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Sewing & Fiber Arts Organizations, Events & Businesses...
Organizations & Other Non-profit Resources Hometown
Peninsula - Independent Business Alliance in San Mateo County, CA Think
Local First - County of Santa Cruz - Independent business alliance in Santa
Cruz County, CA About Sewing http://sewing.about.com/ Africa Bags http://www.africabags.org To economically empower the people of Malawi Africa with a sustainable economy; to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags American Sewing Guild http://www.asg.org Buckle My Jeans, La Honda - jeans repurposed to bags in many styles http://gallery.me.com/lhmcc#100012&%2365532 Coastal Seams Blog (very occasional updates http://coastalseams.blogspot.com/ Contemporary Quilt & Fiber Artists http://www.cqfa.org/ Craft
Emergency Relief Fund http://www.craftemergency.org/ Home Sewing Association http://www.sewing.org La Honda (California) Holiday Fair: December 13, 2009 Artists and crafts people inside the La Honda Fire House. More details to be added soon. Peninsula Wearable Arts Guild http://www.PenWAG.org Project Laundry List ... "making air-drying laundry acceptable and desirable as a simple and effective way to save energy." http://www.laundrylist.org/ SCRAP
- Advocate for environmental awareness & source of endless treasures, SCRAP
is a creative reuse center, store and workshop space founded in 1976 in San
Francisco, California. Sew la Vie, Half Moon Bay, CA; classes, fabrics, patterns, workshops, supplies & more http://www.sewlavie.com/ Sew-Op:
A non-profit organization that is changing the world one stitch at a time.
Sewing spaces, The Wilderness Quilt Project http://www.catalystmagazine.net/content/view/712/10039/ Treadle On is dedicated to promoting the use of antique and vintage human powered sewing machines, i.e. treadle sewing machines and hand crank sewing machines: http://www.treadleon.net/ Urban Fauna Studio http://urbanfaunastudio.com/ ...sells independently made (Indie) and eco-friendly craft supplies and tools. Workshops and much more. Utah
Artist Hands http://www.utahands.com
Canvas, denim, leather, eisenglass, sunbrella, etc.: Sewing, repairs & construction in San Francisco Bay Area. "The Sewing Shop" Mainly Marine canvas work (other custom sewing work & boat canvas repairs available; household draperies, outdoors upholstery & much more). Call Ray at 510-658-7032 Decades of Style (Vintage) Patterns http://decadesofstyle.com/ Dharma Trading Co ... Textile Craft Supplies (dyes, paints, techniques, featured artists, etc.) http://www.dharmatrading.com/ Etsy ("your place to buy and sell homemade") http://www.etsy.com/ Fiberella
("dedicated to the exploration and development of textile art through the
sharing of ideas and resources") http://www.fiberella.com
Gorgeous Things/Gorgeous Fabrics http://www.gorgeousthings.blogspot.com Mountain Made in Woodside (all hand-crafted) http://www.mountainmadeinwoodside.com Natural Expressions of Los Gatos (family owned; fabrics, beading supplies, classes & more) http://www.naturalexpressionsoflosgatos.com/ Queen Puff-Puff - bags, belts & accessories http://www.queenpuffpuff.com/ Rubber Stamps [great for fabric decoration & more]: Rubber Poet Art Stamps (stamps include nature, art, quotes from John Muir, and much more): http://www.rubberpoet.com/ Shop
Handmade (Buy & Sell) http://www.shophandmade.com/ Sublime
Stitching (embroidery) http://sublimestitching.com Tom Binh bags made in Seattle, WA. Laptop bags, messenger bags, briefcases and backpacks. http://www.tombihn.com Books - too many to list! But be sure to check out the book "Subversive Seamster" (ISBN 978-1-56158-925-8); available from private book sellers in their stores and/or on-line and/or via phone. There are MANY worthwhile sewing- and fiber art related groups & businesses, small & large and in both store fronts & on-line; offering fabrics, notions, ideas, patterns, classes, books, magazines, donations & more ... Most of the links shown above includes links to others. Contact information for Georgia & Coastal Seams: Phone:
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