Index of Quilting FAQs and Compiled Postings MAIL ORDER Please note that mail-order companies that have bases in states with sales tax must add sales tax charges on orders from residents of those states. Name: Beadbox Catalog(s): Janet Coles Beads Address: 10135 East Via Linda, Suite C-112, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Phone Number: (602)451-4563 Comments: This catalog is very colorful and also has a great selection of beads. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Beadworks Catalog(s): $5.00 Address: 139 Washington St., South Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone Number: (202)852-9194 Comments: I have two bead catalogs that I love. The first one is Beadworks. It has alot of unusual beads in it that I can't seem to find anyplace else. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Billie's Hoops & Things Catalog(s): price list Address: 1605 N. Commerce St., Stockton, CA 95204 Phone Number: (209) 948-0970 Comments: I saw a lap quilting hoop at our recent quilt show that I liked very much but haven't yet had a chance to buy. It was a 16" hoop hinged at two sides to 4-6" legs(!?) that extended downward to an oval platform that rests on your lap. The bottom (Lap side) of the platform was covered with felt to prevent it slipping off your lap. This also came with an inter- changeable oval hoop for border quilting. At the low, low price of about $59.95 (other sizes are available). Billie & Herman have been married 57 years and work out of their home (Herman says they live in their shop). They are such nice folks! You'll love the hoop & love doing business with Billie & Herman. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Bonnie's Batts Address: 2462 Lake George Dr. NW, Cedar, MN 55011-2996 Phone Number: 612-753-4636 Comments: she sells wool batts Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Cake and Kandy Emporium Address: Village Common, 2019 Miller Rd., East Petersburg, PA 17520-1624 Comments: When I was at Lancaster, I saw the vendor whose chocolate quilt was on tv (someone mentioned it here last week). They will mail order their chocolate quilt squares (only from October to May). The squares were lovely to look at (made with colored choc.) - I didn't buy/eat one so can't vouch for the quality. They make three different 6" square designs, Nine Patch, Fan, and Lemoyne Star, in peanut flavor, chocolate, or vanilla. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Cardwell Spiller Dyeworks Catalog(s): fabrics (brochure) Address: 2424 Pine Bluff Rd., Colorado Springs, CO 80909-1316 Phone Number: (719) 471-7161 Comments: dyed fabrics with color gradations from selvedge to selvedge; neat colors with names like Autumn-Earth Random, Fire, and Night Sky. Comments: Her stuff is WONDERFUL! She also does workshops, lectures and fun classes. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Clothilde Address: 1909 S.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315-2100 Phone Number: 1-800-772-2891 Comments: notions, needles, books Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Contemporary Quilting Catalog(s): Fabric of the Month Club Address: 1730 Post Rd., Fairfield, CT 06430 Phone Number: 203-259-3564 Frequency/Cost: $24/year for monthly swatches Comments: (I'm quoting from the flyer here) "Join our Fabrics of the Month Club to receive monthly mailings of the newest and most exciting fabrics to hit the market. For just $24 per year, you will receive a yearly total of no less than 250 usable 3-1/2" square swatches, all of 100% cotton. All swatches are numbered to enable you to order additional yardage without having to cut into the original swatches." Name: Exotic Silks Catalog(s): silks Address: 1959 Leghorn Street, Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone Number: 800-845-SILK FAX (415)965-07 Comments: They are currently offering ON SALE Raw Silk Noil, 45" wide for $2.05 per yard. Stipulations are that you must buy 15-17 yards per fabric. They require a $100 minimum per order. If you put together an order with friends that $100 minimum is no problem. They also have sandwashed silk Habotai, 12mm for $6.50 per yard and a heavier weight sandwashed silk habo- tai (16mm) for $8.80 per yard. The mm is the "mummyweight". The lower the mm, the thinner the silk. The best way to explore their offerings is to order some basic samples of the undyed silks. That way you can feel the difference before you order. ALL SILKS ARE WASHABLE by hand or gentle machine. They also offer already made undyed silk tank tops, blouses, scarves neckties and other clothing, all for great prices. