King Textiles

King textiles has probably the best selection on Queen st at reasonable prices, but I find it very stressful to shop there because of the employees. They can be quite pushy and sometimes condescending or rude. When I was a beginner one of them definitely sold me the wrong type of interfacing (I was not looking for anything complicated). I also have found them out of stock of basics like bias tape or elastics in common sizes. I go to King when I haven’t found what I’m looking for anywhere else.

It’s organized pretty well compared to other stores. There is an upstairs and downstairs area depending on what you need.
The owner is an Israeli woman who is sweet and also direct. She was helpful and to the point.
There was a younger shorter black woman who helped me initially and she was nice and helpful.
I’m giving this review low stars because of the OLDER heftier BLACK LADY who was TERRIBLE in customer service!!! She had MAJOR ATTITUDE and was sooooo LAZY!!! She didn’t want to take out fabrics for me, she kept huffing and puffing when I asked her for things and it was really uncomfortable dealing with her! I’m not sure why the owner has her working in her shop. She’s definitely running her business down! The other reviews on here all the same thing about this terrible older black lady too!!!
Owner of store: pleaseeeee get rid of this lady! I liked your store. I will come back, but I never want to deal what that horrible woman again!!!

love this place as there are TONS of fabric of all sort. The staffs are sometimes nice… hit or miss. Like most fabric stores, staffs are usually super busy. I have been here to get my fabric pleated, I love the random sale pieces downstairs. Though, I think the owner is an indian guy and him and a staff were full out yelling at each other. Slightly awkward. Other than that I always come here and check out their fabric. I am always back for their awesome microfibre (left front corner of the first floor).

This place has a lot of goods but are quite over priced compared to the surroundings and the staff is quite lazy, sometimes telling you to go look for things on your own when there’s no other customers around (in which case they end up standing there and stare into space). don’t bother asking for help if they say no the first time, the black lady there will just make fun of your English.

This place is quite organized and has a lot of fabrics in colours I couldn’t find at other stores. The store is separated by 2 floors. Walk up the stairs for fabrics and down the stairs for more affordable fabrics/​drape fabrics and little things like zippers.
The staff on upper floor is nice and friendly for the most part EXCEPT for this one older African American woman? I felt she kept pressuring me to buy or hurry up. Even though the store wasn’t that busy. She was always asking «Are you ready yet? Are you done yet?» with a bored expression. Very off putting and made me want to avoid her.
I was buying fabric to make a top and being very much a novice was hesitant about how much I would need. I just wanted to double check my numbers so asked her what she thought and she just abruptly handed me a tape measure saying, «check for yourself». Meanwhile, in contrast a customer next to me was talking with a younger employee (girl with blonde hair) and asked her a simple question about yard measurements, which she happily and kindly explained.
Overall, I would come back as I like the fabric selection they have. I would just avoid that woman.

If all of the other fabric stores close by don’t have what I’m looking for, I come here as a last resort. — I really dislike shopping here. On a positive note, King is by the far the most organized and clean out of all of the fabric stores on/​near Queen Street (at most of the others, you can barely even walk).
My biggest problem with King: The employees are extremely rude and condescending. I haven’t dealt with the owner before, but all of my friends tell me she is awful. The last time I came in, the person I dealt with was an older blonde-​haired woman who works in the clearance section. I found her to be very unpleasant and unfriendly. She told me that she didn’t mean to come across as rude, and that she was trying to train 2 new people. I totally understand that it’s busy and stressful, but somehow that’s still not an excuse. Like this woman, most of the workers have an attitude and are definitely not good with people.
The only two workers that I can tolerate are Olivia and David. They are by far the most helpful and patient. Try and have them assist you if you can. (Olivia’s great because you can tell that she takes her job seriously, yet she is able to joke around with customers)
My last piece of advice would be to shop elsewhere first. I’ve learned that this place often has the same fabrics as the other stores, except they charge a few dollars more.

I love their array of fabric. Everything from cotton stretch, tulle, silks and more. The prices are so reasonable and there is a vast section if notions, leather and fabric on the lower level. Great service!

