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Posted on: 10/5/08 7:23 PM ET
I first started sewing when I was in CA and bought my patterns from WalMart or JoAnn's when they were on sale. Does anyone know of any stores in NYC that sell patterns, and how much they charge for them? I'm looking for the big 4 as well as Burda and KS. If there aren't any good stores around here I guess I'll have to stick to etailers, though I hate to pay shipping.
  
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Posted on: 10/6/08 6:27 AM ET
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You can buy old patterns at daytona on 39th street. those are discounted by a whole lot. Not that many places in the district sell patterns except for Paron.

I guess you have to figure in that you are getting such a good deal and such a great selection on fabric that you need to just deal with the fact that you are not going to get a good deal on patterns.
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Posted on: 10/6/08 7:21 AM ET
Patterns seem to be a rarity in NYC, so I'd probably stick with ordering them. Just remind yourself that you have access to fabric and notions that that the rest of us have to order and pay shipping on.

Have you signed up for Club BMV? It will give you a discount on Butterick, Vogue and McCall's, and I think you can combine shipping on those. They also have one and two-day sales that you'll be notified of. They ship so quickly that patterns are delivered in less time than it takes me to find time to go to the store.
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Posted on: 10/6/08 10:00 AM ET
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Patterns seem to be a rarity in NYC, so I'd probably stick with ordering them. Just remind yourself that you have access to fabric and notions that that the rest of us have to order and pay shipping on.



Have you signed up for Club BMV? It will give you a discount on Butterick, Vogue and McCall's, and I think you can combine shipping on those. They also have one and two-day sales that you'll be notified of. They ship so quickly that patterns are delivered in less time than it takes me to find time to go to the store.


Yeah, we don't have cheap Big4 patterns, but we have very easy access to BWOF and Patrones. Personally I'll take that.

P&S on Broadway near Broome has patterns. Jonathan Embroidery on 38th in the garment district carries vogue and maybe butterick. Parons on 40th carries Kwik Sew and Burda envelope patterns (as well as bwof). Daytona is the cheapest of all of those with the discontinued pattern bins.


  
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Posted on: 10/6/08 10:22 AM ET
If you have friends or relatives in California they could pick up the patterns for you on sale days and mail them to you. Also fabricdepot.com has the Big 4 and KS patterns also. You have to call the store. Also you could try ebay. I have had some good luck on ebay.
  
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Posted on: 10/6/08 10:34 AM ET
When I lived in NYC I used to just plan a trip to JoAnn's in Jersey when they were having pattern sales. It's been a long time but perhaps there are still some around and you can just plan a trip out of the city to pick up supplies when they are having a pattern sale. There is a store on Staten Island and a few right outside the city that are perhaps accesible by train if you don't have a car.
  
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Posted on: 10/6/08 3:05 PM ET
I have to drive about 45 minutes to my local Joann's for the "sales". Prior to this city, I always had a chain store within a few minutes drive. Honestly, now, I just order online when they have their sales. Sign up with Vogue/Butterick/McCalls and you'll get decent sale prices by mail. They arrive quick and hassle free.

There was never a guarantee my local stores would have the patterns stocked anyway...especially right before a season change.
  
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Posted on: 10/6/08 9:10 PM ET
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Check out BWOF and Patrones. I understand that you can get them at Around the World (?) across from Bryant Park. Carolyn mentioned in her blog picking up BWOF at a new stand in the Columbus Circle area. There are probably JoAnn's in Queens that you can get to by bus or subway if you don't have access to a car. But, honestly, join the BMV club and wait for the sales. They do come quickly.
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Posted on: 10/6/08 10:11 PM ET
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There arent any JoAnns or Hancocks in Queens. Nothing like that. We have a couple crafty chain stores, but they dont have patterns.

Theres a Joanns on Old Country Road in Nassau--Its a mile or two further out than Roosevelt Field. The LIRR stops maybe a mile from the store. Otherwise its a subway ride to the end of the line, plus one LONG (more than an hour) bus ride to the end of that line, plus ANOTHER bus. Lots of Queens people go out that way and Metrocards work on the Nassau bus. Be sure to bring drinks and snacks. Its a trip.

Theres also a Joann on Staten Island. That ones also a trip but its closer if you're in Manhattan or Brooklyn. You take the subway, then the ferry, then a bus straight from the ferry depot. Beware though -- the SI store charges sales tax on all fabric even though they arent supposed to. Theres no sales tax on fabric used to make clothes in NY just like theres no sales tax on most clothign here. However, they ARE supposed to collect sales tax on fabric destined to become quilts, curtains, crafts, etc. You may have to educate the clerk.

Either trip is a safe one and both stores are actually fairly easy to find.
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Posted on: 10/7/08 8:23 AM ET
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When you add up the cost of getting to a JoAnns, I'd think that you'd do just as well joining BMV and buying on line!
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