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Gutcheon Patchworks, Inc. Catalog(s): fabrics Address: 917 Pacific Ave., Suite 305, Tacoma, WA 98402 Phone Number: 206-383-3047, FAX 206-627-1399 Comments: The colors are shades of dark red, blue green, mint green, pink and violet. Often the colors are dark but softened by a bit of white, so that the whole range appears a bit muted. The muted violets are not the same in each fabric, but they all go together. (My 83 Gutcheon fabrics look so good together that I've decided to do a Gutcheon scrap quilt.) The de- signs are unusual: one has lines of elephants, camels, and trees, but so abstract that they seem more like art deco stripes. Another is from Rus- sian revolution prints of the late '20s and '30s. Lots are florals and paisleys but definitely different from the ordinary. They have a mail or- der club, but I asked for their packet of samples. Cost is $7.49 per yard; their solids are cheaper and go well with the prints. The samples are very stingy: pinked pieces about 1 1/2" square, which do not always show the design well. There were some surprises when the fabrics arrived but no disappointments. The actual pieces of fabric were very generous, most half yard pieces being 19-21" after washing. The people are very friendly and trusting: when I sent my order I forgot to include my credit card number, and they sent the order out to me IN AUSTRALIA with a letter asking me to fax or phone the credit card number to them when the package arrived. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Hancock Fabrics Address: 3841 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY 42001 Phone Number: (800) 845-8723, (800) 626-2723 Fax Number: (502) 442-3152 Comments: They have very good prices on rotary cutters, rulers and mats, batting, etc. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: In The Beginning Fabrics Catalog(s): newsletter, class schedule Address: 8201 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 Phone Number: (206) 523-8862 Comments: A cup of water for those of you in a quilt-supply desert (and those who just plain like to get mail [grin]). They have the largest selec- tion of quilting books in the Northwest. Many varieties of fabric packs. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: International Fabric Collection Catalog(s): ethnic fabrics, $3.00 Address: 3445 West Lake Road, Erie, PA 16505-3661 Phone Number: 1-800-462-3891 Comments: This is an excellent source for ethnic fabrics: wax batiks, African prints, Liberty of Londons, Japanese fabrics, etc.! They have a slick color catalog and also show a range of clothing patterns which are suitable for the fabrics. Comments: They have material from America, Italy, Liberty of London, Africa, Dutch Java, Japan. They have books too. Some of it is expensive, but I always go for the expensive stuff! Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Jehlor Fantasy Fabrics Address: 730 Andover Park W, Tukwila, Wa. 98188 Phone Number: 206-575-8250 Comments: They specialize in fancy fabrics used for costumes, ice skating, ballroom dance, belly dance, etc. They have sequined fabrics, metallics, lame', satins, chiffons, lycra, brocades, rhinestones, glass beads, feather boas, fringe, beaded and sequined appliques, & trims.... watch for an announcement in Sew News about their 1993 color catalog. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Jennifer's Fabric by Mail Catalog(s): interlocks Address: 53 Yorkshire Rd, Lexington, Ohio 44904 Phone Number: (419) 884-3328 Frequency/Cost: $3.50 (free with order) Shipping Cost: $3.50 per order UPS Comments: A home business, pretty new. She does two unique things in her catalog - she mentions which fabrics will coordinate, and she says how stretchy the fabric is. The interlocks are usually in the $6.50-$8/yd range, with a few for $3-$4/yd, [with] matching ribbing for most of them. She also has some striped interlocks. They carry Kwik Sew patterns, some sewing books, and no notions (so far). Comments: I have to say that I'm just a little bit disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the fabric itself is beautiful, and obviously of excellent quali- ty, IT'S JUST THE COLORS THAT ARE TERRIBLE! All these blues, pinks, mauves, burgundy, different shades of purple, and bright red for gosh sakes! (Summer, Winter) YUK! And red clashes with my carrot-orange hair! Nobody in my family will wear a garment made of this stuff. They have strong color preferences. Where are the warm colors (Spring, Autumn)? I want some nice chocolate brown, camel, rust, peach, gold, olive, turquoise, etc. And geometric prints. No florals. I hate florals. Where can I get some good geometric prints?! Stripes are nice, but geometric prints are even higher on my scale of wonderful stuff. Comments: Jennifer's currently is still kinda small (but growing) ... Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Jerry's Artarama Catalog(s): The Jerry's Catalog Address: P.O. Box 1105, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Phone Number: 800-U-ARTIST (827-8478), NY 516-328-6633, FAX 516-328-6752 Comments: The best prices for art supplies as well as an unbelievably good selection. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Katie's Collection Address: 230 Rancho Alegre, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 Phone Number: (505) 471-2899 Comments: Katie Pasquini-Masopust has a business that does mail order of hand-silk-screened fabrics, books and supplies. Chances are she sells the isometric paper mail order, since it's the designs from her book that everyone needs it for. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Keepsake Quilting Address: Route 25, PO Box 1618, Centre Harbor, NH 03226-1618 Phone Number: 603-253-8731 Fax Number: 603-253-8346 Comments: Great stuff, books, notions, patterns, FABRIC!!!, color pictures of some fabrics, medley (solid or print) of the month. Definitely a touch of heaven for those in need) Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Key West Hand Print Fashions Catalog(s): clothing with fabric Address: 201 Simonton Street, Key West, FL Phone Number: 305-292-8951, 800-866-0333 (info), 800-444-1462 (order); FAX 305-292-8965 Comments: tropical prints unlike anything you can get elsewhere -- clear medium-value solids with translucent-to-opaque white printed on them. most of the motifs are seashore stuff (shells, fish, starfish, etc). most fab- ric is cotton/polyester. Does not sell any 100% cotton yardage. Comments: Key West Fabrics came to my attention through a tiny blurb in the now defunct Countryside magazine. My husband called for me and I subse- quently received a packet of 11 6x8 swatches of seashell prints (I'm the Alabama Seashell Freak). The swatches are beautiful, but the material is too pricy for me. Comments: catalog shows clothing only, but they said (over the phone) that any fabric used in the clothing can be ordered as yardage as well. Watch this space: I'll be getting order info one of these days. Some 100% cotton in attractive prints. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: The Lena-Claire Company Catalog(s): large SASE (with 52 cents postage) Address: Box 1073, Gracie Station, New York, NY 10028-0007 Comments: Earlier someone mentioned the Lena-Claire Company. Leslie Levison (who owns it) sells color-coordinated mixtures of beads for crazy quilting, as well as many other wonderful threads and supplies. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Minneapolis Quilt Company Catalog(s): the Big Quilt Bag Address: 984 Stony Point Rd., Eagan, MN 55123 Phone Number: 612-686-0760 Comments: The bag is made of a sturdy canvas and looks extremely well made. It measures 22" long by 14" deep by 27" tall, easily holding my queen size sandwich and cutting board with room to spare. There are pockets on the sides, the front ( largest pocket ) and on the inside ( for cutters, rul- ers, etc. But the best part is that it has wooden handles like the old knitting bags, and a heavy-duty strap like airline carryon luggage. I easily loaded it with my cutting board, current sandwich, extra blocks, pattern books, notions box, and it was nowhere near full. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Nancy's Notions Catalog(s): sewing and quilting supplies Address: 333 Beichl Ave., Beaver Dam, WI 53916-0683 Phone Number: 1-800-833-0690 Comments: oodles of wonderful notions at discount, with reasonable shipping charges, and the *best* customer service I've ever dealt with. Comments: a valuable catalog. They offer discounts for large orders (great for groups that want to put their orders together.) Extensive selection of sewing and quilting notions. Some prices better than Clothide. Comments: very good to deal with as they are so quick to respond and fill orders. I have always had very positive experiences with them, and they also have a very good' catalog, lots of useful items. Comments: Lots of quilt