrington Patchwork - in the artisan barn units at Barrington House (Nat Trust property) in Somerset. Great selection, very helpful lady  :)

They have a website at www.barrington-patchwork.co.uk

and are on FB apparently.


[Just popped in to insert a 'c' into pathwork in the link ;)  - now I'm off to have a good look at their website.  :) - Acorn ]
« Last Edit: February 22, 2019, 18:16:17 PM by Acorn »

sewingj

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #52 on: March 30, 2019, 18:15:32 PM »
Loubodu - near Evesham
@Efemera  alerted me to Loubodu`s online store and I was delighted to see they also have a proper shop only 10 miles from me (I don`t have any other fabric shops locally).  I made my first trip today and was very impressed.  They have been online for a year and the shop open for 6 weeks and are owned by a lovely young mum with a serious fabric addiction.  She has a few woven fabrics but specialises in Oeko-Tex cotton jersey - so it`s not cheap but very nice quality.  For a small shop she has a large selection to choose from.
The shop is on the Blackminster Business Park near Evesham which is a collection of very attractive old buildings, and other units include a wool shop and a weaving shop.  And there`s a very good cafe!
I really hope this will be successful so call in if you are nearby though it is best to check opening on facebook as she sometimes has to close (she`s pretty much a one-woman-band at the moment)
https://www.loubodufabrics.com/shop
« Last Edit: March 30, 2019, 18:22:55 PM by sewingj »

blackcat001

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #53 on: September 10, 2019, 19:15:10 PM »
Found another place here in NW France.

La foire aux tissus, 90 Route de Granville, 50300 Marcey-les-Grèves

Interesting place. In many ways it reminds me of The Fent Shop in King's Lynn, in that it is a cavern of delights.

Good points
Huge array of fabrics for all sorts of projects, be it craft, dressmaking, furnishings..
Huge array of haberdashery, trims, threads, buttons
Some stuff looks as if it has been there for years, so if you are looking for something to go with a vintage look, try here
Staff helpful

Down sides
Too much! Everything crammed in, to point of having to dig around to find things and many things easily missed.
Too many 1m offcuts
Cash and cheque only
Very hot inside as so much stuff crammed in.

I bought a 1m offcut of fabric and some buttons.

I will go back but I will have to gird my loins in advance!


pjaj

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #54 on: August 14, 2020, 01:27:47 AM »
Masons in Abingdon are my 3 go to shops.
Two side-by-side in Bath Street. One selling crafting materials and cake decorating stuff.
The one next door is stuffed from floor to ceiling with all sorts of fabrics for clothing, haberdashery and patterns. Mostly at very keen prices. I believe the upper floor is also crammed with more stock, but not open to the public.
Then there is the third shop in Stert Street, about 200m away, that stocks mostly upholstery and curtain fabrics and wool.
Both fabric shops stock loads of buttons as well.
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annieeg

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #55 on: August 14, 2020, 11:59:10 AM »
I went to thimbleina's in Bexhill on Sea the other day.https://jacobshaberdashery.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral
Its a really nice shop with very helpful owner who fixes/services machines behind the counter.  Its got a good selection of fabric, habby, and notions, and I could have spent hours in there!
They are also a Pfaff dealer but I resisted temptation :angel:.  He sells some reconditioned machines at what I thought were reasonable prices. 

snoozi soozi

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #56 on: August 24, 2020, 12:14:56 PM »
My birthday pressie from my stepsons was a couple of days away to a destination of my choice.

Well, of course, I want to go to some fabric shops but I don't know where there are a cluster of them in one place. I've seen a few peeps mention Goldhawk Road, does anybody know if it's still worth the travel to visit? Or does anywhere have a good fabric market? I wondered if Manchester would qualify as a fabric mecca?

Ideally there would be shops close to each other as I struggle to walk great distances. All advice greatly appreciated  :thumbsup:
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Greybird

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #57 on: August 24, 2020, 12:19:18 PM »
Goldhawk Road certainly is (or was anyway!) a good place for fabric shops but I don't think you'd want to stay in that area. Best to stay somewhere else and get public transport to it. No reasonable parking either I don't think.

toileandtrouble

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #58 on: August 24, 2020, 12:44:49 PM »
@snoozi soozi  The tube station is very handy for the Goldhawk Road shops. Look at the tube map and see where would be convenient to stay  and then get onto the system.
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Efemera

Re: Recommended brick & mortar shops
« Reply #59 on: August 24, 2020, 13:09:35 PM »
I wasn’t that impressed with Goldhawk Road ... much prefer Immanuels or Fabworks.