Boston area peeps - Winmil Fabrics Q
I have been reading on here about the price of fabric. Shocking!!!
I just started quilting and went to a little place in Chinatown called Winml Fabrics. Their cottons were on sale for $3/yard (usually $5/yard). How do they keep their prices so low? Is this just really poor quality fabric? Seems fine to me, but what would I know... Anyhoo, after reading some older posts about the price of fabric, I feel like I should run back over there and buy out the whole store!!! |
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Originally Posted by AndysC
(Post 5751598)
I have been reading on here about the price of fabric. Shocking!!!
I just started quilting and went to a little place in Chinatown called Winml Fabrics. Their cottons were on sale for $3/yard (usually $5/yard). How do they keep their prices so low? Is this just really poor quality fabric? Seems fine to me, but what would I know... Anyhoo, after reading some older posts about the price of fabric, I feel like I should run back over there and buy out the whole store!!! |
did you read the reviews on their web site
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I love going there, but I don't think the quilting fabric is all that great.
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Originally Posted by Holice
(Post 5751780)
did you read the reviews on their web site
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just type in Winml Fabrics.
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I used to go there regularly when I worked right around the corner. Of course, this was BEFORE I started quilting.
What are the brands of fabrics? If name brand, I think you can judge the quality from there. Look at the selvages rather than at the cardboard holders. When I work in Quincy, I go over to Sewfisticated on Morrisey Boulevard in Dorchester. They are selling for 2.99 and 3.99 a yard. Most are name brand - some of the "lesser" brands in some cases - but I've found some of the same fabrics that are carried in my LQS. The key difference, I believe, is that the fabrics are not from older fabric lines. The Sewfisticated in Framingham carries nicer quilting fabrics. There are three stores that are run by family members. Apparently, each has a different eye so, while they have some of everything, they concentrate on their "specialty".. The one who runs the Framingham store apparently has an "eye" for quilting cottons. |
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