Sampeng Lane for Quilting Cotton

#277 Sampeng Lane, Fabric House, features some new lines of fabric. They have 100% Cotton Colors by Palette Pleasure, at 99 baht per meter, and Creative Fabrics Designed by Freedom House UK, in a cute ‘crayons’ print at 99 baht per meter. They have novelty prints with cats, owls, and animals. A pack of low loft batting suitable for table runners is 75 baht and contains 1 yard. They have quilted cotton at 210 baht per meter, and also cotton spandex in bright colors at 210 baht per meter.

#150 Sampeng Lane, Chuan Hua. They have cotton fabric at 3 meters for 100 baht, 4 meters for 100 baht, and 40 baht per meter. I saw some cute fabric in a glasses and mustache print, and the same Hawaiian prints they’ve always had with an occasional Jinny Beyer leftover from before. There are some misprints which are great for art quilts because they are unique.

#146 Sampeng Lane, Eung Hang Kim. This is a notions shop where you can pick and choose threads in different colors, and they give you an empty box to fill. A box of 12 spools of Venus polyester thread is great for sewing quilts, at 140 baht.

#159 Sampeng Lane, S.S.T.Textile Co.,Ltd. They have cotton fabric at 89 baht per meter. Their novelty fabric is really cute, with postage stamps, cupcakes, florals, stripes, polka dots, musical notes, and pretty border fabrics.

Kimono House on the corner of Yaowarat and Maha Chai Roads, diagonally across the street from Starbucks, has fabric priced at 120 baht per meter, or 110 baht per yard. This is the place to find a wide variety of quilt fabric. The lines of fabric include Carnival by Jinny Beyer, Kona Bay Fabrics, RJR Clover Collection, XOXO Collection, Fall 2014 Collection, Kaufman Dari Design Studio, Patrick Lose suds, stars and argyle, and French General for Moda. It’s really fabulous!

Another view of Kimono House on the corner of Yaowarat and Maha Chai Roads, diagonally across the street from Starbucks, with fabric at 69 baht per yard. This shop is just about overflowing with quilting cotton. There is lots more than there used to be.

#258 Sampeng Lane, Belleboo. They have novelty cotton prints with the Eiffel Tower, florals, cars, elephants, and lots of stripes and polka dots. All at 89 baht per meter.

Feathers, Lycra and flannel at Sampeng Lane

Wholesale flannel in pink, blue, green, yellow and white, at this counter at the intersection of Sampeng Lane and Maha Chak Road.

Today I will answer readers’ questions. See map at end of post for location of shops.

• I’m looking for colored stretch cord, for jewelry. I’m wondering if they sell it in Sampeng Market?

  • I saw spools of stretch cord in green, yellow, lavendar, blue, pink and black at Loa Kwean for 85 baht per spool. 123-125-127 Rajchawong Road, Sampeng, Bangkok 10100.
  • Wattanaporn Pu Shop at 256 Sampeng Lane has a good selection of stretch cord. One pack is 120 baht and is 100 meters. They are open from 8:30 to 5:30 daily, Sundays 8:30 – 2:30.
    

    Stretch Cord at #256 Sampeng Lane, Wattanaporn Shop

• Wondering if China World shops accept credit cards? Do they do vat refunds? Please advise. Thanks.

  • I asked at one shop and they said they accept credit cards on purchases over 2000 baht. But many shops do not accept credit cards. No VAT refunds.

• Could you explain where the Lycra shop is and name of shop please. I don’t know the Temple. Thank you.

  • Korea Shop sells Lycra stretch knit fabric at 100 baht per meter plain, and 130 baht per meter for prints. It’s located in the entrance driveway to Chakrawat temple, and is open from 8:00 to 6:00 daily. MOVED NO LONGER HERE
    

    Korea Shop for Lycra

    

    Parking at Chakrawat Temple

• I was told it is dead town on Mondays, is that true? Should I avoid Mondays, please?

  • Any day of the week is good to go. Some shops may be closed on Sunday. Shops are closed for Chinese New Years,
    Friday, February 16, 2018.

• Hello! I love this resource! Can you tell me if you’ve seen the name brand Moda in Sampeng? Also where can I find flannel?

  • Moda fabric can be found mixed in with other brands at Kimono Shop on the corner of Yaowarat and Maha Chai Roads, diagonally across the street from Starbucks. There is a lady on the corner of Sampeng Lane and Chakrawat Road selling flannel. Not in a shop, but just at a counter on the side of the road.

Feathers at Pornsawad #60-62 Sampeng Lane

• Hey, I stumbled across your blog while searching for a place to buy feathers in Bangkok. Can you recommend any? I make dreamcatchers so I am looking for feathers to decorate them. Bright mix of Turkey coquille feathers.

