Best Fabric Samples - Stockist Edition

These fabric samples that I have ordered from various companies had to be ordered through one of their stockists, so you are therefore limited to the number of samples that you can get. I've decided to review these companies also, to see which sample service is the best. The criteria is slightly different to the last sample reviews too:

Quality of samples - Quality of the fabric. Size of samples - The bigger the sample, the easier it is to determine if that is the fabric that you want. Choice of fabric - Was there a range of fabric samples to choose from? Packaging and contents - Invoices, leaflets, guides, extra gifts. Delivery time - Speed between ordering and arrival. I've rated all of these factors out of 10. 1 = Awful. 10 = Excellent.

The companies will be marked out of 50.

Prestigious Textiles

Samples arrived in a branded envelope

Samples came with an invoice

Smaller sample measures 22cm x 16cm

Quality of samples: 10/10

Size of samples: 10/10

Choice of fabric: 10/10

Packaging and contents: 3/10

Delivery time: 7/10

Overall total: 40/50

Clarke & Clarke

Samples arrived in a branded

Samples came with an invoice

Samples measure 16.5cm x 12.5cm

Sample information

Quality of samples: 10/10

Size of samples: 8/10

Choice of fabric: 10/10

Packaging and contents: 3/10

Delivery time: 7/10

Overall total: 38/50

Ashley Wilde

Samples arrived in a brown envelope

Also came with an invoice

Sample measures 17.5cm x 15cm

Sample information

Quality of samples: 9/10

Size of samples: 9/10

Choice of fabric: 7/10

Packaging and contents: 2/10

Delivery time: 7/10

Overall total: 34/50

Fibre Naturelle

Samples arrived in a branded envelope

Samples came with an invoice

Sample measures 26cm x 23cm

Sample information

Quaity of samples: 10/10

Size of samples: 10/10

Choice of fabric: 9/10

Packaging and contents: 3/10

Delivery time: 7/10

Overall total: 39/50

Fryetts

Samples arrived in a branded envelope

Samples arrived with an invoice

Sample measures 17.5cm x 12cm

Sample information

Quality of samples: 9/10

Size of samples: 8/10

Choice of fabric: 10/10

Packaging and contents: 3/10

Delivery time: 7/10

Overall total: 37/50

Gordon John Textiles

Samples arrived in a branded envelope

Larger sample measures 24cm x 15cm

Sample information

Quality of samples: 9/10

Size of samples: 8/10

Choice of frabric: 7/10

Packaging and contents: 2/10

Delivery time: 5/10

Overall total: 31/50

So overall, this means that the highest scoring service is from Prestigious Textiles. Below you can see all of the results:

1. Prestigious Textiles - 40

2. Fibre Naturelle - 39

3. Clarke & Clarke - 38

4. Fryetts - 37

5. Ashley Wilde - 34

6. Gordon John Textiles - 31

Yet again, the results were pretty close, and I was happy with the service that I received from all of the companies. These samples are really useful in helping me decide what to use in my project.

In my next blog post I will be going through the free braid and trim samples that I ordered!