The Sewing Place
Resources => Your Favourite Suppliers => Topic started by: Ellabella on April 28, 2019, 11:18:31 AM
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I’ve just seen this on FB
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It could be complete bake but I feel I should investigate, in the interests of other members you understand.
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@Ellabella Yes, you must carry out an investimagation, I await your report :P
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We expect a full report from secret agent @Ellabella .
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Now York's not too far from me, I must try to go and investigate when I can get back to sewing properly.
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@Ellabella have you ventured along yet? I'm curious to see for myself and might take a trip over the weekend
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Might pop this afternoon if DS brings my car back in time.
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Well this morning I finally got to Junk & Jewels and it was interesting.
It’s a junk shop, surprise surprise but there was about 20’ of racking full of fabric.
It is mostly curtaining, some very nice, some not so good. I found some very nice velvets. There was some Prestigious Textiles etc. There was several rolls of what I would call leatherette but I’m sure has a much posher name these days.
I bought two different linens, a denim blue one that has some man made fibre in and an orange/red one that burns and feels like pure linen.
All the stuff on rolls is £4 a metre and there are remnants for £1.
There is not a huge amount on most of the rolls so no good for anyone wanting to cover big windows but worth it for smaller amounts.
I had a chat with the owner and she says she gets new stock all the time.
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Thanks @Ellabella for your very detailed summary, excellent work :P
I'm going along tomorrow morning, it sounds as though it will be worth the journey :loveit:
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O one question @Ellabella can they take card payments or cash only? 8)
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Yes they do take card payments :D
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I love a junk shop...
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I went here today on my own fact finding mission and I was pleasantly surprised, in fact I felt overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of all of the fabric. Like @Ellabella says it is mainly upholstery weight fabric, the majority of it in very good condition and some nice modern prints, with a decent amount on some of the rolls.
I bought some pink chambray, some lemony coloured linen mix and lemon/cream stripe linen mix.
Everything £4 per metre with some offcuts for £1. Also spotted a basket with bags of buttons for erm £1 or £2, can't remember :P
There's also some decent nicknacks and furniture, well worth a look round :loveit: