2024 JANUARY ISSUE
EXPLORING FOR SETTING UP
A SEWING ROOM
PART 2
Written by : Andrew Sia
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This time our report covered 12 regions in UK and 19 cities. They are waiting for your exploration.
If you can combine this piece with our earlier piece, UK Craft Shows in November 2023 to October 2024. With those activities as mentioned, for instance the quilting, knitting, dressmaking, there you can complete most of your material sourcing.
This can bring you one step closer to what you would want to achieve and perhaps help you to turn your hobby and your skill into something that can be useful.
Why not give it a try?
Introduction
In our last piece we were focusing on London but I think that it is not enough. We should expand to the other parts of the United Kingdom and bring it to the next level where those who have the interest would have also the access to these resources.
Please take this article to its next step and I hope that you will be able to benefit from it. Perhaps if you have your experience in sharing for your findings in these haberdasheries would also be very helpful as well.
In my opinion that the resources are very important as we have also the full library of those suppliers for the fabrics and trims. Their materials would play an important role for the success of the fashion collections.
Now we are beginning our journey to bring you across the United Kingdom. At the beginning of this writeup, we attached the map of the United Kingdom and it is the courtesy of – Worldometer. It is important for us to know our bearing.
North London
Ray Stitch
66-68 Essex Road, London N1 8LR
www.raystitch.co.uk
East London
Fabrications
7 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH
www.fabrications1.co.uk
West London
Classic Textiles
44 Goldhawk Road,
London W12 8DH
Macculloch & Wallis
25-26 Poland Street, London W1F 8QN
www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk
South London
Good Fabric
17 Lyon Road, Wimbledon SW19 2RL
www.goodfabric.co.uk
North East
1st For Fabrics
Unit 9B, North Tyne Industrial Estate, Whitley Road, New Castle upon Tyne NE12 9SZ
www.1stforfabrics.co.uk
North West
Miller & Mckew
27-29 Stafford Street, Liverpool L3 8LX
Abakhan
111-115 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LN
www.abakhan.co.uk
Yorkshire
Bombay Stores
Shearbridge Road, Bradford BD7 1NX
www.bombaystoresfabrics.co.uk
Annie’s
554 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield S7 1TD
www.anniesabbeydale.co.uk
East Midlands
Roy’s Material World
1-3 Odeon Arcade, Leicester LE1 5HJ
Coles Sewing Center
90 Lower Parliament Street,
Nottingham NG1 1EH
www.colessewingcentre.co.uk
West Midlands
Scissor Stitch
127 New Road, Rubery,
Birmingham, B45 9JR
www.scissorstitch.co.uk
Watson & Thronton
27/28 Mardol, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1PU
www.watsonandthronton.co.uk
East of England
Shan’s Fabrics
1 Westgate, Hunstanton, Norfolk PE36 5AL
www.shansfabrics.co.uk
South East
New Fabric Fair
51 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN
www.new-fabric-fair.business.site
Hometown Rochester
62 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1JY
www.hometownrochester.co.uk
South West
Fabricland
52-56 Bond Street, Bristol BS1 3LZ
www.fabricland.co.uk
Exeter Fabric Center
5189 Pinhoe Road, Exeter EX4 8AB
www.exeterfabrics.com
Scotland
Edinburgh Fabrics
12-14 Patrick Square, Newington,
Edinburgh EH8 9EZ
www.edinburghfabrics.co.uk
Fabric Focus
131 E Claremont Street, Edinburgh EH7 4JA
www.fabricfocus.co.uk
Mandors Fabric Store
Fleming House, 134 Renfrew Street,
Glasgow G3 6ST
www.mandors.co.uk
Fabric Bazaar
171-177 London Road,
Glasgow G1 5BX
www.fabricbazaar.co.uk
Bawn Textiles
613 Pollokshaws Road,
Glasgow G41 2QG
www.bawntextiles.com
Wales
Calico Kate
36 High Street,
Lampeter,
Ceredigion SA48 7BB
The Quilting Bee
30 Queen’s Road,
Llandudno LL30 1AZ
www.thequiltingbee.co.uk
Northern Ireland
Craftswoman Fabrics Store
1 Kilroot Business Park,
Carrickfergus BT38 7PR
www.cwfabrics.com
Sew Unique Fabrics
79 High Street,
Bangor BT20 5BD
www.sewuniquefabrics.co.uk
Fiddlesticks Fabrics
Unit 13, Ballee & Harryville Enterprises Center,
20 Antrim Road,
Ballymena BT42 2BJ
www.fiddlesticksfabrics.co.uk
Mad About Fabrics
Duncrue Industrial Estate, 16-18 Dargan Crest,
Belfast BT3 9JP
www.madaboutfabrics.com
Paragon Fabrics
86 Donegall Pass,
Belfast BT7 1BX
www.paragonfabrics.co.uk
Introduction
This time we have covered different regions in the United Kingdom. There are 12 regions in total covering 19 cities. You can refer to them as the following:
North London
East London
West London
Central London
South London
North East – New Castle
North West – Liverpool
Yorkshire – Bradford
East Midland – Leicester
West Midland – Nottingham
East of England – Norfolk
South East – Brighton and Kent
South West – Bristol and Exeter
Scotland – Edinberg and Glasgow
Wales – Ceredigion and Llandudno
Northern Ireland – Carrickfergus, Bangor, Ballymena and Belfast
We didn’t run a complete report on those haberdasheries. We wait for you to explore their stock of materials that they are carrying. Knowing many of us came from the industry would have better resources and more unique selections. We still hope that you will be satisfied for what you can find.
This can be useful for designers, students, hobbyists, small sewing rooms and even classrooms. We wish you a happy venture.