There are a lot of wonderful designers, tailors, knitters and more out in the world, without many of whom I couldn’t do what I love to do. I hope you’ll take a moment to visit some of my favorites, pick up some fabric, yarn or even a bag or blanket if you can’t find what you’re looking for here. This is a great place to find fabrics and designs for us to work with together on your custom order.

Inspiration:

Amy Butler is one of my favorite designers, and a great inspiration to my own work. I use a lot of her textiles in my products, and dream of the day when I can make my own fabrics. she has great colors, and amazing bags and other products for sale.

Shop:

Gather Here. I once had a dream that I walked into a store that was as if it had been created just for me. It had everything in the world that I loved from fabrics, to music, to food and more. Gather Here is the closest I have found to this place in reality. They have all the things you would ever need to get started sewing or knitting, and amazing classes every day of the week. Plus, they know the meaning of “customer service” and I usually forget that we didn’t grow up as best friends. For those of you far from the Boston area, they have a great online shop.

Harts Fabric has a great, diverse selection. One of my go to’s.

Purl Soho is a new find for me. Focused more on knitting, they have a good selection of some different style prints.

Best Books:

Sew U – great starter guide to making clothes.

Sew U Knits

Sew U Outerwear

Sew U Dresses

Patternmaking: the Basics

Amy Bulter’s Simple Stitches

Amy Butler Bags

Sew Serendipity

The Pennies. This is my husband’s band. Not much to do with textiles, but I think they are great!