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03-14-2015, 07:54 AM

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rosiewell

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most of the quilt shops (mercerie, bricolage, tessuti) have expensive cotton, a good portion of their quilting cottons comes from the US at triple the price, but most of them have a great selections of accessories (ricracs, ribbons, bottons etc.)

03-14-2015, 07:59 AM

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rosiewell

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2

You may not be able to find any in Italy. Quilting is not a hobby there. I don't think I have ever seen any quilting groups going to Italy. Good Luck.

They actually have quite a number of guilds or groups, the largest one with is Quilt Italia, it has several chapters thru Italy and they are very active with shows and on the internet, but there are several independent patchwork groups, I know of one in Bassano close to Vicenza who has a fantastic quilt show in and old castle every year, well attended.

03-14-2015, 08:04 AM

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kyquiltlover1942

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When I was there, I ended up buying a dishtowel on my last day. Could not find fabric stores at all.

03-14-2015, 01:57 PM

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madamekelly

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Originally Posted by Trapunta

My understanding is that patchwork quilting is not as big a hobby in Italy as it is here. I study the Italian language and my Italian-born teacher could not think of an Italian word which conveyed the idea of a patchwork quilt. Perhaps things have changed, but don't be surprised if quilting stores are hard to find.

So maybe you should just search for dry goods, fabric, sewing store, domestics, or any other fabric word you come up with a translation for?