Mood Fabrics
225 W. 37th St., 2nd fl.
212.730.5003
Mood, the landmark fabric store, will swatch anytime, but you must have a salesperson help and cut it for you. However, the salespeople are more than willing to help you if you need it, and there is a huge variety of fabrics to choose from.

NY Elegant Fabric Inc.
222 W. 40th St.
212.302.4980
Elegant will swatch for you between 10 am–12 noon on weekdays. This is one of the easier places to find some- one to help you swatch. The fabrics are plentiful, and because the store is not as busy as some of the others, it’s less hectic inding a salesperson to help you. In our opinion, the less-stress fac- tor makes this one of the best places to swatch. (bonus: they have little pre-cut swatches on each bolt ready to take!)

Paron Fabrics
West 206 W. 40th St., Ground fl.
212.768.3266
Paron will also swatch for you, as long as you ask a salesperson for help. There is a lot of variety in their selection of fabrics, and the workers are friendly, knowledgeable, and always willing to give you the help you need.

B & J Fabrics
525 7th Ave., 2nd fl.
212.354.8150
B & J, another famous fabric shop, opens at 9 am and has the same policy as most of the others...you can swatch anything as long as you find someone to do it for you. If you’re a student, B & J provides special weekday morn- ing hours. Give them a call for the cur- rent schedule.