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I'm going to hit the fabric stores in NYC later this week. Yippee! Yahoo!! I have a few specific questions inside. [more inside]
posted by Melismata on Apr 27, 2021 - 11 answers

My mother loves to sew and make crafts, and she wants me to set up an online "store" just for family that doesn't take money, but points instead. She wants to be able to put her creations up just like a store, but assign them a point value based on the amount of time it took her to make it instead of an amount of money, and then give selected people a number of points that they can buy things with. Does such a shopping cart, or module / plugin thereof, already exist? [more inside]
posted by Soliloquy on Nov 18, 2020 - 6 answers

Where can I find these puppets (or their pattern) before their etsy mark-up? [more inside]
posted by luckyveronica on May 8, 2019 - 4 answers

For once, I'd like to actually fall in love with a fabric and then come up with something to make with it, rather than getting an idea for a garment and never actually finding anything I want to make it with. [more inside]
posted by cilantro on Oct 22, 2018 - 9 answers

My mom has a Sears Kenmore from the 70s, and it is solid. It's made of metal and it smells like oil. It has worked beautifully for the past four decades. Can I just buy one like hers somewhere? Should I? I'm in the Bay Area. [more inside]
posted by shapes that haunt the dusk on Nov 20, 2017 - 25 answers

Mood Fabrics has been unable to fill my order for these toggles a couple times in a row now. Suggestions for alternatives? Either online or in the city of Chicago? Jacket to be made of this cloth.
posted by crush-onastick on Jan 3, 2017 - 5 answers

Bought a remnant of this fabric at Nancy's Sewing Basket in Seattle, and was told there was no chance of getting more or finding out any information about it (the bolt with the item and vendor numbers had been discarded.) I need more, and AskMefi has found stranger things. Pictures within. [more inside]
posted by doift on Jan 31, 2014 - 1 answer

Have you seen this dress? My wife loves it. I would love to see her in it. Win squared. [more inside]
posted by duckus on May 11, 2010 - 6 answers

I have a dress that I love. I want more dresses just like the dress that I love. Help me find someone in London who will make me cute dresses! [more inside]
posted by shewhoeats on Jul 14, 2009 - 6 answers

Where can I find purse- and bag-making supplies online? [more inside]
posted by orangemiles on Jun 14, 2006 - 8 answers

Where can I buy trench coat fabric? [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Apr 29, 2005 - 4 answers