Fabric Place – 2 locations www.fabricplace.com Framingham - Downtown Woburn - Woburn Mall 136 Howard Street 300 Mishawum Road Framingham, MA 01702 Woburn, MA 01801 508.872.4888 781.938.8787 800.556.3700 800.556.3700 Hours: Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10-8 Mon.-Sat. 10-9:30 Fri. 10-9 Sun. 12-6 Sat. 10-6
Sun. 12-5 (closed in summer)
Fabrics for Home Decorating, Quilting, Clothing (knitting, too). They Have a great selection of everything and their “Seconds” home decorating fabric is a super deal at prices as low as $5.80/yd.
Fabric Corner (they have a second location on the Cape)
783 Massachusetts Ave Hours: M,W,Th 9:30-8:30 Arlington, MA 02474 T,F,Sat 9:30-5:30
781.643.4040 Sun 12-6
Fabrics for Home Decorating, Quilting, Clothing.
The Button Box Hours: Mon, Tues, Fri: 9:30-5:30
http://www.buttonboxquiltshop.com Wed & Thurs: 9:30-8:00 974 Great Plain Ave Sat: 9:30-5:00 Needham, MA 02492 Sun: 12:00-5:00 (closed 1.866.478.4582 during summer)
Quilting Fabrics, Publications, notions, lace, ribbons, needlework, buttons. Exclusive Pfaff dealer. Very nice machines and great service.
Cambridge Quilt Shop Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10- 6:00pm
http://www.cambridgequilts.com Thurs. 10-7pm 95 Blanchard Rd Sun.12- 5pm Cambridge, MA
617.492.3279
Great selection of quilting fabrics and supplies conveniently located on the Cambridge/Belmont line.
Fabric Showroom Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:30-5 86 Coolidge Avenue Custom Upholstery is also open ‘til 7pm Th Watertown, MA
617.924.6800
They have a huge selection of home decorating fabrics. They also do custom upholstery and drapery. They let you borrow their large fabric swatches to take home to see how the fabric looks in your house.
Freddy Farkel’s Fabric Outlet 617.926.2888
Known to have Fabulous Fabrics for The Fanatically Frugal!
Same location and owner as Fabric Showroom. They also have foam,
supplies, trims and mill ends. Definitely worth taking a look. They are close to the Arsenal mall. Call for directions. They also have a location in Avon.
Fabric Town
www.fabric-town.com Hours: M-Sat 9-5:30pm
557 Main Street (Route 28) W & Th until 8pm Reading, MA 01867
781.944.6996 or 800.696.DECO Fax 781.944.7780
They have a nice website and a good map. They are barely 5 minutes from the Fabric Place in Woburn. They have mainly Home Decorating Fabrics, drapery hardware and wallpaper. They also do custom work.
MaryRose’s Quilts and other Treasures
159 Ash Street Hours: T-F 9:30-5 Reading, MA 01867 Th ‘til 7 781.942.9497 Sat 9:30-4
A Cute little shop just down the street from Fabric Town. The parking is tight, but there are some nice fabrics and a good-sized work area in the center of the store.
Zimman’s
www.zimmans.com Hours: M-Sat 9-5:30pm
80 Market St Thurs until 8:30 pm Lynn, MA
Zimman’s (cont.)
If you have any interest in home decorating fabric, this is known as the place you must go to. Their buyers have fabulous taste. The challenge of finding your way there is definitely worth the effort.
Calico Corners
www.calicocorners.com Also in Natick:
440 Great Road Hours: M-Sat 10-6 591 Worcester Rd (Route 9) Acton, MA 01720 Th ‘til 8 Natick, MA 01760
978.263.8549 Sun 12-5 508.651.2111
They have a beautiful selection of home decorating fabrics and trims.
Ralph Jordan’s
http://shop.townonline.com/shop/r/ralphjordans/quilt.html
254 Great Road Hours: M,F &Sat 9:30-5:30pm Gould’s Plaza T, W, Th 9:30-8:30pm
Acton, MA 01720 Sun 12noon-5pm
978.263.0606
Quilting fabric and supplies. Also, a great gift shop in where you may as well plan to bring money to spend.
JoAnn Fabrics
www.joann.com Hours: M-Sat 9-9 Middlesex Commons Sun 12-6 43 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803 781.272.9727
JoAnn’s has a lot of craft supplies, fabric, notions and sewing machines. They also give people on their mailing list coupons for 50% off one item on a regular basis (every 3-4 wks.) They have lesser quality quilting and clothing fabrics, but their home decorating has some good finds and they regularly have sales on clothing patterns.
Sawyer Brook in Clinton
www.sawyerbrook.com Hours: Usually M-F 10-3 PO Box 1800W 55 Sterling St Variable, please Clinton, MA 01510 Second Floor call ahead Phone 800.290.2SEW
Sawyer Brook in Clinton (cont.)
They are known for fine clothing fabrics, fabulous buttons and their mail order swatching program. You can also go and visit. But call first.
Franklin Mills
305 Union St
Franklin, MA 02038 508.528.3301
I just went there for the first time, recently. I found it well worth the drive. They have a nice selection of clothing fabrics and home decorating. I was only going to look, (hah, hah!) and ended up finding the perfect fabric for a project I had in mind. The staffwoman was very knowledgeable. The assortment isn’t huge, but well-chosen. They also carry sewing machines and knitting supplies. They also have a nice assortment of items for kids.
WinMil
111 Chauncy Street Hours: M-Sat 9-6 Boston, MA 02111 Sun 12-5 617.542.1815
Noted for their service and great prices. Mainly, I know about them through friends and my own visits to their stores in Danvers, MA and Minnesota.
Windsor Button Shop
35 Temple Place Hours: M-Sat 8:30-5:30 Boston, MA 02111
617.482.4969
By now it must be obvious that I rarely get into Boston. I knew the old location of Windsor when it was at Shopper’s World in Framingham. It has a great selection of Buttons and Bridal items. Check it out when you go into the city.
Sew Low Discount Fabrics
473 Cambridge St Hours: M-Sat 9:30-6 Cambridge, MA 02141 Sun 12-5 617.661.8361
Discounted fabrics and yarns. Haven’t been, but the salesman on the phone was super nice about information and directions.
DiCarlo Fabrics
15 Temple Place Hours: M-F 9:30-5:15 Boston, MA 02111 Sat 10-4:30 617.426.5749
Known for fine quality clothing fabrics. Highly recommended. Word has it that the owner is retiring and closing up shop. Get there soon if you want some beautiful fabric for your clothing projects.
Malden Mills Retail Store
www.maldenmillsstore.com Hours: M-Sat 8-3 550 Broadway
Lawrence, MA 01841 978.557-3242
The best Polar Fleece made and a nice store presentation. They have huge remnant sales 2-3 times a year. You can get on the list to be notified. For safety reasons, they do not allow kids into the plant (where the special sales take place). Only in the retail store.
There are so many stores to visit and too many to list here. You can go to the following web site to find a listing of stores anywhere in the USA. www.fabdir.com/massachusetts.html
From looking at the area codes, the list is probably at least 4 years old. So, call and check before you try to visit them, they may be out of
business (like North End Fabrics in Boston, sad to see them go.) And check the phone book for the new area code. Or, you can go to
www.switchboard.com and get current information there.
The information is current as of September 2002. I have listed shops that I have been to, or know people who highly recommend them. If you want to, you may contact me about any of the information. If something
changes, I appreciate your help in keeping the list up to date. And I am always interested in a new place to shop for fabric.
