Sampeng Lane Map
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- Shops in Chinatown are closed for Chinese New Year February 10-12, 2013 and Songkran April 13-17, 2013
- Shops are open 7 days a week, from 8:30 to 5:00 with 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
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.
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.
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:)
iana said
Hi.. I want to buy thai silk and wonder whether they sell Thai silk in Sampeng market?
Shola said
Hi,
Yes there’s lots of Thai silk and a few shops that only sell Thai silks and satins.
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:/
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!:)
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??
Jacob said
Im looking for thickness ard 3-4 mm felt. Thanks for the great info.
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.
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.
Jill C. said
The leather shops are near Wong Wian Yai, not Sampeng.