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Others can add to these with cheaper and, probably more importantly, local shops to visit but here are some of our favourite lists of shops to visit for acquiring 'estoffe' in one hit on a Saturday...aka:

Stowe's Favourite Way of Spending Hard Earned Cash!


1) The NEWTOWN TRIP


  • Fine Wools Direct,
    Unit 4, 32-60Alice Street NEWTOWN NSW 2042
    Phone (02) 9519 0796 Fax (02) 9519 0810
    Email: fwd@finewoolsdirect.com.au
    Trading hours:
    9:30am-4:30pm Monday - Friday
    (give 10% discount to scadians & have regular 50% off sales)

  • Big second hand shop that I can't remember the name of but has had that throne chair for ages (it's on King St.)

  • Aviamentos Ribbons & Braids, King St, 457 King St Newtown
    Phone (02) 9550 3774

  • All Buttons Great and Small ('the button shop'),
    419a King Street
    Newtown NSW 2042
    Australia
    Phone: (02) 9550 1782
    Email: buttons@allbuttons.com.au
    Trading Hours:
    Monday-Friday 10am-5pm
    Thursday 10am-7pm
    Saturday 10am-4pm

  • The Bead Company,
    116 Enmore Road (just up from Newtown Station)
    Phone:- (02) 9557 1228
    There is also a Bead Company in Penrith

  • Stacks of Wax,239 Australia St, Newtown/Camperdown (not too far away from the others - candle making supplies) Phone Ph: (02) 9557 0306


  • Lots of book shops & coffee shops to make the trip pleasurable. Not to mention the art supplies stores that sell canvas (great for bodice construction) just a smidge cheaper than Eckersleys


    2) The CBD TRIP

    Books!
  • Napoleon Book Shop, York St
  • Abbeys Bookshop, York St
  • Galaxy Bookshop (somewhere in between the 2 above)
  • The Library Teahouse, York St


  • Florentine Australia, 2nd level, Queen Victoria Building (all things calligraphy/hand made books, inks etc)
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store, 2nd level, also QVB, (period repro jewellery)
  • Antique Print Room(maps), 2nd level, QVB

    In fact the whole 2nd level of the QVB - visit Penultimate and see a pen made of amber (don't ask for the price)

    Home Yardage Seconds Outlet, York St (self explanatory - upstairs for furnishings, downstairs for bits'n'pieces - fairly limited range of linen unless you like every shade of pale blue)

  • Tapestry Craft - all things embroidery, tapestry, woolly)

  • Tin Soldier (keeps the wargamers tagging along happy whilst you nick off elsewhere)

  • House of Jewellery
    1st flr, 89 York St - across the road from Tin Soldier
    Excellent period jewellery books & tools, come in and say hi to me some time)

  • Fish Fine Music, 350 George Street
    An excellent range of early music here where they let you listen before you buy (very dangerous, can never walk out of her empty handed - Finn)

  • Photios Bros
    Plumes! (and various other interesting bits and pieces)
    Near the Town Hall, address is 66 Druitt St
    Phone: (02) 9267 1428 Trading Hours: Only open about 9-4 Mon-Fri and closed at lunchtimes!

    3)The Western Sydney trip


  • Smith's family outlet at Minchinbury
  • Kurt Jacob
    Unit 7/2 Stoddart Rd. Prospect NSW 2148
    Phone:(02)9636 7111
    Call them before you go there. Tell them you are with a medieval re-enactment club called the SCA and they will give you a discount - up to 25%
    They have a wide range of instruments and sheet music and are a good place to buy recorders from plastic right up to the expensive ones.

  • Abbey Archery
    Import, distribute and retail compound, recurve, and longbows, arrows, archery supplies and manufacture leather archery equipment and arrows.
    Address: Unit 10, 8 Victoria Avenue
    Castle Hill
    Phone: 02 88506400

  • Polly's Beads
    Shop 2 Penrith Centre Cnr High & Station Sts
    Penrith
    Phone: (02) 4731-5256

  • Spotlight
    There are a lot of stores located all over Sydney and a few stores in Western Sydney. Visit the website for Store locations. There is a good store in Penrith

  • Country Brewer
    For all your brewing supplies. There are stores in Giraween and in Penrith (go to the website for locations). If you go into the Drummoyne shop, pop in and say Hi to Bruce

  • Eckersleys
    Art Supplies Store
    Shop 2/28 Macquarie Street
    Parramatta
    Phone: 02 9893 9191

  • Places further away...


  • Will's Quills
    Shop 1, 166 Victoria Avenue
    Chatswood
    (lower end towards Penshurst Street).
    Phone: 02 94112627

  • Reverse Garbage
    Addison Rd Communiy Centre
    8/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
    Phone:9569-3132

  • Benson Archery Wharehouse
    164 -166 Parramatta Rd Granville
    Phone: 9682 3080
    for all things archery related.

  • Zoe's Martial Arts
    Good for hard to get female fighting equipment as well as kidney belts and other stuff for both genders.

  • Martial Arts World
    This one is in Gladesville and is also good for female fighting equipment too.

  • Birdsall Leather & Craft for all things leather related
    Birdsall Leather & Craft
    36 Chegwyn Street,
    Botany
    Phone:9316 6299
    Trading Hours
    Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm
    Saturday 8.30am to 12.30pm
    Email: info@birdsall-leather.com.au

  • Crewel Goblin
    Embroidery Supplies in Kilara. Lovely shop, lovely people, lovely silks (prices can get a bit steep, but you're definately paying for quality)