Morris Works Quilt Shop

Morris Works Quilt Shop, online quilting fabric shop

Morris Works Quilt Shop is an online shop with a British domain (morrisworks.co.uk) dedicated to selling materials for quilting and textile crafts. Its catalogue is organised around 100% cotton quilting fabric, with a selection covering prints, cotton blends and plain cotton, as well as a wide range of complementary items for textile work.

Fabric and pre-cut catalogue

The main offer includes fabric by the metre, with specific categories for printed cotton fabric, plain cotton, low volume prints and 108-inch backing fabric. The shop also sells pre-cuts: 10-inch squares, 5-inch charm squares, 2½-inch mini charms and 2½-inch fabric strip rolls.

The fat quarters section is divided into pick & mix singles, packs and full collections, with a specific category for Christmas fat quarter bundles. The fabric collections listed on the site are numerous and include, among others, Adorn, Alabaster Hues, Amsterdam, At Days End, Autumn Bouquet, Birdie, Bloom & Blend, Charming Love, Christmas, Color Me Whispered, Country Christmas, Cozy Christmas, Deck The Halls, Dimples, Fizz, Friday Night Garland, Ghostly Garden, Glaze, Golden Harvest, Hazelmont Farm Shirtings, Heima, Hello Autumn, High Tide, Hill Shine, Home For Christmas, Itsy Bits, Jewel Box, Kaffe Fassett Collective Classics Plus, Kingfisher Classic, Tone on Tones, Kona Cotton Solids, Laundry Line, Linen Texture, Liberty, Little Gems, Little Ones, Meadow Walk, Memories Unfolded, Moody Hues, Motley, Nest, Nightfall, Nordic Summer, Overdressed by Anna Maria Textiles, Painter's Palette Solids, Peppermint Twist, Petite Beehive, Petite Fleur, Phosphor Electric, Plain and Simple, Pop Cloth, Quilter's Flour, Ruby + Bee Blenders, Shimmer, Smitten Chicken, Soliloquy & Scrawl, Special Delivery, Spraytime, Spritz, Sun Print 2025, The Nutcracker, Tic Tac, Tropica, Tula Pink, Wildflower Cottage and Winged Garden.

Wadding and batting

The wadding catalogue is organised by brand and by format. Brands available include Matilda's Own, Heirloom, Warm & Natural, Warm & White, Warm & Plush, Soft & Bright, Insul-Bright and Sew Simple. Compositions include 100% cotton, cotton-polyester blends, wool-cotton blends, 100% wool, bamboo, polyester and natural cotton blends.

The shop offers wadding by the metre in 100% cotton, poly blends, polyester, wool, bamboo and natural cotton blends. It also sells wadding packs in lap/baby, twin (UK single), full (UK double), queen (UK king) and king (UK super king) sizes, as well as specialty wadding categories: heat resistant, extra wide, white, black, fusible and no scrim. Wadding rolls, wadding remnants and basting supplies are also available.

Threads, tools and notions

In the thread section, Aurifil 50WT and 8WT cotton threads are offered, as well as Gütermann metallic effect thread. The tools and notions section covers adhesives (sprays, fusible web, fabric glues and sticks), bag making materials (adhesives and interlinings, zippers, zip pulls, webbing and hardware), cutting and measuring tools (rotary cutters and blades, cutting mats, acrylic rulers, scissors and snips, measuring tapes and stitch unpickers), marking and creasing materials (clappers, pins, clips and basting supplies, straight pins, fabric clips, pin and needle storage), needles (machine sewing needles, hand quilting needles), sewing aides (thimbles, threaders, stitch unpickers, hand pressing tools, temporary fabric marking, thread conditioner and wax, bobbins and accessories, colour tools), machine accessories, templates and stencils (quarter inch aides, quilting stencils, sashiko stencils), stabilisers and interfacing, ironing sprays and accessories, and organise and storage.

Brands stocked

The site lists an extensive range of brands, including Andover Fabrics, Makower UK, Aurifil, Paintbrush Studio, Liberty, Northcott, Free Spirit Fabrics, Morris Works, Quilting Creations, Robert Kaufman, Nutex, Hemline, Warm Company, Sew Simple, Hobbs, Windham Fabrics, Matilda's Own, Stephanoise, Fin Fabrics, Olfa, Sew Easy, Schmetz, Clover, Thread & Ink, Milward, Taylor Seville, Henry Glass Fabrics, Andover, Gütermann, Kingfisher, EQP Textiles, Odif, Sewline, Vlieseline, Grey Lines, Fabric Freedom, Mary Ellen's, P&B Textiles, Sew Tasty, Stof Fabrics, Patrick Lose, C&T Publishing, Clothworks, CM Designs, Hoffman Fabrics, John Louden, Rose & Hubble, Art Gallery Fabrics and Hi-Tack.

Kits, patterns and training

The shop sells craft kits, quilt kits and bag kits, along with quilting patterns. It also offers classes and workshops, and includes resources such as a local group called Brighton Seaside Quilters Group, articles and calculators for half-square triangles (HST) and for quilt binding.

Own colour system and loyalty programme

Morris Works has its own colour classification system called Morris Code for Fabric, which assigns numerical codes to colour families: neutral (00), yellow (01), chartreuse (02), lime (03), leaf green (04), green (05), sea green (06), teal (07), aqua (08), cyan (09), cerulean (10), blue (11), indigo (12), violet (13), purple (14), amethyst (15), fuchsia (16), magenta (17), pink (18), crimson (19), red (20), vermilion (21), orange (22), amber (23) and golden yellow (24).

The shop has a rewards programme called Stitches Reward Points, which awards 5 points for every pound spent, and a referral programme. The site states free UK shipping on orders over £50. It also offers gift certificates and presents itself as a local quilt shop accessible from anywhere.

Location and contact

Phone: 01273569350 · Hours: Monday to Sunday