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                                    UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
                                    JUNE 29, 2006
                  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
  
                              QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
        DELAWARE                      1-7023                      04-1933106
    (State of incorporation)      (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
                                                              Identification No.)
  
        941 GRINNELL STREET, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS              02721
        (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
  
       Registrant's telephone number, including area code          (508) 678-1951
  
  
  
  
              (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
        simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
        of the following provisions:
  
        [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
            (17 CFR 230.425)
  
        [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
            (17CFR 240.14a-12)
  
        [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
            Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
        [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
            Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
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  ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS
  
  On June 29, 2006 Quaker Fabric Corporation of Fall River ("Quaker"), a
  wholly-owned subsidiary of Quaker Fabric Corporation, completed the sale of its
  240,000 square foot Plant D manufacturing facility located at 763 Quequechan
  Street in Fall River, Massachusetts to Strictly Realty LLC, a Massachusetts
  limited liability company, pursuant to an agreement entered into in March 2006
  and reported on Form 8-K filed March 7, 2006. Quaker received net proceeds of
  $845,766 after sale related expenses and the establishment of a $132,500 escrow.
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                            QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION
                                            (Registrant)
  
  
  
  Date:  July 5, 2006                       /s/ Paul J. Kelly
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Paul J. Kelly
                                            Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
  
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                                    UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                    JUNE 29, 2006
                  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                              QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
        DELAWARE                      1-7023                      04-1933106
    (State of incorporation)      (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
                                                              Identification No.)
  
        941 GRINNELL STREET, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS              02721
        (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
       Registrant's telephone number, including area code          (508) 678-1951
  
              (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
        simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
        of the following provisions:
  
        [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
            (17 CFR 230.425)
  
        [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
            (17CFR 240.14a-12)
  
        [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
            Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
        [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
            Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS
  
  On June 29, 2006 Quaker Fabric Corporation of Fall River ("Quaker"), a
  wholly-owned subsidiary of Quaker Fabric Corporation, completed the sale of its
  240,000 square foot Plant D manufacturing facility located at 763 Quequechan
  Street in Fall River, Massachusetts to Strictly Realty LLC, a Massachusetts
  limited liability company, pursuant to an agreement entered into in March 2006
  and reported on Form 8-K filed March 7, 2006. Quaker received net proceeds of
  $845,766 after sale related expenses and the establishment of a $132,500 escrow.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                            QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION
                                            (Registrant)
  
  Date:  July 5, 2006                       /s/ Paul J. Kelly
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Paul J. Kelly
                                            Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
  
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