Class Supply Sources

To help you find supplies, especially outside the US, we offer this list of links.  Each has been sent by students and includes their comments.  If you have additional links to add to this page, just write to the address at the bottom of the page.

In Australia and New Zealand

Countryside Dye Works provides hand dyed fabric, books, dyeing supplies and more for quilters in Australia, New Zealand and others in that part of the world.  www.countrydyeworks.com.au

Batik Oetoro - textiles dyes and paints  www.dyeman.com

Needlecraft Company is located in New Zealand and their site is filled with every luscious kind of thread you can imagine.  Check them out at www.needlecraft.co.nz

In Canada

Stitches Quilt Shop carries many specialty items, such as Fiber Etch, Puff Paint, Tinzl, foil, Totally Stable and decorative threads.  www.stitchesquiltshop.com

On Canada's west coast, an excellent source for all fibre dyes,  dye cloth and hand-dyed fabrics from Asia is Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC. 
http://www.maiwa.com/stores/index.html 

On the east side of Canada, I recommend G&S Dyes out of Toronto.
http://www.gsdye.com/

www.stitchesquiltshop.com  textiles, stabilisers, adhesives, fibres, paints

In Norway

www.artquilt.no
PFD-fabrics, MX-dyes and chemicals, Setacolor textile paint.  Just outside Oslo, Norway

In France

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/struss/  Procion+Dylon

In Germany

http://www.smend.de/shop/index.html
(shop also in English)
Dylon, Procion, Deka, Batikes, Stamps, Cold + hot wachs, felting, Shibori, Print & much more)

http://www.quiltundtextilkunst.de/index1.html
procion, fast all materials from different Quilting Arts, Tyvek, Thermogause, Thermofax, transfer dyes, foils, glue, Angelina fibers, yarns, silk rowing, and much much more.  It is not always very easy and clear to cruise in this shop, sometimes she has products that are not online (better email 1st). Shop's owner is Christine Köhne, she is very helpful, orders are delivered very quickly, sometimes a little delay to inquiries per email (just resend once more).

http://www.patchworkshop.de
Procion® MX reactive dyes in a wide range of colors, pfd-fabrics, textile
auxiliaries, gloves, dust-masks, thermofax- and silkscreen-accessories, hints for dyers.  Guenther Panenka, Munich, English-speaking, very helpful

http://www.quiltzauberei.de/
Lots of creative materials, angelina fibers, yarns, threads, beads, markal sticks, Tyvek, etc. Very helpful, quick delivery.

http://www.quiltundart.de/Deutsch/D_index.html
Procion and fabrics

http://www.die-wollfabrik.de/
for felting, rowings (wool, silk, other natural material).
Very quick delivery, very helpful.

http://www.dewullstuuv.de/
for felting, dying (dylon and natural dying)
(more expensive that die-wollfabrik)

http://www.ateliertisch.de/
Procion, pfd fabrics...

http://www.wolland.de/index.html
for designer yarns, beautiful yarns, felting.
Shop is in my little town and it is a dream to be there.

www.quiltshop-online.de
an online and real shop near Hamburg.  batiks and other fabrics, books, threads, rulers, sewing machine notions (top-stitch needles),and soon to be available online: angelina, foil, sliver thread

www.quiltmaus.de
an online and real shop carrying many of our supplies

In Austria

www.winklerschulbedarf.com  Sigrun, of Austria, says she gets most of her supplies through these people. 

In The Netherlands

www.dreamline.nl  - dyes, fabric paints, fabric and more

In the United Kingdom

www.cottonpatch.net  They have the patchwork items that people in classes are always asking about, such as Bias Squares, gridded freezer paper, the BiRangle, Marti Michell templates, Solvy products, Quilt Fuse, Stean-a-Seam 2, every type of machine needle as well as lots of threads.

http://www.stewartgill.com/mainfr.htm
beautiful stamps, beautiful stencils, paints + pigments to be mixed...

http://www.rainbowsilks.co.uk/
download from a big pdf catalog with everything in it! everything is not in the online shop. They are very helpful, quick delivery.

http://www.artvango.co.uk/
as famous as rainbowsilks.  dowloadable pdf-catalog with everything in it! Plus embroidery supplement pdf-document
No online shop, order per email (fax if credit card). They are very helpful, quick delivery.

http://www.creativegrids.co.uk on line catalogue, or by post.  Rulers, notions, threads.

www.riodesigns.co.uk   They are the main European distributors for Electric Quilt and run a free telephone helpline.

www.ladysewandsew.co.uk  
Lady Sew and Sew carries mainly fabrics but also has some rulers, needles and other notions

www.millers-art.co.uk

http://www.whichcraft.info/newcat/index.htm

http://www.tonertex.com/uk/starter.html

http://www.embsaycrafts.com/CardPaperCraft.php

http://ario.co.uk   Paint supplies.  Catalog available.

In the US

Dharma Trading Company carried all the dyes, paints, fabrics, clothing blanks and auxiliary chemicals you might need to create your own dyed masterpieces, whether they be cotton or silk.  The catalog is a hoot. www.dharmatrading.com

Quilt Fabric Online  The name says it all.  The fabrics are grouped by theme, color or manufacturer.  I especially liked that I could see all the fabrics in one group at a time and then choose to see larger swatches. There were good discounts on everything I saw.  Service was fast, too.  www.quiltfabriconline.com

Tattered Rabbit features a wide range of name brand fabrics at dangerous discounts.  They also allow you to place your fabric choices next to each other while you shop, a real help when you are picking fabrics for a single project. www.tatteredrabbit.com

The Virginia Quilter is Lisa Ayo, a woman after my own heart.  She has lots of bright, beautiful fabrics at discounted prices.   Also on offer are threads, tools, patterns and stencils.  She offers free samples of batting.  www.virginiaquilter.com

Quilter's Threads is owned by Diane Harman-Hogg and carries a full range of thread and related products.  www.quiltersthreads.com