related supplies at excellent prices, plus a com- plete selection of general sewing supplies. As a regular customer you get discount offers in the mail that eliminate shipping costs or offer addi- tional savings. This is Nancy of "Sewing with Nancy" fame on PBS or cable TV. The time-saving tricks and gadgets she shows are in the catalog. Comments: it carries lots of useful sewing notions such as walking feet, needles, etc, that can be hard to find in stores. I recommend it highly. Comments: they carry a variety of notions and seem to offer good discounts. You can get wonder thread for applique, rulers, rotary cutters, mats, sew- ing machine feet, ironing aids, etc. They also carry lingerie fabrics and elastics and supplies for heirloom sewing. I've only mail ordered from them with good results. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Open Chain Publishing, Inc. Catalog(s): sewing and quilting books Address: P.O. Box 2634-F, Menlo Park, CA 94206 Phone Number: (415) 366-4440, FAX (415) 366-4455 Shipping Cost: $2.50 for 1, $.50 for each additional book; or UPS/1st class Comments: Call them for a sales sheet giving exact titles and prices. They have a money-back guarantee. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Patchworks Catalog(s): reproduction fabrics Address: 126 E. Main St., Bozeman, MT 59714 Phone Number: 406-587-2112 Comments: Yesterday I received a shipment of samples that I had ordered from Patchworks in Bozeman, Montana. Included in it was a flier that explained about authentic reproductions of flour sacks from Montana's flour mills. Ass sacks are preshrunk muslin 22" x 24", $8.00 each. I have some fabric from Patchworks and it is good quality. Comments: They have reproduction fabrics from pre-1890's to the present. I've been to the store several times and they are a very reputable company. They have sample packets of several different fabric eras. There is a *small* mail order catalog available. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Pelle's Service: fabric dyes and stamps Address: P.O. Box 242, Davenport, CA 95017 Phone Number: (408) 425-4743 Comments: Pelle's sells see-through stamps for fabric stamping as well as dyes for stamping on fabric. They also have a catalog. I have a couple of sheets here from them with instructions on how to use their stamps/dyes and their special package deals. They also will make a stamp of any design that you send them. I don't know of anyone that's tried this, but it seems like a cute idea. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Philips-Boyne Corporation Address: 1646 New Highway, Farmingdale, NY 11735 Phone Number: (516) 755-1230 Comments: Their specialty is shirting material of any kind imaginable. The prices are incredibly affordable. All of the material is available through mail order. Otherwise, an appointment is necessary. I picked up some won- derful 100% cotton batiste, 45" wide, for $2.95/yd. There are other weights available.... I found some wonderful tone on tone loosely woven white damask ... The Quilting Bee here offered something similar for over double the price. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Purchase For Less Catalog(s): books on quilting Address: 231 Floresta PFL, Portola Valley, CA 94028 Frequency/Cost: $2.00 for first catalog Shipping Cost: $1.00 Comments: The new machine quilting book was $14.00 (plus $1.00 S&H) and the Machine Applique book was also $14.00. These books go for $20.00 at most other places.... It is strictly mail order ... Once you order from them, they continue to send updated catalogs. I have no affiliation with them, just a satisfied customer. Comments: I think to save on costs they also accept only checks or money order.... Since learning about this place, I just wait for any quilt book to appear on their list and order it from them. I received my order via UPS within a week. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: The Quilt Cottage Address: 801 Nashville Ave., New Orleans, LA Phone Number: 800-453-6998 Comments: The Quilt Cottage has an amazing stock for a small shop. The gals who own it are sharp--one has published a book on fan quilts. They also have a mail order 800 number and their classes look terrific. Specialize in quilting, especially machine quilting, but also have a big selection of fabrics and trims for smocking and hand sewing. I received the new flyer yesterday and they advertise their own lucite templates. I loved visiting there when I went to see my mom. Their mailing list is great to be on and they have a special system of perks to frequent customers. