WAWAK Alternative for Quilters: How Linda's Electric Quilters Compares
WAWAK is a favorite of sewists and tailors — known for sharp prices on sewing notions, garment supplies, and thread in professional quantities. But sewing-first and quilting-first are different missions. If you quilt, here's an honest look at where each store earns your order.
Short version: WAWAK wins on garment-sewing and tailoring supplies at professional prices. Linda's Electric Quilters wins on the quilting core — batting in every fiber and roll format, longarm thread, wideback backing, and machine-quilting expertise.
WAWAK vs. Linda's Electric Quilters at a Glance
| What you need | WAWAK | Linda's Electric Quilters |
|---|---|---|
| Garment & tailoring supplies | A core strength — built for sewists and alteration pros | Not our lane — our catalog is built around quilting |
| General sewing notions at volume prices | Known for sharp professional-quantity pricing | Notions curated for quilting and longarm work specifically |
| Quilt batting | General batting options | Hobbs, Quilters Dream, Warm Company, Pellon — packages and rolls up to 124" |
| Longarm thread | Broad sewing thread selection | Superior, Glide, So Fine!, OMNI, King Tut — cones built for machine speed |
| Quilt backing & minky | Fabric isn't the focus | 108" wideback plus Shannon Cuddle |
| Longarm machines & support | Not a longarm dealer | Machines, parts, and staff who quilt on longarms daily |
Where WAWAK Wins
For garment construction, alterations, and general sewing-room restocking — zippers, garment interfacing, shears, tailoring tools — WAWAK's professional-supply model has earned its following, and sewists are right to love it.
Where Linda's Electric Quilters Wins
Quilting has its own supply chain: batting matched to a quilt's life and bought by the roll, thread that runs clean at longarm speed, wideback that eliminates pieced quilt backs, and frame notions chosen by daily longarmers. That specialization — not general sewing breadth — is what Linda's is built on.
Can you shop both? Absolutely.
Plenty of quilters keep a WAWAK cart for sewing-room basics and a Linda's cart for the quilting core. Buy general supplies where volume wins, and quilting supplies where specialization wins.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Linda's Electric Quilters a good alternative to WAWAK for quilters?
- For quilting categories, yes — batting, longarm thread, wideback, minky, and machine-quilting tools in specialist depth. For garment and tailoring supplies, WAWAK remains a strong choice.
- Does Linda's sell thread in bulk cone sizes?
- Yes — large cones from Superior, Glide, So Fine!, OMNI, and King Tut, the economical format for machine quilting.
- Why buy batting from a quilting specialist?
- Selection and format — every major fiber and loft, with published quilting distances, in packages and rolls that cost less per quilt.
- Does Linda's offer free shipping?
- Yes — free economy shipping on orders of $125 or more, with some exclusions for oversized items like batting rolls and machines.
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