Fabric shopping in Wellington, New Zealand

A few shops have opened and others have closed so I thought it was time to update my list of Wellington fabric shops. Here are suggestions from Coastal Quilters group for shops in the Wellington area.

Arthur Toye - closing, last day 31st january 2014.    General sewing fabrics and cheaper quilting fabrics
The Grand Arcade
16 Willis st
Wellington

Sheherazad - Closing, silks are on sale 50-70% off.   Beautiful silks!
Shop 38-40, Level B1, 
1 Willis Street, Wellington Central, 
Wellington 6011

Wellington Shops

Arthur Toye - closing, last day 31st january 2014.    General sewing fabrics and cheaper quilting fabrics
The Grand Arcade
16 Willis st
Wellington

Sheherazad - Closing, silks are on sale 50-70% off.   Beautiful silks!
Shop 38-40, Level B1, 
1 Willis Street, Wellington Central, 
Wellington 6011

Busy Bee     - quilting fabrics and machine quilting  
14 Kingsford Smith St
Rongotai
04 387 7115

Stitchbird Fabrics - fabric and novelties

Stitchbird
Shop 19 Kilbirnie Plaza
22 Bay Road
Kilbirnie
Wellington

Wellington Sewing Services - sewing machines, fabrics, knitting wool
Shop 3, Kilbirnie Plaza 22 Bay Rd, Kilbirnie
04-387 4505

Piece by Piece Ltd - fabrics

Shop 3, 

149 Karori Rd Wellington

Nancys Embroidery

Spotlight

Fabric Warehouse

 

Kapiti Coast shops

Fabric by Three 

Waikanae at 17 Fleetwood Grove, specialising in hand dyed fabric and open by appointment – 04 293 3794

Fibre Flair in Waikanae.

Bernina in Kapiti,

Hutt Valley

Quiltworks in High Street Lower Hutt

Sawmillers Quiltery


More to be added soon, have to take the cat to the vet right now!


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And then the sun came out in Melbourne!

It was cold and rainy this morning but now it is glorious and this is the view from our window now that there is sun.

I walked up Collins Stand then caught the tram (112) to Brunswick st, Fitzroy which is surely the centre of all things arty and cute, as well as having great fabric shops and graffiti.

Someone gave this fella a bag of bread rolls.

I came across the silk shop I was looking for, completely by accident. I saw graffiti first then the sign for a knitting mill and then realised the 'Beautiful Silks' sign was right next to it.

Beautiful silks have everything silky that a crafts person might need. Knitting wool/silk, stuff for felting, fabrics, and threads, as well as silk scarf blanks. They run workshops there too but there is nothing on this weekend that I could do.

Silk threads for dyeing.

Back on Colins st, I saw this bike trailer with fake cyclists whose legs go round and round when the trailer moves.

And an exhibition called 'The art trail' Bundeena and Maianbar, at the ChinaConstruction bank on Collins. This picture made of aluminium coke cans was stunning. It is by Liz Borghero.

Now I just have to work out how to get to the Sandringham yacht club rooms by 7pm. Apparently it is nowhere near the station.

Pink Hair

I don't know who this man is but he is the ultimate patient husband. he was waiting for his wife to finish shopping in the merchants mall at the Wellington Quilt Symposium. Above him is the sign pointing to shopping.


I always wanted to have pink hair and as I was dared to dye my hair pink at the last symposium, I went ahead this time. I rather like it. It took my husband about half an hour to notice :-)
I am holding up someone's 'spiky tree' top they have made in class at the Wellington Quilt Symposium. I have finished teaching now and tomorrow I will take a class with Ann Fleeton.
Tonight there was a marvellous talk by Libby Lehman about organising your sewing room. Her room was so organised that after a while I felt like banging my head against the seat in front. It was very humorous but mission impossible for me.