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Quilter's Dream Enterprises Catalog(s): discounted quilting supplies Address: Suite 703, 15100 SE 38th St., 100, Bellevue, WA 98006 Phone Number: (206) 562-6289 Frequency/Cost: free Comments: I don't know what they are really like, as I just received their catalog today, but here's a source for discounted quilting supplies ("always 15% to 30% off"). They list books, rotary cutters and mats, hand-dyed fabric and notions among their offerings. Prices seem on par with Hancock Fabric Warehouse and are sometimes a little better. Shipping charges look reasonable and they say satisfaction is guaranteed. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Quilting Bee Address: 357 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Phone Number: 800-782-5366, 415-948-8077 Hours: 9-5:30 M-Sat, 11-4 Sun Comments: this is raved over in the northern California list. Comments: "The Quiltmaker's Toy Store." "Free brochure." Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Quilting Books Unlimited Catalog(s): books Address: 1911 W. Wilson, Batavia, IL 60510 Phone Number: 708-406-0237, FAX 708-406-0238 Frequency/Cost: $1 Comments: I have used this company a lot in the past. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Quilt'n Cross Address: 2085-C River Rd., Norco, CA 91760 Phone Number: 909-278-1249 Comments: Isometric paper is called "Grafix Paper". Equilateral triangle grid for use with pencil, pen and fine tip marks. All Grafix Paper Grids are proportionately scaled to the same measurements, so they can be used together to creat new designs. They also had 2 other types of graph paper but I don't remember what they were. It comes in a tablet of 8 1/2 by 11" sheets. It cost me $4.75 for about 100 (?) pieces. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Quilts & Other Comforts Address: 6700 West 44th Ave., P.O. Box 394, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034-0394 Phone Number: 303-420-4272 Fax Number: 303-420-7358 Comments: books, kits, patterns, fabric, color catalogue Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Quiltwork Patches Catalog(s): fabric Address: 209 SW 2nd St., Box 724, Corvallis, OR 97339 Comments: lists a Tony Wenzel Prints sampler of 20 different prints. Tony Wenzel is an Australian designer who has produced a number of mostly floral fabrics at various scales over the past several years, notably a series of Australian wildflower in several colorways. Other samplers listed and il- lustrated are: RJR prints, English lawn prints ('nearly as nice as Liber- ties but a less than half the price'), Robert Kaufman prints, Hoffman prints, conversation prints, Pilgrim Roy prints, Logantex prints, Momen House prints, Japanese prints, Batiks and Handpaints prints sampler, and others. a satisfied customer for the past several years. Of all the mail orders I do I like them best for variety, friendliness and fast service. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: The Rag Merchant Catalog(s): patterns for quilted clothing Address: 1533 Linden Street, Suite 200, Des Moines IA 50309 Phone Number: (515)244-2315 or FAX (515)244-2315 after hours Comments: they offer a collection of 10 patterns, some of which are very un- usual. They look like they are designed to take you step by step through the design process (i.e. you can make them any way you like OR you can fol- low their design ideas). They claim to be full size patterns, petite through extra large. "interesting clothing to sew and create". They cost, on average $4 each for a multi-size pattern. You can request a pattern leaflet from them at the above address. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Sew Natural Fabrics by Mail Catalog(s): knits, knit stripes, wovens/linens Address: 4650 Bishop Road, Mechanicsville MD 20659 Phone Number: (800) 368-0126 or (301) 373-3067 Comments: Has gone out of business. Name: Sewing Sampler Productions Catalog(s): basics plus either fashion fabrics or kids Address: PO Box 39, Springfield, MN 56087 Phone Number: (800) 772-5011 or (507) 723-5011 Frequency/Cost: 6 mailings/year of swatches for $10 Shipping Cost: $3.50 per order UPS Comments: These folks have a retail store in addition to their mail order business. They have a regular line of Cotton Club interlock and French Terry (100% Cotton) with matching ribbing. This is of *excellent* quality ... it seems to equal Hanna quality ... The price on the interlock