Australian Patchwork Shop
190 Redleaf Avenue
282 Forest Hill Road
BRIGHTON
Overseas Fabrics
28 Carpenter ST
KOGARAH
Rainbow Fabrics
Railway Parade
Bright yellow building easy walk from station. Again no assistance, just the cutting but what can you expect for $2.95 metre ? Selection, small last visit they had about fifty-five fabrics but great backings at that price.
OATLEY
Oatley Cottage
11 Frederick St.
(02)9580-8780
BANKSTOWN
Janome Sewing Centre
Bansktown Square
BANKSTOWN
7 days a week
Janice has a smallish range of fabrics including Moda Marbles, Happy Holidays by Benartex, Susan Wingets' Puuurfect range and a great range of Japanese fabrics. Good range of books and of course they sell and service Janome machines.
Spotlight
7 days a week
Has a good range of osnaburg, tone on tones and homespuns. Limited range of other patchwork fabrics. Stocks all your basics like pellon, vliesofix, DMC threads and so on.
EARLWOOD
Kay's Fabrics and Craft
185 William Street
02 9718 3980
Web Page..www.kays.com.au.... very comprehensive,
even has a map.
Kay's at Earlwood is a treasure trove.She still charges only $8 . Still cheap in this day and age. Her top prices are $12. Apparently there are other similar stores in a few places in Sydney, but I couldn't remember the names, not being a local! I did find out from Kay that there is a similar store up here in Queensland, at Eagleby, and it was even better than Kays Wonderful Hoffmans, Moda and other interesting brands. I think the stock varies according to what they can get from the warehouse, so it may be worth ringing to check when new stock is likely to arrive if travelling a long way to get there. Unlike quilt shops, these shops may not be able to reorder a particular fabric so you have to take your chances. Also no assistance to picking fabric no service apart from cutting nice lady though.
Peg's Pieces
Oak Rd
Open 9-5 M_F and 9-1 Saturdays.
Just changed hands and the new owners are getting rid of all the junky
bits and pieces and getting more patchwork fabrics. These are not
current stocks but more like end of ranges etc. Prices around $10-$14
metre. .
LOFTUS
Jules Craft Shop
69 National Ave
(02) 9542 3298
Loftus is the next suburb south after Sutherland which is on the southern side of Sydney. A little off the beaten track but definitely worth a visit. She has a huge range of P & Q fabrics at reasonable prices. Lots of books and just about every other craft item imaginable. From fur to feathers, beads to buttons, paints to pellets. Jules has it all. To top it off there are some delightful people who work there They do mail order to anywhere and in early 1998 they will have a website operating.
MIRANDA
Patchwork Plus
shop 81 7-15 Jackson Ave
Tel (02) 9540 2786
Open 7 days a week.
Owner : Lorraine Downy
This one used to be at Hurstville Wonderful fabrics, wide variety of all colours and patterns. Also cross stitches, needles, buttons, books and notions. Two lovely sofas to sit on and browse - many quilts on display. Owner and staff very very helpful and nice. Shop situated directly behind the huge Miranda Fair Shopping Centre. Huge car parking station right next door, and plenty of street parking. Also - can you add about a discount card for Patchwork Plus as well - she runs a card - spend $200 get $25 free.
CARINGBAH
The Crafty Pair
189 Denman
MIRANDA
The Janome Sewing Centre Shop 1013 (lower Level, Westfield Shopping Town, Miranda
(02) 9525 4252.
They have a small range of well selected fabrics but I've found them to be a good source for quilting books - which, I find, are not that easily found lately. They also sell Bubble Jet Set.
