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04-09-2013, 01:51 AM
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Britex Fabrics downtown....pack a lunch - it is four stories! http://www.britexfabrics.com/san-francisco-store.html
04-09-2013, 08:14 AM
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04-09-2013, 02:58 PM
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Always Quilting is the shop in San Mateo. Kit and Julie are the owners. That used to be my LQS until I moved away. It's a nice shop. Laurel Leaf is the one in San Carlos, it's a lot smaller. I also like the quilt shop in Berkeley (especially if you like batiks and Asians). It is called New Pieces (it's on Gilman and right off the 880).
04-10-2013, 08:03 AM
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Britex is interesting, beautilful and pricy -- 4 floors of an older downtown building.
Another wonderful and unique quilt shop is in Berkeley just across the Bay Bridge Huge and beautiful fabric collections with tons of batiks, Australian, Kaffe, and just about everything else. The staff is very helpful and nice. I much prefer it to Britex and it's worth a few hrs. or half day to go there just for the beautiful fabric displays and selection.
NEW PIECES QUILT SHOP
· Website
· (510) 527-6779
766 Gilman St
· Berkeley
· Directions
Another interesting store in Berkeley is
Stonemountain and Daughter Fs… · Website · (510) 845-6106
2518 Shattuck Ave · Berkeley · Directions
I don't like it nearly as well, because it is as heavily oriented toward fashion sewing as quilting, and the quilt fabrics aren't particularly unique. But it very interesting.
Another wonderful and unique quilt shop is in Berkeley just across the Bay Bridge Huge and beautiful fabric collections with tons of batiks, Australian, Kaffe, and just about everything else. The staff is very helpful and nice. I much prefer it to Britex and it's worth a few hrs. or half day to go there just for the beautiful fabric displays and selection.
NEW PIECES QUILT SHOP
· Website
· (510) 527-6779
766 Gilman St
· Berkeley
· Directions
Another interesting store in Berkeley is
I don't like it nearly as well, because it is as heavily oriented toward fashion sewing as quilting, and the quilt fabrics aren't particularly unique. But it very interesting.
04-10-2013, 09:53 AM
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I agree with my fellow quilters in the Bay Area. While Britex is nice, high prices and the small section of the store actually devoted to cotton fabrics for quilting is quite limiting. New Pieces and their selection is phenomenal. Stone Mountain and Daughter can't be beat! In fact, the half-priced fabrics in the back of the SMD gets me everytime to spend, spend, spend. And, we are talking top of the line manufactureres--PB Textiles, Moda, Westminster, etc. PLUS, SMD has an online coupon posted each week for at least 15% off regular priced material. AND they accept a screen shot taken by you on your mobile device.
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