Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tricia's Discount Fabrics. Melrose Park, SA, Australia

Yet another quilting find, Tricia's Discount Fabrics which you can find in Melrose Park a suburb in Adelaide SA.  Unfortunately, the store doesn't have a website so here are their address and contact details:

 11-13 Price Street
Melrose Park SA 5039
 Ph: 08 8177 1041

In terms of opening hours, the store is open seven days a week - YEAH!  I love Adelaide but it can be difficult to find quilting stores open on Sundays, Saturday yes, but very few on Sunday.

Next thing to tell you about Tricia's Discount Fabric is make sure you have plenty of time for a good look around the store.  I didn't realise how big it was and with a husband waiting in the car, even after 20 mins, no way had I had a good look through the whole place.  Are you starting to get the sense that this is a big store?  If you haven't then, take it from me that this store is more like a small warehouse than your usual fabric/quilting shop.  

So what sort of fabric did they have?  To be honest, after nearly 30 mins there, I still didn't get a real sense of whether the store specialise in one type of fabric or another.  All I can tell you is that I'm pretty confident that no matter what your taste, I'm sure you will find something you will like.  I know I did.  I ended up walking out with some Christmas fabric to make a table runner for our new dining room table; and a few other pieces I discovered.  Yes they had novelties, seasonal, juvenile, floral, and so much more.  If you want flannel, they had the biggest selection I've seen to date.

In terms of patterns and books, unless they had them hidden elsewhere not as much as I've found at other shops.  Saying that, I just received their latest newsletter and it said they had new patterns in stock.  If you need thread and other notions, they definitely had a very good selection.

Overall, definitely worth a visit - I got my husband to save the store in our GPS!

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