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ABOUT US

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THE OWNER

Edward has always been a busy man. He grew up on a farm with his father and brothers, served in the service for two years, and later became a teamster truck driver picking up and delivering fabric material for his father’s fabric shops, as well as deliveries for other companies for many years.

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His father started up several fabric shops in the 1960s. Edward and his family would travel around the country purchasing fabric from mills that were just throwing these remnant yardages away. While the material may not have been enough yardage for larger textile/fabric companies, his father felt these remnants held value for customers seeking material for smaller projects.

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Edward opened this shop back in 1996 and continued to follow in his father’s footsteps by purchasing fabrics from textile mills, closeouts from warehouses, factories, and local places at a fraction of the price of other businesses. Using these methods to stock the shop, allows him to continue to sell quality fabrics at a bargain price to his customers all year round.

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Prices may fluctuate by a dollar or two per yard, but they are still lower than your larger global fabric stores. Edward continues to add other products beyond fabrics to accommodate customers of all types.

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE SHOP

This building was originally named Barber’s Hall when it was built in 1864, and then named Chase’s Hall. Over a century and a half, other businesses had occupied the first floor and second floor, including a bank (the vault is still there). The First National Bank was located on the first floor and became The Washington Trust Company in the later years. The second floor used to be a theater, called The Strand, that ran many live theater productions and early silent films from 1917 to about the early 1950s. The theater had become occupied by an antique store in the 1980’s, which took up the whole building. 

This building has now become a fabric shop, but the owner continues to sell furniture on the second floor-antique and modern alike. If you walk upstairs, you can see the former stage area that is now displayed with used collectible children, fiction, non-fictional books. As well as DVDs and VHS at bargain prices. You can still see the existing projection booth where the furniture and framed artwork now reside.