Stores Around the Bay Area
- A Pop of Color Yarns, Morgan Hill
- Aranea, Hayward
- Atelier Yarns, San Francisco
- Avenue Yarns, Albany
- A Verb for Keeping Warm, Oakland
- Black Squirrel Yarns, Berkeley
- Britex Fabrics, San Francisco
- Busy Stix, Lafayette
- Coven of Stitches, Alameda
- Eddie’s Quilting Bee, Sunnyvale
- Fiber Circle Studio, Petaluma
- Fillory Yarn, San Jose
- Firebird Yarns, San Francisco
- ImagiKnit, San Francisco, Oakland
- Knit This, Purl That, Livermore
- The Royal Bee Yarn Company, Pacifica
- Monarch Knitting, Pacific Grove
- Rumplestiltskin Yarn, Sacramento
- Ray’s Sewing Machine Center, San Jose
- Stone Mountain and Daughter Fabrics, Berkeley
- The Swift Stitch, Santa Cruz
- Uncommon Threads, Los Altos
- Yarn Shop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Magazines and Publications
Fiber and Other Supplies
The following stores have a small selection of spinning fibers:
- Aranea, Hayward
- Fiber Circle Studio, Petaluma
Below are some online resources that our members can recommend:
- Botanical Colors, Seattle
- Camaj Fiber Arts, Florida
- Clemes and Clemes, Pinole, California
- Eugene Textile Center, Eugene, Oregon
- Dharma Trading Company, San Rafael, California
- R.H. Lindsay Company, Wool Merchants, Boston area
- Treenway Silks, Colorado
- Yarn Barn, Kansas City
Equipment Suppliers
The following stores have a small selection of spinning equipment:
- Aranea, Hayward
- Fiber Circle Studio, Petaluma
Below are some online resources that our members can recommend:
- Clemes and Clemes, Pinole, California
- Eugene Textile Center, Eugene, Oregon
- Yarn Barn, Kansas City
Other Local Guilds
- Black Sheep Handweavers Guild, Redwood City
- Conference of Northern California Handweavers (CNCH)
- Fiber Artisans, San Jose
- Silverado Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Napa
- Spindles and Flyers, San Francisco/Berkeley
- Treadles To Threads Spinners Guild, Pleasant Hill
Fabric and Sewing Resources
Local Brick-and-Mortar Stores
- Britex, San Francisco
- Eddie’s Quilting Bee, sewing machine sales and repair services, Sunnyvale,
- Fabrics R Us, discount fabric, 1745 Berryessa Rd, San Jose
- Golden State Quilting, offers classes and quilting services, Campbell
- Hart’s Fabric, apparel, quilting, and upholstery fabrics, notions, trims, Santa Cruz
- Needles Studio, offers classes, Los Altos
- Ray’s Sewing Machine Center, sewing machine sales and repair services, 545 Meridian Ave., San Jose, 408-29506901
- Stone Mountain and Daughter Fabrics, apparel and quilting fabrics, notions, Berkeley
General Supplies
- Maker’s Resale, secondhand crafting items, mostly fabric but also some yarn (raffle-based)
- Wawak, sewing notions of all kinds
Online Fabric Stores
- Blackbird Fabrics, curated, high-quality garment fabrics and supplies, Vancouver, B.C.
- Cali Fabrics, apparel fabric, trims, notions, San Francisco
- Duckadilly, Liberty of London fabrics, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Fabricworm, quilting, some apparel fabrics, online and physical store, Paso Robles
- Fluid + Drape, deadstock and fabrics from small designers
- Hawthorne Supply Co., Red Hook, New York
- L&E Fabrics, American-milled knit fabrics
- LA Finch Fabrics, Apparel fabrics, notions, tools. Online and physical store, Los Alamitos
- L’Etoffe, apparel fabrics, notions, trims, swatches available. Online and by appointment, Redlands
- Lyrical, American-milled knit fabrics
- Merchant and Mills, in UK (shipping is expensive); some local stores carry this line
- Material Happiness, quilting and apparel fabrics, crafts, trims, notions. Online and physical store in San Diego
- Mood Fabrics, Fashion fabric, swatches available, online and physical stores in Los Angeles, New York, Miami
- The Rain Shed, fabric and supplies for outdoor garments and equipment
- Spoonflower, Custom fabric printing
- Stylemaker, Curated fashion fabrics, Stanwood, Washington
Indie Sewing Patterns