Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Horsham Sewing Center, Horsham, VIC, Australia

A stop on a recent road trip from Adelaide to Melbourne was Horsham Sewing Center in Horsham, Victoria.  Unfortunately, they don't have a website.  However, their contact details are:

34 Firebrace Street
Horsham, VIC 3400
03  5381 1525

The shop has a great range of fabric including RJR, Kaufman and lots of others.  And this is the first shop I've been to ages that actually had several Loralie Designs.  In fact, if you're in Horsham in the near future, check out the beach bag in the window.  Loved it.  I also some great novelty and brights along with a small but good range of children's fabrics. Also they had a small range of flannel fabric for the kids.  There was also a small range of patterns and a reasonable range of books. 

In fact for the first time, I found some "In the Beginning" pattern books.  For those of you who are not familiar with this fabric range, check out www.inthebeginningfabrics.com .  They have an interesting fabric range that is very different from say Moda fabrics.  Their fabric themes range from Camelot inspired to folk art.  Check them out.

Needless to say I left the store after buying a few pieces of fabric.  I found a great range of Australiana fabric - bought a couple of pieces to add to my collection. I also found some New Zealand fabric which rather surprised me.  The piece was of Wellington villas.  Very unusual and have absolutely no idea how this ended up in Horsham.  Must be a fair few Kiwis in the town?

My only criticism of the store is it is a bit untidy.  I almost tripped a couple of times on the fabric that hadn't been put away, something the store's owner needs to be careful of.

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