Sampeng Lane Map
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- Shops in Chinatown are closed for Chinese New Years and Songkran
- Chinese New Years Jan 31, Feb 1-2, 2014
- Songkran April 13-17, 2013 - see Thai holidays
- Shops are open 7 days a week, from 8:30 to 5:00 with some shops having slightly different hours
Some shops are closed on Sundays but not all.
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!
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- Sampeng Lane Map
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- ITM Fabrics
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- #73-75 ITM Fabrics 2002 – check this out, sometimes we find Moda quilt fabric at very low prices
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- #150 Chuan Hua – cotton fabric, muslin, open 8:30 to 5:00 closed Sundays and holidays
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- #185 Giansingh Amarnath – we call it the Treasure shop. Be sure to check in here to see what they have today. They sometimes have fabric collections by Moda and others.
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- #166 L. Gemini – knits for tee shirts and polo shirts, collars
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- #146 Eung Hangkim – cotton thread, printed to order labels
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- #60 Pornsawad – felt
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- #146 Eung Hangkim cotton thread in white, polyester thread in many colors, needles
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- #150 Chuan Hua – look for the traffic cop vests out front and you will find the 3 for 100 shop
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- #150 Chuan Hua – 3 meters for 100 baht cotton fabric including RJR, Jinny Beyer and Thimbleberries. This is the best value around!
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- #78 Sri Song shop – batting, flannel, plastic sheeting, mosquito nets, baby clothes and bedding. They sell white polyester batting in either thick or thin, brand name ‘Double Swallow.’ The thin batting is 45 inches wide and the price is 45 baht per meter.
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- #89 Bangkok Thaviwat shop – pom poms, net, zippers, ribbon, buttons, metallic yarn, beads, hair clips, lace, sequins, cord, lace collars, bias tape, and feathers
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- #60 Pornsawad – felt by the meter in 26 different colors. The price is 100 baht per meter. It is 36 inches wide. They also stock lace, lining, lightweight cotton fabric in solid colors, net, burlap, tassels and velcro in many colors.
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- #96 Vibul Kit – sarong fabric which can be used for quilting. It is owned by Adella. We stop by here often to see if new designs are out. Linda can’t go past this shop without buying more fabric!
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- #277 Fabric House – every fabric in this store is guaranteed 100% cotton. They have fat quarters, remnants and imported Japanese fabric.
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- #78 Sri Song Sawad – batting, flannel
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- #89 Thaviwat – ribbon, metallic yarn
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- #163 SGM Textile Co Ltd, cotton, shirtings
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.
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.
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.
is there only one fabric shop or is there several? I was wondering if there are cotton and silk shops close by each other.
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:)
Hi.. I want to buy thai silk and wonder whether they sell Thai silk in Sampeng market?
Hi,
Yes there’s lots of Thai silk and a few shops that only sell Thai silks and satins.
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
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:/
Hello all,
This is great info! Do you know if the shops are open on Saturdays and Sundays?
Yes, Saturdays and Sundays are extremely busy and if poss it’s best to go on a weekday to avoid the crush!:)
Hello.
I want to buy a thick colored felt and I wonder if they sell it in sampeng market?
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??
Im looking for thickness ard 3-4 mm felt. Thanks for the great info.
Hi, I am looking for good quality flannel for kids sleepwear. Where would I look? Thanks so much.
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.
want to buy fabric for ladies dress,specialy caftan fabrics.someone can suggest where to get?
Hi, im planning to go there in september. Can u suggest to me which hotel is cheapest &nearest to sampeng lane/ phahurat? Tqvm.
Hi, Aside from fabrics, is the sampeng market a good place to buy other articles like bags and fashion accessories?
yes, about half is fabrics and the other half is everything else, bags,clothes accessories etc. Look at the map above and just walk the opposite way at Rathawong road where the map starts, the rest of Sampeng Lane goes on from there.
Hi, do you know if there are also places here that can copy clothing items, ie actually do the sewing? I know there are a lot of tailors in Bangkok but I am just looking for copies to be made of items I already own. Thank you :-)
Depends what kind of clothing it is, most tailors will copy a shirt or trousers/skirt for you but they don’t seem to copy knit (stretch) fabric stuff, I think they just generally don’t work with that fabric, I’ve asked in the past.
