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Tuesday 10am - 5pm Wednesday 10am - 5pm Friday 10am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 5pm

Hometown

Visit Kent's most colourful quilt shop! 1800+ fabrics, FQs, wadding, haberdashery, books, workshops and gift vouchers.

Online ordering now possible on our website! Specialist patchwork and quilting shop in the historic cathedral city of Rochester. We sell fabulous fabrics for quilters and textile makers and we also teach regular workshops in quiltmaking and other textile crafts. Ask for a Loyalty Card when you shop with us - a full Loyalty Card means you can choose a free metre of fabric - hurrah! Note that we are

also open one Sunday a month. It’s usually the third Sunday (Farmers’ Market), but can vary in Festival months). Check our FB posts for the latest updates or call us to check…

27/08/2026

Are you a tidy quilter or someone that works best in creative chaos?

Mavis popped into her exhibition with friends yesterday and her answer to this burning question, “I know I should tidy up after each project, but I’m keen to get onto the next…”

If there’s anything else you want to ask Mavis, comment below and I’ll ask her…

(PS from Marion - In Mavis’s previous sewing space, there were piles of fabric and overflowing boxes of cloth, with pathways in between. 😳Now that she sews in the living room, with supplies kept elsewhere, it’s much tidier)! 😊

Mavis Haslam- A Life in Stitches
- until 6 September.
Exhibition open normal shop hours.

25/08/2026

Hello to all nooks and crannies of the British Isles! 🇬🇧 North, south, east and west, our online orders are heading all over the place today. It’s lovely that you’re finding Hometown online and we can keep you supplied with fabrics and haberdashery.

Just recently, more parcels have been heading over the waters to the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. 🚢 We like to think one quilter orders from us, then tells another about Hometown, so thank you to all of you acting as bush telegraph ambassadors.

And whilst we don’t post overseas now (pesky Brexit - don’t get me started), we love Monika in Hungary’s ingenuity 🇭🇺. She placed an order for Larking fat quarter bundles and we’ve posted them to her brother in Kent. Quilters will always find a solution!

24/08/2026

Explore our Zara Dress workshop on 18 September.

Suitable for ages 6 months - 9 years (and you’ll take home a copy of the Two Stitches pattern, so can sew again year after year).

Booking now - see the link in our bio. Or book instore or by phone. 🧵

23/08/2026

Sunday - day of rest. My favourite day.

After a 6-day week, including one working day that finished at 2.30am 😳, I plan to not plan anything for today. Think I’ll just drink cups of tea, nap and watch some clouds. Hope you have some downtime too, today. x

21/08/2026

X marks the spot; Oh, you mean the new exhibition at Hometown?

Our quilt exhibition opened today and the best comment must be from a visitor looking round all the quilts. “One person made all this?” Yes they did. The quiltmaker’s name is Mavis Haslam and I’m so proud that she is my mum.

Shown here are details from her ‘Blue Print’ quilt, sewn using men’s shirting fabric. For the story behind this quilt (and the other 40+ pieces on display), do come to Rochester this summer.

We open again on Saturday at 10 and the exhibition continues until 6 September.

20/08/2026

Here but not here. Apologies to anyone that’s rattling the door today and is confused by seeing the lights on. Hometown is always open online if you’d like to look at fabric (and quite frankly, who wouldn’t?).

I’m downstairs and finishing prepping for Mavis’s exhibition which opens tomorrow. I woke up this morning with an idea for the exhibition 🙄, so seeing if I can make it happen. Honestly, what am I like?

‘My Life in Stitches’ opens Friday 21 August.

18/08/2026

A patchwork of patchworks. I’m still hanging our quilt exhibition which open on Friday, ‘Mavis Haslam - a Life in Stitches’

Just like making a quilt there are hard decisions of what to include. I started with 40+ quilts, large and small; so let’s see what magic tricks I can do with the space I have. There’ll certainly be plenty for you to enjoy.

This free exhibition opens this Friday at 10 and continues until Sunday 6 September. (Opening day and hours mirror our shop).

Now back to work; there are sleeves to be sewn and hammers to be wielded tonight.🧵🔨

16/08/2026

You are all invited to our forthcoming exhibition ‘A Life in Quilts by Mavis Haslam’.

Mavis has been quiltmaking for more than 40 years and this exhibition features a selection of her favourite quilts and the stories behind them. Shown here is ‘A Quilt for Alice’ 1994, which will be in the exhibition.

The exhibition opens on 21 August at Hometown and is open normal shop hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10-5, plus Sunday 6 September 11-3.

15/08/2026

A quick snap from Thursday. Why does this photo make my heart sing? Sue and Kim hand stitched these pincushions at my workshop in the morning. They were both earning their keep as pincushions in the embroidery workshop in the afternoon. Another great make from our Summer School. 🧵🧵🧵

13/08/2026

All stitchers know the phrase “measure twice, cut once”. Well, when we’re preparing online orders, it’s more “measure twice, cut once, count again” as we check off fabrics against the paperwork. Yesterday, we were busy counting and rechecking several times, as an order heading to Birmingham had 38 different fat quarters and long quarters for cutting!

This is just part of Karen’s order - oh my, you’re going to have such fun putting all these lovely prints together. Thank you for your order. 📮

Never tried ordering from us? Go on, give it a whirl - our rotary cutters and little grey cells like a challenge.

Address

62 High Street
Rochester
ME11JY

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Website

http://www.hometownrochester.co.uk/

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