Jill’s Quilt Site

quilting in Bangkok, Thailand

Sampeng Lane Map

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It is very crowded on Sat-Sun and holidays. The walking lane in Chinatown, Bangkok, is known as Sampeng Lane (signs say Soi Wanit 1) and it’s the only place in all of Thailand to get cotton quilt fabric at cheap prices. There are a lot of fabric shops! Diana drew up a map showing the shops that have 100% cotton. Bolts wrapped in plastic are for sale by the bolt. The shop numbers go in order so you can find a shop by it’s number with even numbers on one side, odd on the other. If you buy less than 10 meters of fabric, the price is retail but still cheap, as low as 35 baht per meter ($1 per yard). If you buy 10 meters or more, which can be various fabrics from one shop, the price is wholesale which means about a 25% discount. Minimum cut is 1 meter, sometimes 2. The shopkeepers are honest and the prices are low. Watch out for pickpockets though. The closest skytrain station is Hua Lampong, or Wong Wian Yai and get a taxi to Sampeng. Or arrive by boat at N 5 Ratchawongse or N 6 Memorial Bridge (Saphan Phut) and walk.

Don’t bargain! It’s not a bargaining place! If you buy in quantity, you get the wholesale price. For example if you buy a dozen sarongs, or 10 meters of fabric or more, you get the wholesale price. These shops sell in quantity! Thanks for reading and have fun!

18 Responses to “Sampeng Lane Map”

  1. Trishia Madrid said

    Hello my husband and I will be heading to bangkok in March 2012, is this area only wholesale or can anyone buy here?
    Thank you for the maps they will come in handy.

    • Shola said

      You can buy any amount here, a lot of the shops sell at a discount for ‘wholesale’, which is usually always 3 pieces and up, except for the fabric shops where everything is by the meter:) Hope that helps.

      • Trishia Madrid said

        thank you I’m getting so excited just a little longer. Do you know if there is a place to mail the fabric? Just in case I find to many goodies for my suitcase.

  2. Trishia Madrid said

    is there only one fabric shop or is there several? I was wondering if there are cotton and silk shops close by each other.

  3. Shola said

    There’s plenty of Post Offices around although I don’t know of a specific one near the market. There’s tons and tons of fabric shops, you need to start a little way down Sampeng lane (Soi Wanit 1) at the ‘Kikuya’ fabric shop, though this is a proper fabric shop and not really cheap,cross the road and carry on walking down the lane from there and it’s like a mile of fabric shops all different:)

  4. iana said

    Hi.. I want to buy thai silk and wonder whether they sell Thai silk in Sampeng market?

  5. Lisa Massie said

    HI Jill

    I’m heading to Bangkok in a couple of months and would like to buy spandex/lycra to make swimwear for my daughter. Will I find it in Sampeng Lane?

    Lisa – Australia

    • Shola said

      There’s’ #166 L. Gemini ‘ that sells only jersey type knits. I’ve seem swimwear lycra in only one shop which is on the same side, just a shop or few after #48 Hong Garment Accessories, they have their fabric bolts upright/vertically displayed, you need to walk through those and go to the back right hand side and there is the swimwear fabric, this is the only shop in Sampeng I’ve seen that sells this type of fabric. If you ask for Spandex a lot of shops will have it but it’s not the swimwear kind. Decent lycra fabric is hard to come by, Gemini only have mostly solid colours, the other shop has some nice patterned stuff, very cheap but low quality, the swimwear stuff that they have is an ok quality though there is not much variety.
      Hope that helps, sorry I don’t know the exact location or name of the shop:/

  6. Annie said

    Hello all,
    This is great info! Do you know if the shops are open on Saturdays and Sundays?

    • Shola said

      Yes, Saturdays and Sundays are extremely busy and if poss it’s best to go on a weekday to avoid the crush!:)

  7. Jacob said

    Hello.
    I want to buy a thick colored felt and I wonder if they sell it in sampeng market?

    • Shola said

      There’s a few shops that sell coloured felt for around 90 Baht per meter, not sure how thick you wanted it, this stuff is regular felt thickness, 3-4mm??

  8. andrea said

    Hi, I am looking for good quality flannel for kids sleepwear. Where would I look? Thanks so much.

    • Shola said

      There is a shop on the ‘Sampeang Lane Map’ above that indicates flannel, but I’ve gotta say good quality flannel is something I’ve not seen much of.

  9. Jacob said

    Hi
    I was just thinking does sampeng market sell leather, real leather and leather crafting tools? Or anywhere near sampeng market which sell it.

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