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Japanese fabrics, notions, fun craft supplies, and other cute stuff.

"The Bag Making Bible" is the first book and resource of it's kind - a technique-led approach to sewing your own designer bags and purses.  It explains in detail how to create and construct the component parts of the bag.  From adding styles of bag pockets to inserting zips and closures, using interfacing and reinforcement tricks, and fitting linings and various styles of bag handles, and much, much more.  It also introduces and demonstrates the myriad  materials, hardware, and tools and techniques available to the modern crafter, including using the sewing machine.   read more

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My new favorite fabric source is Top Fabrics!

The minimum order is one bolt, and the owner of this small business sends me an invoice, I send a check, and he ships really quickly (like me, he's also trying to keep expenses down, so he prefers a check over credit card.)

I'm getting 100% cotton fabrics here for $1.49 to $3.99 a yard. read more

With more than 200,000 copies in print, Storey's One-Skein Wonders series is an unqualified success. Now, for the first time in the series, fabric takes center stage! And the timing couldn't be better. Sewing machine sales have doubled over the past 10 years, and crafters are discovering the joy of another kind of stitching. read more

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Are you crafty? Want to score some cool supplies that you can't find at your local chain store? If you're planning a visit to New York City, Seek's Arts & Crafts tour is for you!

New York is chock-full of shops selling fabric, ribbons, leather, beads, quilting supplies, notions, feathers, artificial flowers, buttons, yarn, cake decorating tools, art supplies, jewelry findings, stationary, and much, much more. With a Seek guide, you'll discover popular industry retailers as well as tiny, hidden gem shops. read more

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Have some shelves you wish you had the perfect sized box to fit? Want your gift to be wrapped extra special, in just the right size? This tutorial will show you how to make a fabric box to whatever dimentions you need. read more

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Patricia Zapata is a graphic designer that lives in Texas with her husband and two children. In 2001 she launched Zapata Design, a graphic design boutique that caters to small and mid-sized companies in the creation of logos and corporate identity packages. In 2004 A Little Hut initially offered stationery and hand cut paper illustrations. read more

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Crimson Tate offers quality fabrics, notions, patterns, and classes in Downtown Indianapolis. Has patterns or fabrics from Amy Butler, Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner, Denyse Schmidt, Kokka, and Kaffe Fassett. Also offers a wide variety of classes for beginning to advanced quitlers and a monthly open-sew on Saturday (follow on Facebook for more Information!)

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