China World – quilt fabric shopping in BKK!

You won’t believe your eyes when you see the amount of amazing quilt fabric all under one roof. This mall is heaven for quilters offering tons of quilt fabric from the U.S. and Japan. It’s all at a mall called China World in Pahurat, at the site which used to be a Central dept store. There is a food court and parking too.

99 baht per yard, Kimono House

Kimono House, 100% cotton fabric, open every day from 9:30 to 19:00, tel. 02 221 4840, China World, Room B025, Floor 1, in front of lift, 677-681 Chakrapet Road, Wang Burapha Pirom, Pranakhon, Bangkok 10200

Kimono House

Kimono House

Kimono House

Kimono House

cotton quilt fabric at 55 baht per yard

55 baht per yard

Thailand quilt festival 2010

First Time in Thailand

An event for quilters!

Oct 4 – 10, 2010 at Lifestyle Hall, 2nd floor, Paragon

• Quilt show

• free craft demonstrations

• launch new Elna and Janome sewing machines in Thailand
  

• fabric shopping

• and the latest accessories from Japan!

Original article here Matichon Online 04 October 2010
Official website Quilting Lovers Club in Thai.

Flyer for the show.

Quilt by Vanida Navakul http://www.vanidaquilts.com

Lianne Cooke teaches kaleidoscope.

by Lianne Cooke

Sunbonnet Sue Bag By Arpanut Nilyaganont from Quilt’s Hut Studio

Quilt artists from Thailand and overseas displayed their work.

Lianne Cooke

Lianne Cooke

Lianne Cooke

3D Flower basket bag By Suthida Chantamalee from Home of Quilt Studio

Bau-hua Chen and Jie Chen from Taiwan

Lianne Cooke

Marjolein Bastiaans “grass series”

Denise Frontzcak

Worapot

Lakkana Jones and her Buddha quilt.

Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of the Prime Minister of Thailand, opened the show.

Akemi Shimata from Japan

The fashion show featured 30 works of wearable art.

Siriwan Vilassakdanont, Pimpen Vejjajiva, and Masashi Kawashima

Corner Post

Ship your fabric and goods at Corner Post! The shops of Sampeng can send your purchases to Corner Post to be shipped. Air cargo or door-to-door. The big four TNT/DHL/FedEx/ UPS ship door-door, no minimum, charge by kilo. Less expensive – air cargo, 40 kg minimum, you pick up at the airport in your country when you arrive home. 255 Ratchawong Rd, on the corner, Jakkawad, Sampantawong, Bangkok 10110

Sampeng Avenue, near Ratchawong Rd., upstairs is a coffeeshop and a bathroom. They sell teddy bears and teddy bear clothing. Near Fabric Center.

Shop A 182 – real pearls at wholesale prices, also ceramic beads, great gifts at rock bottom prices.

Dee Dee An #101 Sampeng Lane – trim and fringe that would look great as edging on a quilt. Hours 8:00 to 17:00.

Goyt Hong Seng on the little cross street near 3/100 shop – flannel at 25 baht per meter, or 750 baht for 40 meters, in pink, blue, yellow or white. Flannel is called ‘samree’ in Thai.

Corner Post – ship goods from Sampeng

shop A182 – wholesale pearls

Dee Dee An – trim

Corner Post

Dee Dee An – trim

trim

shop A182 – wholesale pearls

shop A182 – wholesale pearls

Sampeng Avenue coffee shop

teddy bears and teddy bear clothing at a shop called “Sampeng Avenue” on Sampeng Lane near the intersection with Ratchawong Rd

Sampeng Avenue – upstairs

Me at Sampeng Avenue

Sampeng Avenue

Goyt Hong Seng – flannel

Thailand Quilt Festival 2010

Thailand Quilt Festival 2010

First time in Thailand!
Sewing and Hobby Event
Quilting Exhibition
Guru Workshop
Sewing and hobby products

4 – 10 October 2010
Lifestyle Hall
2nd floor Paragon

See the work of famous patchwork artists for the first time in Thailand. Quilt classes too! Free motion quilting, applique, magic of texture, and kaleidoscope workshops by Liane Cook. Floating flower applique and animal tote bag workshops by Lakkana Jones.

From Australia:
Liane Cook
Deborah Whittred
Lakkana Jones

From Japan:
Junko Sugahara
Akemi Shibata

From Thailand: Khun Arpanat from Quilts Hut

Quilts from Home of Quilt and much more.

Highlight… SHOP for fabrics and the latest quilt accessories imported from Japan
Free Daily… see a gallery of quilts and crafts such as country dolls, decoupage, working with fabric dye, stencils, paint and more

Official website:

Sewing Lovers Club

Tel. 02 689 8520 ext 116

Lakkana Jones

Liane Cook

Sponsors
Janome

Siam Paragon Shopping Mall

Elna Thailand

“K” Line Travel

Kiyohara Hobby and Craft

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