One of my favourite fabric stores in Melbourne is GJ Fabrics [
www.gjsdiscountfabrics.com.au ]. For me its the quilting fabrics I
enjoy looking through but if you need fabrics for dance costumes, this
is also the store for you. GJ Discount fabrics is located on Lygon
Street, Brunswick East. Don't make the mistake of thinking the store is
in Lygon Street where all the Italian restaurants are - its not. To
get there, I personally would recommend hopping on Tram #1 or #8 along
Swanston Street and then getting off on tram stop 126 which is right in
front of the store.
Overall, really nice selection of fabrics
including moda fabrics and other name brands. They have an extensive selection of brights, novelties, Australiana, some Asian/Japanese prints along with an excellent selection of baby and children prints. You will also find a small selection of Moda pre cuts such as jelly rolls, layer cakes and charm squares. On my last trip there, I bought the Morris Workshop jelly roll to make a quilt design I've picked up off of YouTube.
Also for an expat Kiwi, I've managed to
pick up some Kiwiana FQs. Make sure you check out their specials as
again, I've picked up some great quilting fabric at fantastic prices
including a Kiwiana panel fabric which you would normally pay NZ$24.00
pm and I lucked out and found it in the store's special area for AU$8
pm. Needless to say I bought about 3m which I'll get a lot of use out
of. Check out the Kiwiana quilt picture on the blog and you'll see the
panel in use.
And another store with friendly and helpful staff.
This store also runs workshops though I left Melbourne before I had a
chance to sign up for any of them. Also fantastic sales. So if you
live locally, make sure you sign up for their email notices so you can
hear about their sales ahead of time.
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