They might have an amazing selection, I won’t question that, but their customer service is terrible. I was in there with my son in his compact stroller, and when i realized we couldn’t fit in the aisles, and I didn’t see what I’d specifically come to find, we were in the process of backing out and leaving when one of the staff (i assume an owner or manager sort) started snapping and hollering at me from the upper floor across the store to get the stroller out. I may have bumped some pleather rolls at most.
I used to work in a fabric store, and I’ve got retail experience and this was piss poor service to yell at someone across a store. There’s no sign saying «no strollers» and I guess mobility impaired people aren’t going to be welcome either, even if you can manage the six steps down or up to the sales floor.
It was appallingly rude, and I won’t be bringing my sewing and fabric buying friends to this place either. We’ll steer clear, we know when we’re not welcome, because they opted to yell at me so everyone could hear.
Real classy.

As a designer, I try to buy fabric in every country to which I travel, and King Textiles was one of the greatest fabric stores to which I’ve ever been. I’m originally from New York, so I’ve been spoiled by fabric stores in Manhattan. King, however, is definitely comparable! The service was friendly and the employees were incredibly helpful. Maze-​like, yes, but most fabric stores are. The more maze-​like, the better the options! If you’re looking for fabric for any type of project, this is the place to go! Whether you’re a professional or simply a crafty person, the staff is there to help!
Make sure you check-​in to get their offer!

I was really bummed that there were no sewing supply stores in my neighbourhood, so I went to facebook for suggestions and everyone pointed me here, and I’m so happy about it! King Textiles was the best, and will probably be the only sewing place I will hit up from now on.
There is a maze of fabrics stacked to the ceiling. You could literally spend hours in there feeling stuff and looking at colours. It was so overwhelming and awesome. SO MANY FABRICS. Don’t even get me started on the faux fur section… unreal. Plus they have a place the size of my living room filled with buttons and ribbons and zippers… I was in heaven. I was approached twice, by two different people, who were super friendly. When I said I was just browsing for now, they introduced themselves and said to call for them if I needed anything. They were super genuine and nice.
When I was done exploring (for now! I didn’t even get to see it all, so big!) I approached one of the staff upstairs and got some batting and some sewing tools. All the prices seemed very good. The dudes at the checkout even offered me cookies they were eating! Everyone was joking around with each other and it was just such a pleasant atmosphere.
When I left I had already made it to Queen St. when I realized I had forgotten something I bought on the counter, and I turned around to go back and the cashier guy was running up to me with it apologizing.
I can’t wait for my next visit!

They have a great variety of fabrics here! So much that it’s almost maze-​like. I was able to find a very good quality fabric from their selection of upholstery. The price I found was very good. :)
I have to say though that their staff is not much help. I kind of had to help myself since the staff seemed to be preoccupied with their own chatter and I could not get any help. This seemed to be a more laid back artsy store so I wasn’t really expecting fantastic service.
Great variety, quality products, good price, but don’t expect much service from them.

I found the store over priced and I need help with the amount i needed and they didn’t know and could not help me so would not recommend this store to anyone.

Huge fabric store with tons of selection. They have everything you want and then some, including a big selection of trim. Need some orange pompom trim? They have it!
I love wandering around King Textiles because as soon as you see something you think you might want, one of the staff is there to say «yes, you need it» or «no, that’s similar to what you already cut, get the other one instead.» I was there for their big Boxing Week sale and they gave us extra deals if we finished off some of the smaller rolls of fabric. They’re enablers of your fabric habit, but in the nicest possible way.
They have a student discount card for cheaper deals, and they have a check-​in offer for 10% off non-​discounted fabric on the Unilocal app!

I always see signs for King Textiles and the advertising in this neighbourhood is quite intense. Being an avid quilter I decided to finally follow the flyer to 445 Richmond Street West and check it out. Walking in, wow it was overwhelming. The space itself is brilliant. There are endless types of fabric, endless spools of thread and anything you want, (fabric wise) you got it.
The people who work at King Textiles are so sweet, Incredibly helpful and charismatic. I am always looking for new locations for fabric and I’m excited at this find as I know it will be able to expand my pattern horizon.
As for price, its comparable with all of the other locations in the Fabric district of Toronto. This business is definitely a dream for anyone who fancies a glass of wine and a sewing machine on a sunday afternoon!

This is basically heaven for anyone into Do It Yourself projects and anyone with an imagination! So here’s what I did, I went in there, walked to the tube jersey fabric, bought a yard ½ and voila. i have this seasons most coveted CIRCLE scarf (identical to Amer. Apparel’s) for $ 9!