Fabric/Quilting in New York

Hi everyone & season's greetings from Ireland!
We will be in New York 26th-28th Dec & I would love to visit some quilting/fabric shops
Could anyone give me the details of any I could go to?
Hope you are all having a lovely festive season 
Karen

Hi Karen,

NYC has loads of fabric stores. For quilting specifically, I'd suggest The City Quilter and Purl Soho. Each have great selections of all sorts of amazing fabrics and are relatively well-priced. For fun, you could also go to P and S fabrics to get a taste of a chinatown/soho shop. You might have to dig around a bit, and be prepared for a little less organization than either quilting shop, but you can usually make some amazing, CHEAP finds here. You could also try Mood (as seen on TV), which has lots of everything, but the prices can get expensive.

Hope this helps, and good luck in NYC!
Kim

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Thanks so much
I'm getting really excited about it now 

Hi Karen,

I just put a list of recommendations of CHEAP/FREE things to do in NYC, and thought I'd share it with you!

1) The Staten Island Ferry. FREE. Takes you from the South Street Seaport to Staten Island, and you can take it right back over. You get AMAZING views of NYC and the statue of Liberty, and it's much cheaper than one of the tourist cruises. Runs night and day, and takes about 50 minutes each way. They sell beer, snacks and hot chocolate, and the SIF is definitely my first rec. to every visitor.

2) Chinatown/SOHO: Chinatown is fun to walk around and shop for scarves, bags, trinkets, etc. They have bustling fish markets, vegetable carts with exotic who-knows-what, and roasted ducks hanging in shop windows. Go on a weekday as it's wall-to-wall people on weekends. Eat at the hole-in-the-wall NICE GREEN BO on Baxter Street. Be sure to try the soup dumplings. Food is excellent and super-cheap. Across the street is the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory for dessert! From Chinatown, walk up Broadway to SOHO, where you'll find loads of great fabric stores (including Purl) and shopping.

3. Museums: They're all great, but the MET and Museum of Natural History have suggested ticket prices, meaning you can pay $2 and get in. Perfect.

4. Empire State Building: This one isn't cheap, but the views are out of control on a clear day. Worth it.

5. 42nd Street: Walk 42nd street from East to West one day. You'll pass lots of landmarks like the UN Building, Tudor City, The Ford Foundation (that has a cool, open-to-the-public indoor jungle/garden), the Chrysler Building, Grand Central (eat at the Oyster Bar inside), Bryant Park (ice skating), the NYPL, then keep going and you hit Times Square!

Feel free to email if you (or any of you) would like more recommendations!

Above all, layer your clothing, wear comfortable shoes, don't be afraid of the subway, ask someone if you need help, and ENJOY!

-kim
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karen, i am just wondering if you made it to NYC? we got hit with heavy snow on the 26th. my parents are stranded here- their return flight on the 27th was cancelled

I second City Quilter!

Hi All
Thanks so much for all the info
Unfortunately we didn't make it to NY because of the snow
Maybe next year
Thanks again
Karen