So we braved the long scenic drive and got incredibly lost.
Finally, we got there. It was a strange little town, there isn't much to do. Its set near the town square which was probably grand its time, but is now a lot of empty dilapidated store fronts. Which do have a bit of and antique aesthetic beauty.
Sirs Fabric is basically two buildings. The first one we went to was a large gray building.
Sirs Warehouse #1 |
It is all home decor fabric, some of which is very, very nice and some a bit outdated. The staff was friendly and asked it they could help us find anything. We didn't stay there long because my friend and I were not looking for home decor fabric. Here are some pictures of first store:
they had faux fur also, 2.99 a yard |
Rows, upon rows |
Fabric was never on a bolt, always folded or on a roll |
Lots of fabric in compartments under tables as well |
Across the street there is another(well it sort of looks like to stores spliced together) The inside is much, much bigger than it looks like from the outside.
Sirs store #2 |
Honestly this store was a bit of a disappointment for me. I had assumed that there were to stores, one for home decor and one for apparel. This is not the case. The second store really only has around 40% apparel fabrics. There was alot of home dec/ drapery fabric. They also had a big bowl of buttons for 5 cents each.
Buttons |
Though priced quite cheaper than Joanns/Hancocks there wasn't really anything exiting.( they did have a room with a TON of home decor hardware) And not a lot of variety. They did seems to have a lot of fabric for formal/pageant gowns that was nice and at good price. All of the fabric in the store was in good condition.
The staff here was also friendly, though when I asked if they carried certain fabrics I was really only met with a blank stare so I would say the technical knowledgeably of some of the staff members is not so good.
Here are some more pictures:
More Home Dec... |
Drapery Fabric |
In the end I didn't get any fabric despite the drive(though I did get some notions, their notions were a bit cheaper than else where). I would say that this place would definitely be worth the drive for home decor fabric, but not apparel.
I am not too far from there, It DOES look boring!! I was hoping they would have great apparel fabrics! Sorry it stunk! :(
ReplyDeleteI don't recall getting incredibly lost. I knew where we were I simply forgot to differentiate north from south and was stubbornly ignorant to the GPS's guidance. Great post though! I like my cameo in virtually every photo. They did have free swatches though. It would be a good place to go if you were designing dresses for a whole bridal party or something. We need to find another fabric store to venture out to.
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ReplyDeleteoh Emily, I was only saying "incredibly lost" for comedy ;)
Its a good store if your a quilter and you can visit quit often to get bargains...I too have met with the
ReplyDeleteblank stares a time or two. Trish