Fabric Place Basement carries fabrics for garment sewing, home décor, and quilting. They also carry beautiful yarns (I'm not a yarn user, but they appeared to be quality items). Finally, this place has loads of notions and supplies: thread, pins, needles, zippers, elastic, etc.
A fun part of the store in the enormous selection of loose buttons. Pre-pandemic, we customers could stick our hands in their and enjoy a treasure hunt. Now, it's covered for everyone's safety, of course.
I'm a quilter, and they have a great selection of cotton fabrics. The quilting fabric is mostly $6.99/yd, with batiks priced at $8.99/yd. They also carry batting, both packaged and by the yard on the roll. Fat quarters are $1.99 each. The fabric is shoved by color but also by type/theme. For example: reds, yellows, blues, children's, batiks, etc. I need some light color (i.e., low volume) fabrics, and their selection did not disappoint!
As much as I enjoy this place, however, I was prickled by one employee calling another "Nazi" while I was working with the one on the receiving end of that taunt. I completely understand that people have inside jokes, and I do hope those two are friends who enjoy each other's teasing. Using the word "Nazi" as a joke in front of a customer, however, is over the line for me. I love a good ribbing among friends, but we can't always say those same things in front of others. My husband thinks it is possible the one person was greeting the other with her name (possibly she is "Nancy"?), but the first person physically leaned toward her and said it with such animosity that I prefer my version of events. At least they are friends in my version! One is just also a dope. In my husband's mind, they are enemies AND they openly display their hostility in front of customers. Ick.
Along the same lines of these folks not being great with customers, no employee greeted me or offered me help while I was there. I was one of 4 customers in the store, and I saw at least 6 people working there at the time. When I asked to have fabric cut, an employee at the cutting table did cut it when I asked and was pleasant enough about it. But I found it very strange to be in such an empty store and have no one try to talk with me. The employee at the register was polite but not friendly.
Overall: Great selection and very good prices! But not an experience with any enjoyable interactions. I like to shop in-person at stores, but I could buy from my favorite online retailer (similarly, not a chain or a large retailer) and at least receive a nice "thank you" email after I place my order. read more