Where's the best place to go for Quilting (patchwork) Fabrics?
Question:I'm heading over to London from Canada next month. Where is the best place to shop for Prints for Quilting (or Patchwork as known in the UK)? Like Kaffe Fasset designs etc. Does not have to be Central London. Basically anywhere I can get to on the Underground or Brit. Rail!
Answers:
I'd go into the fabric shops, curtain shops and beg for the sample fabrics. They may make you pay a small fee but you can get designer fabrics for next to nothing.
Email Osbourn and Little and ask what they do with theirs. Some dispose of them through charity shops, some put them in the rubbish bins at the back of the shops.
I drive a refuse wagon and for a hoarder like me, it is the ideal job. You'd be amazed at what people chuck out.
I have found designer fabrics, take them home and make them into cushions, which I then sell.
Check out the links below. The first has a nice interactive map of the entire country.
When I, a mere male decided to make a patchwork quilt, I didn't buy anything, just scrounged bits from all the old women I met. That was thirty years ago and its only just reached the repairing stage. Knowing nothing about making a quilt, I sewed the pieces onto a bedsheet. I incorporated things like one of my infant son's socks and a small section cut from a pair of my overalls. It has been a talking point among various ladies who have spent an hour beneath it. It's funny to hear them talking and each to realise how the other knows about my quilt..... (Bully for the WVRS)
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