MAKING YOUR OWN 'ORIGINAL' CLOTHES IS FUN!
As I find great places to shop for fabric, buttons and beads I will let you all know. Sewing is creative, fun and best of all - "original"
ps - let me know your favourite shops and they can be added!
ps - let me know your favourite shops and they can be added!
REMNANT WAREHOUSE - SYDNEY 490-494 Botany Road, Alexandria NSW 2015 (LINK TO WEBSITE)Just a five minute train ride from Central Station finds you in a fabric wonderland..
box's of designer remnants for a ridiculously low price, gorgeous fabrics of all types, buttons, bibs and bobs..take a BIG BAG!                             Etelage. Beads and Jewellery making supplies.
This shop has original vintage beads! Howz that??
Plus heaps and heaps of other goodies.. a veritable AIadins Cave... thought of a hundred and one ways to use some of these little darlings..however I will leave it up to y'all to gaze at the pic's and take the trip..                                                  |
CLARKSONS at 2 Aston Rd Erina and at 110 Lang St Kurri KurriA warehouse full of fabric rolls - remnants and auction clearance stock. Alot of designer and factory left overs. I have found everything from silks to muslin, interfacings, zips, lace - sigh..its a trap for the fabric-a-holic. Grab your mates and take a trip - even the kids will have fun searching in the piles and piles of bargain stock from books to zebra pot holders.
SPEERS POINT -BOOLAROO- CESSNOCKThe Patchwork shop and a little craft type shop in Main Rd - more the Boolaroo end, have some terrific stuff. Also great finds in a shop called the Emporium (?) in Cessnock..been a while since I was there - but it was chock-a-block with all sorts of fabric and sewing accessories and notions.
LEO MONK HANDBAGS
Near the Button shop in Newtown..handbags to die for- some have that retro/vintage look..yummo!
click on pic for their website McElwaines 10 Badford Close Kotara.Not only curtain material and furnishings, but a reasonable range of dress making fabric - and at the moment on sale at 40% off. Love their trim range, and some very cute and different buttons.Also look in the remnant bins for some bargains! Easy to get threads, needles etc there too without the hassell of parking in the big shopping centre. Happy, friendly staff. Hi guys!!!
ALL BUTTONS GREAT AND SMALL - 419A KING ST NEWTOWN. (LINK TO WEBSITE)LOVE Newtown! LOVE the button shop..but beware - all those yummy buttons are enought to send a lassie mad with desire! True!! I have taken lots of pix, to give you an idea,(and for me to remember) - there is a mail order service.
Stop by for a looksee and a lovely daybuttondressdream.                                                     |
