San Francisco shops?

Old 10-26-2014, 02:32 PM
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Folks, I will be going to Oakland/San Francisco in December. Do any of you know of any good stores with a selection of fashion fabric? I am in an area with nothing but Walmart or Hobby Lobby fabric within a 3-5 hour driving distance. I would like to find some beautiful unique pieces. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. I have a really nice quilt shop about 35 miles from me that I want to help keep open so I'm looking for fabric to make clothing.
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Old 10-27-2014, 06:47 AM
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Maybe try Discount Fabrics? I've never been to their SF location, but the Berkeley location has a whole bunch of clothing fabrics, and the prices seemed really reasonable. I'm not a garment sewer, but I was there with a friend who is and she was super excited about what she was finding. I know they have at least one SF shop, maybe two.
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Old 10-27-2014, 07:45 AM
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I just Google and there are 7 quilt shops to choose from....

https://www.google.com/search?q=san+...-a&channel=nts

Haven't been up there in a very long time. Have fun !!
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Old 10-27-2014, 10:04 AM
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Go to Britex Fabrics. They arent' cheap and haven't been there in years but it is definitely something to see even if you don't buy anything. There are 4 floors and when I went they had fabric floor to ceiling. I had a friend who went a couple of years ago and she did end up getting a couple of batiks.
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Old 10-27-2014, 10:09 AM
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There is also Stone Mountain & Daughter fabrics over in Berkley (you can probably take the BART). Unfortunately my favorite shop up in that area ThimbleCReek closed although I don't get there often anymore.
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It has been years and years since I was in a large fabric store. I'll probably walk in and freeze due to way too many choices. Lol. But I have to admit I'm looking forward to that part of the trip. Thanks for all help and suggestions!
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