Travel Help!
 

I am excited to tell you that my husband and I are going to celebrate a good friends 90th Birthday in Baden, Vienna in November.
We will also go to Munich, Prague and Budapest so any Fabric shopping or not to be missed spots would be appreciated.
Warmly,
Rhodi

Oh, my, gosh!! Rhodi, that sounds fabulous! I can't help you on the fabric thoughts, because I've never been lucky enough to have been to any of those places, but I hope you have a wonderful trip.

It's been decades since I was in Munich or Vienna so no real help. And wasn't a quilter at the time either. But I will say, those two places, at least, are beautiful. If you can take any guided walking tours, particularly in Vienna, you won't regret it. The clock tower in the main square in Munich is breathtaking.

Enjoy your trip. I'm envious!

What a beautiful trip ! When are you going? I don't know about shopping there but we were in Prague, Vienna and Budapest just a year ago last spring and I wanted to tell you to take the dinner cruise in Budapest. It is one of my highlight of this trip (among others).

Thank you for your good wishes!

Big Smiles!

A Dinner cruise sounds delightful!

Oh my, you lucky girl. At the moment, I am sitting in a hotel room in Milan, Italy. The weather over the last two weeks has been absolutely spectacular. I have seen enough culture, antiquity and churches (that's where all the good art is) to last me for quite a while. While DH was taking pics of sculpture and paintings, my camera was pointed a different way (more of that later!) Before this trip, I googled fabric stores in the areas we were visiting. Unfortunately, in Italia, you can buy Armani suiting but not quilt-type fabric.

I would suggest Googling the areas you are visiting and perhaps also asking at the various hotels you will be staying. Have a wonderful time!!

Oh such a lucky lady. I would love to travel and visit places like that. I have no help for you in the fabric department though. I would research it on the net for a bit before leaving and take notes of the places that may look interesting. One thing for sure, if visiting a foreign place I would absolutely have to come home with some fabrics from that area. Have a wonderful time on your trip and dont forget to post some pics for all of us to live through you.LOL

The dinner cruise sounds great, tx...

There were a couple of quilt shops in Munich, not sure of their name now. Did you google patchwork for Munich? Do you speak German? Here's one link I found http://www.quilts.de/home.html

Also you could try emailing this company to see if they could give you some info http://www.westfalenstoffe.de/main.p...stoffe&lang=en

Here is a neat online shop that has an email address, maybe they can give you the names of the shops in Munich? http://www.ideenstube.com/en/team.php

I found this shop by searching the online telephone book at dastelefonbuch.de and entering patchwork and Munchen, maybe this will help you? http://quiltundtextilkunst.de/oxid.p...b50/cl/contact

Thank you! I emailed them.

What a fabulous trip! DO be prepared to pay a lot more for quilt fabric in Europe.

No advice. I've never been there. But it sounds so exciting. Take lots of pics and show them to us! ;)

I had problems finding fabric stores in Europe, especially Italy. I have been making a quilt from all the places we have been, and try to by a piece of fabric in each country. In Italy I bought a dishtowel. It was woven and had a scene of Rome on it. Germany and France were the only countries where I actually found a fabric shop. The air fare was cheaper.

When I was in Turkey, about 10 years ago, I wasn't yet a full blown quilter; but I bought a few yards of some flower brocade. It stayed in the closet for at least 5 years, when I finally used it to make covers for my kitchen chairs. They are the old chrome-legged ones, so are quite dated. But now they look quite presentable. Love those flowers.

Oh I love Prague!!! Waiting for the time I can go back again. When I was there I did not see a fabric shop, but I didn't look very hard either..... so much to look at!! But I did find a shop with hand done embroidery of which I had to purchase a few things. Even tho I was taught to do these myself, it was so special to get something from there. I also spotted a lady crocheting in a park and bought a few things from her. Anyway, keep your eyes opened to all possibilities....you will have a fabulous adventure!! Show us all your goodies when you get back!!

That is good insight! Boo on the prices!!!!

Good idea!

What a great trip planned! I read where in Italy you can't find regular type fabric? That is so sad! I could never live in a country where you can't find fabric for quilting!

Enjoy your travels and explore all of those magnificent places and please don't waste your time looking for fabric as I did. The fabric in Europe is much more expensive than in USA and the merchants are telling me that they get their fabrics from USA. An owner of a fabric store in Ohio confirmed this and stated that she regularly ships bolt of fabric to Prag and Budapest and some other places. Last week I checked some shops in Trieste, Italy and I was not able to find anything. I am staying in Croatia for a couple of months and I am glad I brought my fabric from home because trough my travels trough Europe I was only able to find one french fabric.
Enjoy your trip.

In Germany and Austria the prices are the same as in the Netherlands, meaning: expensive! (compared to the USA that is and most our fabrics come from the same producers.
For a FQ we have to pay an average of 4,75 euro ($ 6,42) ! yep, for ! FQ of Moda, Andover , Nortcoth etc. Webshops often are a bit cheaper.
The 'Westfalen Stoffe' are made in Germany. You can often find them in shops for homedecorating as well.

Yep. Years and years ago now my DH and I were on a trip to Germany. We were looking for something else and came across (accidentally) a fabric/quilting store. I asked him if we could go in and told him I'd spend 5 euro! (Thinking I could maybe get half a meter.) I think I got about 8 or 9" of fabric. Too funny...and very sad. The fabric I bought was beautiful but back then it was running over $20/meter--can't really imagine what it would be now.