Sewing for everybody and every body. This is a community specifically for the hobby of sewing including, but not limited to: machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, quilting, mending, garment sewing, fitting/alterations and help/suggestion threads.
Hey Everyone! Let's Build a Map!
Edit: We've got a map! Fabric Shop Map
The mod team is very excited to announce that we have been working on a special project to help everyone in our community find the BEST fabric stores in their area! We are creating a Google map full of fabric stores located all over the world and we need help from everyone! Please click on the Google form link to tell us about YOUR favorite fabric store so we can add it to the map!
Fabric Store Recommendation Form
You can use the form over and over to submit as many stores as you would like! The form will be active for about a week or as long as this post stays pinned in the subreddit. Then we will take a look at the data collected and decide the next best steps. There might be a few bugs to work out, so please be patient with us.
Personal privacy - The Google form is set to not collect email addresses and we have not asked for user names. The information is hosted on a google account created for the subreddit and access is limited to the moderator team. Map submissions are anonymous.
FAQ and Tips
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Please do not submit Walmart, Hobby Lobby or any other chains that do not have fabric as a focus. This map is a chance to help the many small independent fabric stores shine out to our community.
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No need to include Joann Fabrics, we are already working on adding their 800+ locations
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No need to include Spotlight either, same reason as above.
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Please include a physical address for online stores. This lets us place the store on the map so users can shop local online and manage shipping costs. Look on the Contact, About or Returns sections on the website if you are not sure of the city, state or province, country and postal code.
If you run into problems with the form or have questions, please ask below.
r/Sewing Moderator Team
PS. The Holiday gift guide full of tips and links for gifts from sewists and to sewists is coming up next in this spot.
Question - in my country notions stores are quite often separate from fabric stores. I'd love to give a shout-out to my favorite notions stores, e.g. the one that got a new website up and functional within a couple of months of the first lockdown for local delivery. Are you also looking for these?
yes! there is a question on the form about what items are sold. excited to see the results compiled.
Yes! Stores that focus on sewing notions can be included, it's an option on the form.
Thanks, all who replied! I found the address for one of my favorite fabric stores and entered it, saw the option for notions, and added those stores as well.
Is this map up and running yet? Such a great idea!
Not yet! We have some technical bugs to work out still. The community has been great, over 225 stores have been submitted so far!
Is there any update on the map?
I hope this gets completed!
I'm having a lot of trouble finding nice bag hardware!
At the master tailor institute we also started to make a similar map. It has 43 entries, is there anyway I can send you the link of the Google map so these can also be reviewed and added please?
Would you kindly send me the link as well? I am not part of the mod team, just very interested in this too
Very excited about this!
I noticed in Canada you've included Michaels on the map. They are not a fabric store. They have as much, if not more, scrapbooking supplies or fake flowers than they do fabric and notions. My understanding is that they are the (less problematic) Canadian version of Hobby Lobby.
Thanks so much for making this!
Edit: I see Michaels isn't just Canadian, my bad. I still don't think it deserves to be on the sewing map. It's a little annoying to look at the map and think there are all sorts of fabric shops, when in reality it's just all Micheals where I won't be able to find anything I want or need!
I was a little bummed that they included Michael’s as well. I saw all the bubbles in my city but they were all Michael’s. They don’t sell fabric at ours at all except for a teeny tiny section of pre cuts 😢
In Australia we also have Lincraft. Which has about the same ratio of sewing to crafts as Spotlight. According to their website they have 42 locations on the east coast of Australia, so I don't know if you wanted me to fill in a form for that. https://lincraft.com.au/
Also wanted to jump in and say we also have hobbysew, which is about 75% sewing (more quilting focussed than garment imo) and 25% other crafts
If I’m looking for silk, can I search for different silk vendors that might have the designs/prices I’m looking for?
Would like to add The Dutchman's Store in Cantril, Iowa if possible. It's a HUGE general store, but the fabric department is as big as some Jo-Ann's locations. Just as a heads up, they are building an even bigger store right now, and they will be moving into it this summer, so the address will change.