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Posted by yspetersen on July 29, 2008, 4:28 pm
Hi all,
Does anyone know of a really good fabric store in Scotland? I live in
Dundee but am having trouble finding any shop that sells a really good
range of quality quilting fabrics. Don't really want to buy online
because I much prefer seeing what I'm going to buy. Hope someone can help.
Many thanks :0)
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Posted by S R Glickman on July 29, 2008, 4:51 pm
There is a shop in Glasgow called Mandors which has lovely fabric. Don't
know contact details off hand but they have a website and advertise
regularly in quilting magazines.
Hope that helps.
Susan
yspetersen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a really good fabric store in Scotland? I live in
> Dundee but am having trouble finding any shop that sells a really good
> range of quality quilting fabrics. Don't really want to buy online
> because I much prefer seeing what I'm going to buy. Hope someone can help.
>
> Many thanks :0)
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Posted by on July 29, 2008, 5:14 pm
On 30 Jul, 06:28, ysthornton_at_hotmail_dot_...@foo.com (yspetersen)
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a really good fabric store in Scotland? =A0I live in
> Dundee but am having trouble finding any shop that sells a really good
> range of quality quilting fabrics. =A0Don't really want to buy online
> because I much prefer seeing what I'm going to buy. =A0Hope someone can h=
elp.
>
> Many thanks :0)
>
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We'll have to wait until Jo in Scotland reads this -- she used to live
in Dundee, I know so, I visited her there!
Cheers
Bronnie
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Posted by Jo in Scotland on July 29, 2008, 6:08 pm
On 29 Jul, 21:28, ysthornton_at_hotmail_dot_...@foo.com (yspetersen)
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a really good fabric store in Scotland? =A0I live in
> Dundee but am having trouble finding any shop that sells a really good
> range of quality quilting fabrics. =A0Don't really want to buy online
> because I much prefer seeing what I'm going to buy. =A0Hope someone can h=
elp.
>
> Many thanks :0)
Hiya,
This is Jo, in Dundee (and have been for 11 years!)
I take it you've tried the Sewing Station out in Broughty Ferry? It's
tiny but it's local and she carries quilting cottons in novelties and
blenders.
There is Mandor's in Glasgow as someone mentioned. It's either on
Renfrew street I think (one of those "R" streets not far from Queen
Street rail station). There is - or used to be - a fabric shop in
Edinburgh. I've not been but I've heard about it. A google search
might bring up the brick-n-mortar address, or they might have
organised a website by now.
There is a shop up in Aberdeen I visited a few years ago. It's not in
the centre, but you can get a bus out there. It's closed on a certain
weekday (Monday or Wednesday or something) so do a check before you
go. I was shut outside staring longingly in the window the second
time I went! It's not much bigger than the Sewing Station, but is
bright and friendly and I found a fabric that I thought had been
discontinued.
There are a few sewing machine/fabric shops in Stirling. Megwen in
Bath took me round those because her brother lives in Stirling and she
knows the city better than I do. They are not "quilt stores" by any
means, but they sell some fabric, and some cushion forms and buttons
and things. If you will be in Stirling anyway, or have time between
trains, then stop by. I can't remember the names, but Megwen would
know, or do a search for "fabric shop Stirling" in Google or similar.
Then there is the famous craft shop outside Letham, Angus (not Letham,
Fife). It is signposted from Letham I think. It's not in Forfar or
even in Letham, but outside the village. Letham Craft Shop. They
have everything in there, but it's well crammed in. A true "Aladdin's
Cave". They have quilting cotton, FQs, panels, and also printing
supplies, yarn, stamps, books, scrapbooking materials, doll parts,
topiary forms, patterns for knitting and crocheting, etc, etc. Plan
to spend at least an hour or two there, and take a list!
That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I buy most of my
stuff from online shops. Even with the shipping, it is cheaper from
the US (especially now the dollar is so low). I have occasionally had
a colour that wasn't quite what I was expecting, but that is rare.
Make sure you are using a good, newer monitor when you are looking at
the fabric at an online shop and you should be fine for colour
matching.
Hope you have some nice shopping expeditions!
-- Jo in Scotland
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Posted by Megwen Woodham on July 30, 2008, 3:22 am
Hi,
The shops in Stirling are Kings fabrics which is in a basement near the
M&S end of the Thistle centre and Pembertons which also sells Husqvarna
sewing machines.
There is a shop in Linlithgow which my sister in law took me to last
time I was up. She had found it by accident and thought that it was a 'must
see' for me! I bought fat quarters for my nephew (8) and niece (6), start
them young !
Megwen
Bath, England
On 29 Jul, 21:28, ysthornton_at_hotmail_dot_...@foo.com (yspetersen)
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a really good fabric store in Scotland? I live in
> Dundee but am having trouble finding any shop that sells a really good
> range of quality quilting fabrics. Don't really want to buy online
> because I much prefer seeing what I'm going to buy. Hope someone can help.
>
> Many thanks :0)
Hiya,
This is Jo, in Dundee (and have been for 11 years!)
I take it you've tried the Sewing Station out in Broughty Ferry? It's
tiny but it's local and she carries quilting cottons in novelties and
blenders.
There is Mandor's in Glasgow as someone mentioned. It's either on
Renfrew street I think (one of those "R" streets not far from Queen
Street rail station). There is - or used to be - a fabric shop in
Edinburgh. I've not been but I've heard about it. A google search
might bring up the brick-n-mortar address, or they might have
organised a website by now.
There is a shop up in Aberdeen I visited a few years ago. It's not in
the centre, but you can get a bus out there. It's closed on a certain
weekday (Monday or Wednesday or something) so do a check before you
go. I was shut outside staring longingly in the window the second
time I went! It's not much bigger than the Sewing Station, but is
bright and friendly and I found a fabric that I thought had been
discontinued.
There are a few sewing machine/fabric shops in Stirling. Megwen in
Bath took me round those because her brother lives in Stirling and she
knows the city better than I do. They are not "quilt stores" by any
means, but they sell some fabric, and some cushion forms and buttons
and things. If you will be in Stirling anyway, or have time between
trains, then stop by. I can't remember the names, but Megwen would
know, or do a search for "fabric shop Stirling" in Google or similar.
Then there is the famous craft shop outside Letham, Angus (not Letham,
Fife). It is signposted from Letham I think. It's not in Forfar or
even in Letham, but outside the village. Letham Craft Shop. They
have everything in there, but it's well crammed in. A true "Aladdin's
Cave". They have quilting cotton, FQs, panels, and also printing
supplies, yarn, stamps, books, scrapbooking materials, doll parts,
topiary forms, patterns for knitting and crocheting, etc, etc. Plan
to spend at least an hour or two there, and take a list!
That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I buy most of my
stuff from online shops. Even with the shipping, it is cheaper from
the US (especially now the dollar is so low). I have occasionally had
a colour that wasn't quite what I was expecting, but that is rare.
Make sure you are using a good, newer monitor when you are looking at
the fabric at an online shop and you should be fine for colour
matching.
Hope you have some nice shopping expeditions!
-- Jo in Scotland
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