Thursday 3 January 2013

Fabric Shopping Spree!

It is not easy to get nice fabric for needlework from where I am staying, especially linen cotton blend type of fabric and fabric with cute prints. Most of the textile shops here sell fabric for dressmaking and tailoring. There are specialty stores in town but their prices are not cheap. Cotton materials are hard to come by nowadays too as the import costs are too high. Cotton materials, as I understand it, were used to import from Japan or Taiwan. On the other hand, the demand for needlework craft in the country is also not that encouraging, hence, the limited supply. In Taipei, there is a needlework craft heaven, called Yongle Fabric Market, in Bangkok, there is Sampeng Lane. How about Malaysia? I bought most of the fabric/needlework accessories for my projects from online store.

On the second last day of 2012,  I went for fabric shopping with my sister-in law. We came to know about the sales from a blog. It is an opportunity that all needlework maniac shouldn't miss! There were lots and lots of fabric in that little room from cotton, linen cotton blend, lace, cotton tape to bag accessories. Anything you need for your needlework craft! We spent about two hours browsing and choosing. It was quite a damage to our wallet that day haha...Here are some of the fabric I bought..

From cotton to linen cotton blend fabric

Fruitful shopping!
Cute prints fabric

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