EXHIBIT 23.1

                 NOTICE REGARDING CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act),
provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time such part
becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security pursuant to
such registration statement (unless it is provided that at the time of such
acquisition such a person knew of such untruth or omission) may sue, among
others, every accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or
certified any part of the registration statement, or as having prepared or
certified any report or valuation which is used in connection with the
registration statement, with respect to the statement in such registration
statement, report or valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified
by the accountant.

On June 14, 2002, Quaker Fabric Corporation (the "Company") dismissed Arthur
Andersen LLP ("Andersen") as its independent auditor and appointed
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to replace Andersen. Prior to the date of this Form
S-8, the Andersen partner who reviewed the most recent audited financial
statements of the Company has resigned from Andersen. As a result, after
reasonable efforts, the Company has been unable to obtain Andersen's written
consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement of
Andersen's reports dated February 4, 2002 incorporated by reference in the
Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, and to all
references to Andersen included in this registration statement.

Under these circumstances, Rule 437a of the Securities Act permits the Company
to file this Form S-8 without a written consent from Andersen. Accordingly,
Andersen will not be liable to those persons purchasing the shares registered
under this registration statement, under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
because it has not consented to the incorporation by reference in this
registration statement of its reports dated February 4, 2002 incorporated by
reference in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29,
2001. The Company believes, however, that other person who are liable under
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including the Company's officers and
directors, may still rely on Andersen's audit reports as being made by an expert
under the due diligence defense provision of Section 11(b) of the Securities
Act.