  • Pornsawad Shop #60-62 Sampeng Lane has feathers at 35 baht each, or for 100 or more the price is 25 baht each. They also sell net, felt, burlap (sale 95 baht per meter), cloth bags, lace, bells, glitter, velcro in different colors, batting, lining fabric, TC (Tetron Cotton), and faux fur fleece (300 baht per meter).

• Hello I’m reading about places such as Pahurat, Sampeng lane and Chinaworld. Are these places located close to each other or are they essentially the same place?

  • The are located close to each other. You can walk around all these places together and spend a full day shopping there.

• I want to plan a trip to purchase quilting fabrics. Could you give me addresses. So I can locate a hotel near by.

  • If you want to start with an address right in the middle of Chinatown, try Grand China Hotel, 215 Yaowarat Road, Sampanthawong, Bangkok, 10100 Thailand. I made this custom map below including all the nearby hotels.

Shopping for Notions on Sampeng Lane in Bangkok

There is a bead shop at #53 Sampeng Lane Jaroen Beads. Lots and lots of beads: hair beads, pearl beads, seed beads, wooden beads, painted beads large and small. Our favorite stop for quilt making equipment, Hong Garment Accessories, has the Hot Fix Crystal Wand and Swarovski crystals, teddy bear appliques with ABC letters of the alphabet, tiny pom poms, small buckles, chains, tassels, beads and clasps. They have imported items from Kiyohara. Khun Yui at #71 Sampeng has crochet collars, silk flowers, feathers, lace trim and sequin tape. Cute new Halloween fabric at Fabric House #277 Sampeng Lane.

Venezia #131-133 our favorite shop for linen

#56-58 Sampeng – organza flowers

#48 Hong Garment Accessories – quilt supplies, Fabrico markers

#48 Hong Garment – iron on Thai letters of the alphabet

#48 Hong Garment – metallic embroidery thread, rhinestone zippers, mini iron for crafting and quilting

#48 Hong Garment – Hot Fix Crystal Wand and Hot Fix Crystals, Matsuno Beads

Earring backs, brooch backs, plastic finger presser, Crown Fox pearl head pins, Dylon dye at #48 Hong Garment

#67 Sampeng lane – Kijrung shop – Siam Crystal – wholesale feathers

Jaroen Beads #53 Sampeng

Jaroen Beads #53 Sampeng

#53 Sampeng – Jaroen Beads – rawhide strips, feathers, sun catchers

Fabric at 99 baht per meter, about $3 a yard at #39 Sampeng Lane

A big roll of batting at #18-20 Sampeng Lane: Sanguansook Store

Pretty Quilt at Oasis

Pretty Quilt, located in the suburbs north of Bangkok, is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00. Closed on Sundays, and closed on the first Saturday of the month. You can take a one-day quilting class, and learn the basics for beginners, or intermediate. The shop has everything you need to make a quilt, including fabric, thread and batting. They have cotton batting in a 230 x 250 cm size (90 x 100 inches or about queen size) for 1800 baht. Batting comes in white, black or natural. You can special order cotton or cotton blend batting from their sample book. What a great shop! See Pretty Quilt on facebook!

Pretty Quilt is located at Oasis Shopping Center on Samakee Road, Pakkret, Nonthaburi

Pretty Quilt shop

wonderful fabric from the U.S. and Japan

purse handles, bias tape makers, zippers, thread, buttons and beads

There are classes for basic quilting by hand, basic quilting by machine, and intermediate by hand and by machine

Nicole Park, the owner, shows us a cute bag you can learn to make at a class.

Shopping in Chinatown and Pahurat

We had a fantastic shopping day! Here are the highlights.

Fabric House #277 Sampeng Lane, has packs of 4 fat quarters for 150 baht, 1/2 yard cuts for 95 baht, jelly rolls for 250 baht, and marked down remnants. Spend 3200 baht and get a membership card which entitles you to a 10% discount.

Fabric House has some new Halloween fabric. Don't forget you can also go to the branch at Central World on the 2nd floor near Isetan for the same great selection of quilt fabric.

Belleboo #258 Sampeng Lane, has beautiful stripes, large florals and patchwork prints.

Chuan Hua #150 Sampeng lane, 3 meters for 105 baht, also some at 50 baht per meter. Found some great black & whites see below.

Chuan Hua #150 Sampeng lane. Minimum cut is 3 meters for the 35 baht fabric and 2 meters for the 50 baht fabric but it's so cheap you can't go wrong here. Stock up!

SL #104 Sampeng Lane, carries the Belleboo line. June got some cute Raggedy Ann prints with a vintage look.

#89 Bangkok Thaviwat has erasable pencils for quilt marking. They have supplies for hair accessories too like metal hair clips to glue decorations on.

Kimono House at Chinaworld in Pahurat, has novelty prints: Yale University (red in the pic), Winnie the Pooh, and 101 Dalmations. They have Christmas panels and lots of Christmas fabric. 110 baht per meter.

Chinaworld Mall has polyester batting and quilt frames at Hobby Land on floor 1.