Sauder’s Fabrics

Large selection of fabric at good prices but doesn’t carry full lines, difficult to find something specific. They also sell bulk candy and pasta but it’s expensive compared to Sharp Shopper or Beulah’s Candyland at Green Dragon.

Located in a basement but a huge basement. Must be thousands of fabric choices! Found a great remnant for a tablecloth.

I’m all the way across the country in Arizona, but I have to write a review for these lovely people anyway.
I’m working on a wedding quilt, and I needed to fix an error before sending it off to the quilter’s. Unfortunately, I was short on yardage of a fabric that is out of print and practically nowhere to be found online. After hours of searching, I discovered that this shop had a few yards available, and dropped them an email to see how quickly it could be shipped.
I received a reply to my email at 7:15am letting me know that they could get my fabric on the mail truck this morning, and it would be here Monday by priority mail. I placed the order online by 7:30am, and by 8am I had a shipping confirmation in my inbox. It should be here Monday afternoon (today is Friday), and I’ll be able to get my quilt fixed up in time thanks to their help.
So a HUGE thank-​you to Sauder’s from the bottom of my heart for helping a fellow quilter in need! After such a great experience, I’ll definitely be back to order more patterns and fabric in the future. :)

i love to go to this store. it is hours from my home but worth the trip. i go with the intention of buying alot. i have bought bolts and bolts, washed everything to preshrink it and have been very happy with all purchases. the women who work there are very nice and helpful. if you need somethings that are specific bring what you need to match them. they have a great selection of solid colors and their prices are very good. i had also gotten tablecloth fabric there which i loved that was 72″ wide (blue check) but when i returned to buy more they no longer carried that but they did have other fabrics of that width… all permanent press.
if you quilt-​go. it’s wonderful

OMG fantastic. Tons of bolts, and very reasonable. Possibly the best in an area RIFE with fabric stores.

If you are into quilting, this is one of those places that other quilters from Eastern PA talk about. Somehow it’s «related» to Zook’s, another renowned fabric source & located in Intercourse, PA. Sauder’s is in Denver, about 5 minutes from the Reading exit of the PA turnpike. There is a combined, online site that was spawned by the two «bricks & mortar» locations:
Go online and get directions. It’s very easy to get to, but you may not recognize it as a fabric store when you see it. It’s on the right-​hand side of the road, after a patch of big, open farmland, and it looks just like a regular house. Just keep an eye out for the small identifying sign.
The parking lot is large. If you go around past the shed, you will find the only «facilities», a one-​holer port-​a-​potty. After an hour’s ride from Philly and a couple of cups of coffee, I usually hang my purse around my neck, hold my breath and take care of business before going inside.
«Inside» is down some cement steps and into the basement level of the house. It is much larger than it appears to be from the outside. Don’t be thrown off by the bags of spices, candy and baking ingredients on the shelves as you go in; they sell those too. Get a bag of snacks for the ride home.
Hanging from the rafters are tons of quilt patterns. On tables, you will find a large selection of «flat folds», or cuts of fabric that are off the bolt and flat folded. They consist of various yardages & prices, but are well marked with masking tape snippets. There is a sign above the flat folds indicating that the price you will be charged is $ 1.00 less than the price marked on the fabric. You do need to buy the whole piece.
As you go around to the left, you will find the shelves with bolts of current fabrics. The price is great — generally 2 – 3 bucks cheaper than at home, and there is a section of bolts at very reduced prices. If you are planning on buying fabric from a lot of bolts, you will need to take one of the wheeled carts with you as you roam the isles, otherwise you will need to continually lug your bolts up to the cutting table. Perhaps I visited on days when there weren’t many customers, but I missed the camaraderie I usually find with other quilters when I visit other stores. The staff here will leave you alone to fend for yourself; they are, however, helpful when asked. They do not seem to be well-​versed on the latest fancy quilting techniques, and I’m not even sure they rely on strip piecing a lot; they do seem to be old-​fashioned quilters who could probably hand-​quilt circles around almost anyone else.
This is not the place to go if you want to be inspired by lots of samples, or want to see artsy quilts. There are no purse projects, or whimsical pincushions; no seasonal table runners. It’s also not the place to go if you are looking for the latest in notions. Don’t get me wrong; they have a good selection of rulers, pins, basic threads, batting & etc., but it’s more for convenience rather than for enticement. They have a selection of wide quilt backs. In addition, there is a good selection of broadcloth solids — remember that this shop has a large Mennonite and Amish clientele, so they have the fabrics used in their dresses/​aprons as well as for the rainbow & black quilts typical of this area. I belive that there were even some knits over past the flat folds. One interesting thing that they carry is a selection of what I know as oil cloth. Great if you need to make a picnic table cloth, or even a drop cloth for a baby just learning to feed himself.
If you are a serious quilter, you need to go to Sauder’s at least once. My preference is Burkholders, which is about 10 minutes away, but as long as you are making the trip to Denver, you might as well hit both.
Sauder’s takes all major credit cards, as well as ATM/​Cash cards. As with virtually all of the businesses in this area employing Amish or Mennonite staff, they are closed on Sundays. I believe they open all other days as early as 8 AM, but probably close at 5.