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Brexi bonus - fabric cost

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Grandmafrench Mon 22-Feb-21 11:08:23

Merchant & Mills in Rye, East Sussex.
Stone Fabrics in Totnes, Devon

nanna8 Mon 22-Feb-21 10:59:53

Definitely Chinese. I had a parcel from Wuhan and I was nervous about opening it when everyone was talking about the origins of the virus !

GillT57 Mon 22-Feb-21 10:58:39

I think wish.com are Chinese business. Their prices would indicate such.

PippaZ Mon 22-Feb-21 10:42:47

Doesn't Wish.com send from Germany? I don't know why but I thought it was a Chinese company using Germany as a trading base. As I say though, I don't know how I got that opinion. I imagine it will not be long before it gets caught up in this if that's the case.

It's not just the prices going up, it's the lack of deliveries. It is becoming hard to get quite a lot of sewing related items. I heard the Today discussion and I can only imagine the cost of clothing itself will go up in price. But these things were always going to happen weren't they?

GillT57 Mon 22-Feb-21 10:36:26

wish.com is appalling quality though. Did anyone else hear the discussion on R4 this morning with Katherine Hammet? It seems the Brexit bonus is hitting the fashion industry as well, not just the fishing community.

nanna8 Mon 22-Feb-21 10:33:05

Not uk but wish.com is very cheap especially for pre cut patchwork. They pester you with ads though which is annoying.

Polarbear2 Mon 22-Feb-21 09:58:28

Been looking on a popular website for new unusual fabric. Discovered out of 100+ items advertised only ~20 were from UK. The rest had horrendous additional costs added due to our lovely brexi bonus deal. Anyone got any UK fabric sites they’d recommend. I use the popular ones already. Wondered if there were hidden gems out there?