Sarah’s Fabrics

Beautiful store. I visit my mom in law once a year and love Mass Ave. I went into the store and was seriously disappointed that the workers could have cared less I was there. I get when you’re busy you don’t have time to greet folks but I was the only one in there. Only when I was about to leave did someone even acknowledge me. I try to patron independent fabric stores but was seriously disappointed I didn’t even garner a courtesy greeting. It felt very alienating. I probably would’ve done some serious shopping otherwise.

Sarah’s is the place for the creative quilter’s soul! After living in the Southwest and being used to fabric shops with lots of color and pattern choices, I was majorly disappointed in the generally boring choices when I moved to the Kansas City area. I continue to visit any quilt shops around here in my travels, but no place yet equals Sarah’s in its offerings for fabric variety.

This is a review for an online purchase from Sarah’s Fabrics.
I was looking for a particular fabric that was no longer in print. After scouring the internet, I found the print at Sarah’s Fabrics.
Pros:
The item was packaged well, yardage was exact, and the kind folks even included a nice handwritten thank you note. :)
Cons:
The yardage pricing was more expensive than other online stores (~$ 1 more) for comparable fabric type and designer. Shipping was also quite high. However, all of the information is right there on your screen before you complete the transaction, so it wasn’t exactly a surprise.
Overall, I am happy with my purchase. Thank you, Sarah’s Fabrics!

Fabric eye candy everywhere! Quality fabric in a cool old store. However did not have monster print for a quilt but I think everything else! Love Lawrence kansas

Oh my, I was in heaven!!! I was visiting Lawrence for the weekend, and could have spent much more time in here than I did. Loved the selection of Kaffe fabric, and bought many, many yards of it. They also cut fabric a way I’ve never seen before, but totally appreciate so I don’t have to square everything. What a great place, and I wish I was back there now.

I thought I died and went to fabric heaven when I walked into this store. I wish we had a store like this near me, but I was so glad that I stop in when I was travelling. I successfully made it out of the store without buying loads of fabric, but I did pick up some stuff and thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with the young woman helping me out. She had some great recommendations for me on fabrics and cool quilting books.
I immediately came home and liked their Facebook page so that I can see all the new fabrics and sewing related things they have coming in. It will be a good source of inspiration.

So helpful, so nice and so reasonably priced. If you’re in the market for fabric, look no further!

I never thought I’d fall in love with a fabric store, but I was wrong. Sarah’s is like a holy place to me now. I’d just been to a store in Overland Park that had very little fabric, a lot of extras and NO customer service. I walked into Sarah’s and I thought I’d start crying.
Fabric everywhere, all sorted by color, the most amazing pattern selection, the ladies who worked there were busy when I walked in but said hi and finished up with their customers and asked if I needed help. Even my boyfriend liked the store (and found fabric for a quilt I’ll be working on for him this fall).
And as far as the prices, yes they are between $ 10 – 20 for high quality, great patterned fabrics, but I’m used to that as I like to get higher quality fabrics for my quilts so they last longer. I’d never stop going here.
I was walking around and I could just spend all day in there trying to find the perfect mix of fabrics for any quilt I’d ever dream of. I’m definitely driving back there from Wichita when I need the most perfect fabrics ever… Like I said, I’m in love.

Man, and I thought JoAnn’s in KC had a good selection! I came here on somewhat of a whim, looking for laminated cotton for a sewing project. After scouring the shelves at JoAnn’s (only four designs, none of them really my style), then moving on to Lawrence’s Hobby Lobby (again, only four patterns available, this time all baby-​themed), I decided to drop in at Sarah’s on my way home after work the next day. I figured it couldn’t hurt, seeing as I’d already wasted an afternoon at the other two stores. Might as well check here before going to the internet, right?
I am SO glad I did! It was a little hard to find, but they had at least a dozen huge rolls of laminated cotton, and in patterns I absolutely loved! They even had some more masculine designs, which was one of the things I was really hoping to find. The clerk I spoke to was extremely helpful, although I did have to wait a few minutes to have my fabric cut while she chatted with and helped the woman in front of me.
Their variety of patterns and fabric types is HUGE. I had no idea the store was as big as it is, and it is literally covered floor-​to-​ceiling in bolts of fabric in every shade imaginable. I can imagine quilters having an absolute heyday.
I intend to come back myself soon for some fabric for a few small projects I have in mind. I’m not a big sewer, to be honest, but this place makes me want to be!
My only complaint is that some of the notions are really hard to find. As in, they keep them shut away in a cabinet and you’d never know they had them if you didn’t ask a clerk for help. I needed some sew-​on Velcro for my project, and the sales clerk had to go find the right kind from a cupboard at the end of an aisle and cut it to length for me. I’d have preferred to just take a small roll of the stuff home with me, although I imagine it was probably a smidgen cheaper by the foot than it would have been prepackaged.
All-​in-​all, though, Sarah’s is great and I’ll definitely be checking here first for cloth before heading out to the chain stores. I’d rather keep my money on Mass. St. anyway, and if I can get a better selection and better quality fabric to boot, so much the better!

Sarah’s fabrics is an *amazing* fabric store, it’s a fabric mega store and best of all, it’s local! The staff here are very friendly and knowledgeable and eager to give you their input on your latest project. The prices are a bit steeper than other fabric places in town but you definitely get a different experience here, especially if you’re a regular. If you have a special project and want top notch quality and service, Sarah’s is your place!

Well the fabrics are pretty amazing. Not cheap, not outrageous, like 10, 15 $ a yard type prices.
But I’m not going back unless I have to.
I’ve lived in cities that were almost proud of their really REALLY rude salespeople, wait staff, etc. I know how to deal with horrible salespeople.
But I moved to Kansas a year ago, and you know what? I had no idea that salespeople smiled, let alone gave great service and made you feel like they were happy you were there. No freaking idea. I’m totally converted to the Nice and Polite Kansas salesperson/​neighbor/​stranger/​etc.
I’m just not joking when I say that I didn’t know people like this existed.
But now that I do, and now that I meet them all the time, I’m not willing to go back to bad or incompetent or hostile or indifferent service.
So I’ll be driving an hour to Joann’s in OP, or buying online, but I won’t spend money or time in Sarah’s Fabrics.

Even if you think that you don’t care about fabric, stepping into Sarah’s will inspire a love of textiles in you.
I don’t quilt, but I’ve used Sarah’s to purchase beautiful patterns for use in curtains, bags and clothing and the quality of the fabric and the lovely selection of designs never disappoints.
The staff is friendly and knowledgeable and does a great job of cutting your fabric. They can help you to find something specific as well, which in a store this large is a big help.

Absolutely Wonderful Fabric Store in downtown Lawrence, KS!!! It is so fun to drive to Lawrence from the Kansas City area; it only takes about 50 minutes from Overland Park, KS. The store itself is awesome with the most beautiful fabrics and notions! Sarah, the owner, and her staff are so helpful no matter what my questions have been whether about the fabrics or quilting. Downtown Lawrence has been fun to walk around, to0 – just an overall FUN and GREAT experience!

When I opened the big wooden doors and stepped on the creaky old floors I knew I would like this place. My eyes wondered to see a great selection of quality fabrics. The fabrics here are colorful and hard to select due to the array of fabric that bestowed my eyes, I decided on several Japanese prints.
The staff was excellent in answering my questions about skirt making and had good advice about how much fabric I needed to purchase. They also did an excellent job on cutting my fabric straight and measuring it correctly. I could spend hours in this store and I look forward to another trek to Lawrence for a great fabric selection.