Fabric Warehouse

The stores you would find me lingering in most of my recent days especially last weekend, were Fabric Stores.
On the hunt for that perfect light, silky fabric enough to be used at an event to hide other curtains, was definetly a mission on its own.
I found walking into Fabric Warehouse, actually a relief because they seemed to have lots of different options.
It turns out that the perfect material they had was all I needed except had to be doubled over to do the job.
Good thing is that they had a 40% sale on certain curtain materials, and my chosen chiffon just happened to be amongst it.
The lady working at the front of the store, her name was Lily, a very helpful Asian women, who was great in showing me as many options as she had in store.
I noticed that you had a variety of material options from budget to expenisive so something to suit all tastes.

Fabric Warehouse is a great wee fabric store tucked away behind Mt Eden Road.
When I was in high-​school and had various school balls to attend, the Fabric Warehouse was a lifesaver. I’ve never been much of a girly girl and didn’t want the same satin style ball gown as every other girl, so instead went to the Fabric Warehouse found the perfect white fabric with black flowers around the hem and had my own 1950s style gown made. Not only was it completely original, but it was also pretty cheap. The Fabric Warehouse is really fairly priced and the lovely couple that work there are more than happy to help you locate the ideal fabrics for whatever project you are working on.
A great selection of fabrics, zippers, buttons and threads are available at Fabric Warehouse, as well as a brilliant variety of patterns. My favourite are the vintage Vogue patterns they stock up by the counter — so inspirational, and what better place to be inspired than in a fabric store?!
If you endeavour to sew your own clothing or even whip up some cheap and funky curtains or pillow cases — the Fabric Warehouse will provide everything you need!

Even though I am not much of a sewer, I know for a fact that Fabric Warehouse is my mothers go-​to whenever she needs an inspiring piece of fabric to work with. Most of the stock is imported from Italy, China and Hong Kong and definitely not your standard run-​of-​the-​mill stuff you find at all the chain fabric stores in Auckland. All of the fabric is beautifully merchandised around the shop, and then stored efficiently in bolts in racks on one side of the store — very reminiscent of Mood from Project Runway. All of your standard trimmings, sewing notions and patterns are available, and there is also a pin board by the patterns where you can find notices about sewing tutors and dressmaking services. Fabric Warehouse also has a loyalty club, where if you spend $ 50 (which is very easy to do each visit) you get a stamp, and when you have 10 stamps you will get a 50 dollar voucher and become a VIP member who always gets 10% off. So if you are seeking out that special piece of fabric for a special occasion or just to make yourself something cute, then this is definitely the place where you’ll find what you’re looking for.