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Places to visit and shop in London for textile creatives
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items As a lover of textiles, there are so many places to visit in London. Whether you want to look at historic textiles or visit those unique shops that have beautiful treasures, this list is a share of my favourite places.
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A visit to the Victoria & Albert (V&A) museum in London is a must-see for lovers of textiles. They have a vast collection of historic textiles and icon fashion from decades and you can lost in there for hours. A place to definitely visit if y...
Textiles – Explore the Collections · V&A
The archives are currently closed but they do open to the public from time to time. Keep an eye on their website to see when you can go to visit. It's worth the wait!
Royal School of Needlework Collection & Archive
This museum was originally set up by Zandra Rhodes and has a huge collection of costumes from many TV and film productions, as well as a collection of historic clothing throughout the years.
Home - Fashion and Textile Museum
If you love sewing machines, this museum has a vast collection of around 600 sewing machines. It's only open once a month but if you can time your visit to London to coincide with that, then it's a fascinating place to visit.
London Sewing Machine Museum | Museums London
If you like machine knitting and knowing where your yarn comes from, they have a huge range of yarn and lots of knowledge too.
Knit Works London
Places to shop
Liberty's of London is not only a brilliant historic department store, but has a world-famous collection of fabrics. You can lose yourself for hours in the textile department - textiles for crafting, fashion, home furnishing and more.
Luxury & Designer Fabrics, Liberty
The Cloth House has a great range of fabric and a haberdashery department which a huge button collection.
Cloth House London | Fabric Shop
Borovick Fabrics is the oldest fabric shop in Soho, London. It was established in 1932 and has a huge range of fabrics for crafting, dressmaking, furnishings and much more
Borovick Fabrics
VV Rouleaux is a treasure trove if you are looking for ribbons and trimmings. This little shop is packed full of treasures and you will go in for one thing and come out with a bagful.
V V Rouleaux | Ribbons | Trimmings
This is a one-stop shop for all your sewing needs. Lots of fabrics, haberdashery and much more.
Ray Stitch | Haberdashery, Sewing Workshops, Fabric, Buttons & Trims
This is a beautiful shop full of great yarn and haberdashery. It is a pleasure to visit
Loop London
This is a good haberdashery shop in central London, you can find everything you need here for your craft and sewing projects.
Alfa-G Haberdashery
Another great fabric and haberdashery shop in London. This shop is so beautiful inside and out, definitely worth a visit
MacCulloch & Wallis, London
If you love buttons of all kinds, this is the shop for you. It has been established for many years and is part of the London textile scene
Taylors Buttons
This place describes itself as a treasure trove for textile creatives. There is a gallery and a shop selling supplies for weaving and other textile crafts.
The Handweavers Studio & Gallery