Best of Rhode Island 2010 Editors' Picks

Viewed through the big, plate glass windows on Pawtucket's Main Street, the fat bolts of fabric dazzle. Don't just look; you really have to go inside and feel the finish and quality of these gorgeous materials. Occupying one of the long-vacant buildings in the city's resurgent downtown, this is the third store of fine, discounted fabrics opened by owner Arti Bhandari Mehta. From exotic to classic, solids to stripes, new life awaits for every chair, sofa or curtain rod in your home. No doubt Samuel Slater would be proud to see textiles rise again in Pawtucket.