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Wholesale Hair Accessories at Raan Jiap

Posted by Jill C. on May 25, 2012

Here is the place to get plain hair clips, hair bands, earrings, and rings. They have tons of decorations to make your own hair accessories, also decorations for clothes, shoes, and purses, and supplies to make nylon flowers. It’s near the Ratchawong Pier in Chinatown, Bangkok. Hours are 6:00 am to 4:00 pm daily. Except for half day on Sunday. They also have a branch at Pratunam on Soi Petchaburi 19. It looks really nice.

: The shop is on the corner of Anuwong and Ratchawong Roads near the Ratchawong Pier.

: 45 Ratchawong Road

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Shopping in Chinatown and Pahurat

Posted by Jill C. on October 6, 2011

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.

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Thailand quilt festival 2010

Posted by Jill C. on September 27, 2010

First Time in Thailand

An event for quilters!

Oct 4 – 10, 2010 at Lifestyle Hall, 2nd floor, Paragon

festival ►

Quilt show
free craft demonstrations
launch new Elna and Janome sewing machines in Thailand
fabric shopping
and the latest accessories from Japan!

Original article here Matichon Online 04 October 2010
Official website Quilting Lovers Club in Thai.

: Siriwan Vilassakdanont – managing director of Wien, Pimpen Vejjajiva – wife of prime minister, and Masashi Kawashima – Corporate Office Janome Japan. Khun Siriwan said in her opening speech that quilting is a craft recognized the world over. There are quilt shows in other countries and she wants to bring that to Thailand so more people can get into quilting and so Thai people can have the opportunity to see the works of quilt artists. Quilting is a hobby that encourages creativity and can even be a source of income. We hope Thailand can become important in the quilt world. There is a big untapped market here for quilting.

: The fashion show featured 30 works of wearable art.

: Akemi Shimata from Japan says she likes to observe plants, animals, fruits and vegetables, everything around the house for inspiration. “This quilt took me 8 months to make. I started quilting 30 years ago. My neighbor who quilts, took me to a quilt show. Then I learned quilting techniques and also taught. Quilts are wonderful works of art made from leftover fabric scraps. Even an ordinary housewife can become a great quilt artist, and that can really build your confidence. Quilting is really taking off in Japan. We have over a million quilters in Japan and I hope it will be the same in Thailand soon.”

: Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of the Prime Minister of Thailand, opened the show.

: Lakkana Jones and her Buddha quilt. “When I had a chance to study meditation, I realized that life has hardship and sorrow, and if you can reach for happiness and let the sorrow go, you will find happiness. This quilt is my way of showing the deeper meaning of Buddhism. It took me 3 months to make. I started quilting 10 years ago, as I already loved art. I learned in Australia and brought my knowlege back to Thailand. Quilting can be a source of income. I want the Thai people to get new ideas and make quilting their own. Through quilting you can discover a lot about yourself and the world!”