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The Best Fabric Stores in Toronto
The best fabric stores in Toronto inspire, nurture, and provide for creativity. They offer bolts upon bolts of textiles, an array of different types of hardware, and enough trimmings to jazz up your wardrobe for the rest of your life. Queen St. West is littered with said retailers and wholesalers, but places all over the city can, too, fulfill every crafty DIY need.
So, whether you're a designer, a quilter, an interior decorator, or just an average Joe looking to replace a button on your favourite shirt, here is the list of the best fabric stores in Toronto.
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Designer Fabrics
Located in the heart of Parkdale, Designer Fabrics caters to every budget with fabrics priced at $8 to $800 per yard. Its intimidatingly large interior carries everything from printed tussah silks to solid cottons in diverse colours, all conveniently displayed in swatches for those less willing to explore its aisles. The staff is also known to be consistently friendly and knowledgeable. More »
The Workroom
The Workroom is a cozy shop in Parkdale with big, bright windows. The walls are lined with colourful fabrics, a large selection of Japanese pattern books, and unique sewing notions. Rows of sewing machines take up most of the floor space, there for customers to sew by the hour or use during one of the many classes that are offered. More »
King Textiles
King Textiles has thrived in the Fashion District for over 20 years. Its size boasts 22,000 square feet, filled with thousands of all kinds of fabrics and fabric-related accessories. And if you still can’t find what you’re looking for, the store’s experienced staff is able to recommend or out-source textiles from connected retailers. More »
Fabricland
With locations all over the country, Fabricland is and has been Canada’s largest fashion fabric distributor for decades. They’ve come a long way from their first store at Queen and Roncesvalles, expanding to all types of textiles at competitive prices, a home decoration section, sewing classes and seminars, and a selection of basic hardware pieces. Plus, if you’ve got a membership card, everything is 25 to 50 percent off every day. More »
MacFab
MacFab on Queen St. East specializes in textiles for interior design, including upholstery, draperies, and bedding. It does tend to be on the expensive side, but you get what you pay for and the fabrics are exquisite. MacFab also offer a wide range of custom-made services if you ever want have an expert match your drapes to your carpet. More »
EuroFab
Dubbed by most as the classiest fabric store on Queen St. West, EuroFab has an extensive selection of high quality, imported fabrics for interior decorating, as well as design consultants to speak with should you need a second opinion on how to decorate your windows. I particularly appreciate EuroFab’s pleasing aesthetics. The fabrics are well organized and the windows are always intriguing. More »
Romni Wools
Romni Wools overwhelms with its rows and rows of baskets filled with all colours and textures of yarn. The aisles can get a little narrow, but if you don’t mind being surrounded by every kind of wool imaginable and aren’t claustrophobic, it can be a knitter’s dream. More »
Affordable Textiles
Affordable Textiles certainly chose their store name well. The space is flooded with fabrics at tremendously low prices from floor to ceiling. Literally. Besides the cavernous atmosphere and the fact that its sheer number of fabric bolts can suffocate somebody, the product is diverse and won’t hurt your pocket. More »
Fabric Fabric
Located at Keele and St. Clair, Fabric Fabric can be easily overlooked next to the depot giants that surround it. However, once it’s discovered, you’ll find any low to medium cost fabric ever invented. The only issue is that it’s big (perhaps too big) and it can be difficult to shop without a specific textile in mind. It’s definitely fun to spend hours browsing, nonetheless. More »
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There's a really good one for children's/novelty/quilter's fabrics called bugfabrics.com, but it's in the States. They ship here, but it's a little pricier that way. Still worth a look!
Now I wished I had applied, there are so many great stores on Queen street that were let off the list. For one, I like to see Downtown Fabric being mentioned; the owner is such a nice guy, he would give fashion students free fabric scraps from his basement when the other stores would still charge something ridiculous for their scraps.
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Customer service at King Textiles can be hit or miss, but they do have a large selection. Affordable Textiles is good too.
And i can't agree with Affordable Textiles being on the list. They may have decent prices, but it's severely disorganized and takes all the joy out of fabric shopping.
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My husband and I both sew and we have been searching for a long time for quality cottons for shirts and blouses. We had given up trying to find it locally and were searching on the internet when by chance we found Sultan’s right here in Toronto! We will never need to look anywhere else. There is so much choice you know you’ve found the ultimate source for fine fabric. http://www.sultansfinefabrics.com
There’s an article in make something by Karyn from the Workroom in Parkdale that goes into much more detail about some of the other incredible fabrics that are available. http://www.makesomething.ca/?s=sultans
And the good news is that if you’re looking for the quality fabric and don’t live near Toronto they have a great website to order from : )
Sultan Moosa is the owner who passionately showed us his exquisite materials. We went in to buy two lengths of fabric and came out with six. An incredible experience! Can’t wait to go back : )
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http://juliekinnear.com/blogs/fabric-stores-toronto.html
Website is so-so, missing a lot, gotta go in store to actually see how much he has in stock.
http://www.sultansfinefabrics.com/