and FT is $9 yd. They also carry alot of Oshkosh and Healthtex fabrics, and a full line of quality fashion fabrics, too.... metal snaps ..., collars ..., woven patches, and various other notions.... Please mention me (Grace Sylvan, Lewiston Drive, San Jose, CA) if you decide to subscribe to the swatching service (... I get a small credit ... They also have various newsletters: for sewing, for kids, [and] for home business (I think) ... if you subscribe to their newsletter, you get a 10% discount on your pur- chases. They also carry the _Easy Sewing_ book series, and other pamphlets and patterns.... their prices are fair (for the quality of fabric), and they carry a large selection of cotton fabrics that I often haven't seen in my local stores, along with some poly cottons. Comments: [also carries] Supplex Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Taylor's Cutaways and Stuff Address: 2802 East Washington St, Urbana, IL 61801 Comments: I believe someone was recently asking about sources for fabric by the pound. I have purchased from [Taylor's]. They appear to have the scraps from after cutting clothing, etc. I have a very very old catalog, but their scraps are divided into different sizes (e.g. "pieces" vs. "rem- nants" which are >= 1/4 yd). This catalog lists: satin, craft velvet, craft fur, felt, cotton and cotton blends, knit, velour fleece, tricot, silk. They also carry buttons, laces and some general craftsy stuff. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Testfabrics, Inc. Address: P.O. Box 420, Middlesex, NJ 08846 Phone Number: 908/469-6446 Frequency/Cost: free Comments: a great source for ready-to-dye fabrics of all sorts. Testfabrics, Inc. lists 52 different cottons, plus linens, silks, wools, blends (includ- ing cotton/wool) and man-made fabrics among their products. They also car- ry wide quilting cotton, sheeting and linen, plus napkins, placemats, silk scarves, natural and synthetic yarns, natural dyes and more.... cotton/wool (only $13.50/yd!) ... They will sell as little as a yard Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: That Patchwork Place Address: P.O. Box 118, Bothell, WA 98041-0118 Phone Number: 800-426-3126 US, 206-483-3313 international orders Fax Number: 206-486-7596 Comments: publisher of some of the best books around; kits too Comments: They list not-yet-published books in their catalog, but don't la- bel all of them as such. This is an issue because they don't charge extra shipping to send backordered books, but do charge extra shipping to send books ordered before they are published. Their order filling isn't too ac- curate, either: in my 1st order, I ordered 4 books, refraining from order- ing a 5th because it wasn't published yet. Of the 4, one was out of stock, one hadn't been published yet (therefore I'm going to get socked by a 2nd shipping charge), one book I ordered they sent, and one I didn't order they sent. So I pay the P.O. a 3rd shipping charge to return the wrong book, and I'll find out if I pay a 4th one for them to send me the book I did or- der (assuming it has been published and is still in stock). Their catalog says that we can find their books at quilt and book stores; if my experi- ence is typical, I'd recommend that we do that instead of ordering straight from them. Rather disappointing. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: The Thread Shed Catalog(s): 100% cotton thread Address: P. O. Box 898, Horse Shoe, NC 28742-0898 Comments: I just sent them an order for 10 cones of thread in all ranges of colors. Prices are $10.00 for a 6000 yard cone (in limited colors), and $4.00 for 2000 yard cones in over 100 different colors (but do YOU know the difference between Hunter Green and Ranger Green?). If you send fabric swatches, they will color match for you so you don't have to guess. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee. Name: Thumbelina Needlework Shop Catalog(s): Danish cross-stitch, Danish flower thread Address: Copenhagen Dr., Solvang, CA Comments: You might want to call because they have a couple of mail order catalogs -- one Eva Rosenstand and a supply catalog. It's a great store, I was just there in August and bought three Permin of Copenhagen designs. They have an enormous inventory of imported charts and kits and will cheer- fully order anything especially for you that they do not have in stock. Recommended by members of QuiltNet, the online international quilt guild. Comments are based on personal experience and should not be taken as a guar- antee.