Fabric Stores in Redmond WA?

Hi All,

My DH is flying to the States in a few days time, and will be staying in Redmond, and working at Microsoft HQ.

He's said he will buy me a present :-) but that I can't have 2.5 miles of fabric :-(. He has agreed to buy me 2.5 yards though LOL!

So given that my DH is going to be pretty busy while he's in Redmond, and has a weight limit on his suitcase - where should I send him shopping for fabric? I'm after good quality cotton for blouses (plain, stripes or check - not print!), or heavier weight fabric for making trousers / skirts.

And an OT question - where should DH shop for some RTW clothes for him? and a present for DD (16mths and growing fast)?

TIA

Sarah

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Sarah Dale
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"Sarah Dale" wrote

Hi Sarah - I moved away from Redmond 10 years ago (I'm about 30 miles north) but it doesn't look like the fabric options have improved at ALL since I left! There is a JoAnn Fabric (the store we love to hate) and Ben Franklin in Redmond (NE of Microsoft), and a Pacific Fabric with a Bellevue address (SW of Microsoft but actually a little closer to Microsoft than Redmond). There is also a JoAnn's Superstore in Crossroads - a shopping center south of Microsoft. I haven't been in any of these stores in a long time so can't give you a recommendation for which one to go to. Maybe someone who lives closer will be able to do that. If I took a guess at which store had better fabric and selection I would put Pacific Fabric first and the JoAnn's Superstore second but so much seems to depend on how each store is managed and I just don't know that about those stores.

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Chris Underwood

I would suggest sending him to the Pacific Fabric store in Seattle. It's only 20 min. or so from Redmond, maybe 40 minutes or longer though if he doesn't avoid the heavy rush hour traffic. He'll definitely want to time his outing to avoid it if he's going to drive himself. However, there are buses that leave right from outside the Redmond campus, and go straight to Seattle. He gets off on one of the first couple stops in downtown Seattle, and there are any number of buses that head south on the street Pacific Fabric is on, like every

15 minutes or so. It's a very short hop. The buses are excellent there, at least they were some 3-/12 years ago. He can call the toll- free bus number any time to ask for the route.
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Caya

Ooops- I forgot, you said he would be short on time- my suggestion might be good for selection & price, but not necessarily time. It depends on if he is going into Seattle anyways. Have him get you some Pike Place Market Spice Tea, while he is at it.

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Caya

I was just in Seattle and went to the Pacific Fabrics. What a store! It took me 3 hours to go through it. Great stuff and reasonable.

Jon

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Jon Cox

Which one were you at, there appears to be several:

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BEI Design

Sarah Dale wrote: > My DH is flying to the States in a few days time, and will be staying in

Thanks to Caya, Chris and Jon for your excellent help. I shall pass your information on to DH - and make sure he packs it!

He has a rental car for his stay, so that should enable him to get to Seattle easily - especially with sat nav available.

Thanks again,

Sarah

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Sarah Dale

Just to clarify: Pacific Fabrics has a regular store at Northgate shopping mall in north Seattle, but I think people are referring to the big outlet store on 4th avenue south. Easy way to get there from east side: go across

520 bridge, south > > My DH is flying to the States in a few days time, and will be staying > in
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