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   myca99 | Jan 25, 2006 12:47am | #1

   My favorite is Gail K's Fabrics.  It is on Cheshire Bridge, which is close to the Lenox Mall area.  You get a 20% discount if you are a member of the American Sewing Guild.  Wear jeans, it is mounds of fabric rolls and you might have to dig to get what you want.  

   This link shows other fabric stores in the area, but most of them are home dec.  We mostly rely on the internet around here for fashion fabric. 

    

   http://find.mapmuse.com/re1/map_brand.php?sp_theme=BRAND&authCod=oran&origBr=FABRIC_STORES&pan=&recenterX=&recenterY=&zoomlevel=10559.142857142856&imgbox=-1+-1+-1+-1&zoomBand=&extent=-84.4164840819+33.730887025+-84.3609330357+33.7666248647&noOfLayers=1&layer=&layerx=&remove=&imgext=-129.88+22.766+-61.83+51.95&rawminx=117.830193&rawminy=-42.704092&rawmaxx=155.269129&rawmaxy=-8.412631&singlePoint=&stick=&latitude=&longitude=&symbolName=&sp_table=&sp_id=&sp_zoom=&agtid=&setPoint=&setStick=yes&setLat=33.7486744366509&setLong=-84.3886515683261&setSymbol=LKUP&goto=&gotoLoc=&matchLine1=Atlanta%2C+Georgia&matchLine2=&spet=&image_url=%2Fre1%2Ftmp1%2F1138139281313881.gif&map_width=2&main_topic=&machine=find.mapmuse.com&directory=re1&map_name=map_brand&doScr=0&otm=&mp_table=&mp_ids=&demoLat=33.74876&demoLong=-84.38871&demoScale=422.365714286&lFn=&layer0=FABRIC_STORES&layer1=&search0=&selMoreTopsIntr=null&selMoreTopsBrnd=null&selMoreTopsAccm=null&chkTopic=FABRIC_STORES&placeInput=&select=2 

   Good luck!

   Michele

   
   

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   Edited 1/24/2006 4:48 pm ET by myca99

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   Markenmac | Jan 25, 2006 06:03am | #2

   Thanks...I imagined Atlanta would be a gold mine of fabric stores.  I'll give this one a try as it sounds like a great place.

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   ShannonG4d | Jan 25, 2006 04:15pm | #3

   I can think of one more:

   Buckhead Bridal/Fabric Salon is an upscale fabric store where every bolt is exquisite...it's in the Tuxedo Plaza (Tuxedo Junction? something like that) shopping center on Roswell Rd.    If you're going to Gail K's already, Buckhead Fabric is about a ten minute drive away, and it's worth the drive.

   There is also a place where you can be saris...Binny's.  I can't remember the address, but it would be worth looking up.

   Shannon

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   Markenmac | Jan 26, 2006 02:53pm | #4

   I appreciate the info...thanks for taking the time to reply.

   Mary

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   Josefly | Jan 26, 2006 08:32pm | #5

   I too recommend Gail K's on Cheshire Bridge, but take a flashlight. Seriously! Some of their space is not well lit, with tall, almost to the ceiling, shelf-cases towering overhead so no light can get through. I've seen others with flashlights there, so no-one will bat an eye.

   There's a Sari fabric store at Suburban Plaza on North Decatur Road in Decatur. They have lengths (usually 7 yards, I believe, or whatever is the usual sari drape) of quite wonderful border prints, in cotton and probably some blends. There are also synthetics, but I prefer the cottons. Like Gail K, though, you have to be willing to search through a lot of stuff you might not be interested in to find the treasures.

   Good luck shopping.

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   Markenmac | Jan 26, 2006 11:02pm | #6

   I'll put my flashlight in the car now.  I know this is going to be really interesting.

   Thanks,

   Mary