Good to know. One is an unlined simple lace jacket, one is a cotton jumpsuit, so both woven – I think I will give it a try! Thanks so much for the reply.
Hi – does anyone know where I can find wholesale stores for zippers, clasps, rings and other hardware for bags? Thank you!
On the map #48 Hong Garment Accessories sells all that kind of stuff, also around that area are other shops that sells all these things.
Hello, I would love to know where I can get a rich supply of Japanese cotton fabrics especially the soften more muslin like printed ones. I have seen a selection at Kimono Shop in China World Mall but where else? Would appreciate the help.
Thank you.
Hello, im sampeng market i can buy hair extensions??
Thank you for helping.
I’ve not seen hair extensions as I usually stick to the fabric end of the market but if you go to the other end (away from the fabrics) you might find some, sorry, not much help…
Hi there, I am after 2-way or 4-way stretch polyester lycra…. 40 denier…
I am in BKK now, and have spoken with Gemini, but their stock is quite dull with no sheen..
DO you know of ANY other places I could try??
Desperate to find it!!
Thank you!!
Keep on walking down, it’s quite far from Gemini but there’s another shop selling only stretch fabrics (mostly shiny) and some voile types, if you look on the Sampeng map (this site) it’s the area of lane between Trok Hua Met and Chakrapet, on the left hand side, (going toward Pahurat area) It’s a large shop, outside at the front are long vertical bolts of sheer and stretch fabic, walk inside and there’s also thin shiny and swimwear fabrics, all bolts are about 60 -80 inches and most are between 59-89 baht per meter, v cheap! (I’m sure it’s AFTER ‘HOng Garment Accessories’)
HTH’s!
Hi… Can I find Hello Kitty stuff in Sampheng Lane? Thank you… ;)
In a word ‘tons’! Go the opposite way of the fabric section of the lane and your’ll come across Hello Kitty everything everywhere:)
Hi, Thank you for the info. I would like to buy finished quilts in large quantity. Do you know where to go in Thailand?
There are a few stalls that sell handmade quilts, though I don’t know anywhere for wholesale purchases…
Hi,
May i know where can i buy lycra & where shop have minky fabric?
There are a few shops that sell Lycra, the best quality is ‘Gemini’ which is on the downloadable map. I have never seen Minky fabric at Sampeng, you can buy various soft furry type fabrics though.
Hi, want to buy quilted fabric for my sons school supplies, but I can’t find it in sampeng. Do you know where to buy? Btw your info is really guide me where shopping at sampeng!
If you follow the map on this site, it has quite a few shops that sell quilted fabric, not all the shops are on the map but if you follow the main lane ‘Vanit 1′ on this map you will definitely find some! I was just there Friday, in that area and I saw some here and there, sorry I can’t give you a specific shop, it’s not something I ever buy:)
quilted fabric – Fabric House/Cotton House. There’s a branch at Central World.
Hi, thanks for your information,i want to ask where can i buy tools such as rotary cutter tailor, ruler, cutting mat …? plz help me
Hong Garment Accessories on the Sampeng Map have all of these items, Rotary Cutters and cutting mats are still quite expensive as they are brand name import. I buy regular cm cutting mats in stationary shops in town (b2S etc) and mark them myself in inches, much much cheaper!
HTH’s :)
How much for rotary cutters and cutting mat in Hong garment do u know? and give me address where can i buy regular cm cutting mats in stationary shops in town, i’m in bkk on next tuesday ^^ hope to see your reply
i’m going to be in pathumwan
http://bkkquilt.com/2009/07/31/rotary-cutters-and-mats/ JCC Shop for rotary cutters, mats, rulers… wholesale! 2 km from pathumwan.
Thank you for all this information! Being relatively new to BKK, I’m looking forward to utilizing your well done research of this area! I’ve organized a group of ladies to go shopping this weekend and your map and information is greatly appreciated!
Thank u very much :X u r so kind
Just wanted to say thanks for the rich and informative post. I am new to sewing and to bangkok and this is really helpful.
Hi there – amazing
Info, thank you!! Do you happen to know of an honest semstress/dress maker who can copy items and do alterations in Bangkok? I find the normal tailor houses to be overwhelming and just want some little Thai lady who can sew :)