ART VAN GO

Shop, van and mail-order. Very helpful. AvG can supply cloth, dyes, textile paints, gel mediums, discharge paste, screens, squeegees, chemicals, tools and a huge variety of art and craft materials and items.

ARTBEAT OF TASMANIA

Suppliers of quality goods for fine arts and fabric crafts

ARTCLOTH STUDIOS

Jane Dunnewold is co-author of two Committed to Cloth books and our great friend. Intrigued by the notion that cloth could be approached as an object of art work she woke up at four a.m. one morning with the phrase "complex cloth" on her lips and has been exploring the rich possibilities of the complex cloth surface ever since.

ARTISAN BOOKS

A major resource for artists and artisans of all mediums, Artisan Books is the premier specialist in books, periodicals and exhibition catalogues relating to art, craft, design and culture.

ATLANTIS ART

A huge warehouse of general art supplies. Atlantis have a wide range of affordable pre-stretched canvas and will also make to order. Stockists of Golden Matte Medium (as used for the paper lamination process).

BATIK OETORO

Batik Oetoro have been supplying textile artists with materials, service and know how to help them realise their creative ideas for 35 years. Now under new management they stock a comprehensive range of textile dyes, paints and accessories.

BOOKS FOR YOU

A Canadian company supplying mainly embroidery books to help Canadian stitchers develop their skills and techniques. Now run by Carole Van Die.

BRAMBLE PATCH

An excellent quilting and fabric shop that also mail orders. Long-arm quilting service and many, many classes.

CANBERRA NEEDLEWORK

A supplier of hard to find needlework books and sefl-published books by textile artists from Australia, the UK, France and Cyprus.

DHARMA TRADING COMPANY

Dharma is a leading supplier of textile craft supplies and clothing blanks, to artists, craftspersons and industry and has been since 1969.

DICK BLICK

A huge arts and crafts mail order company (with stores throughout the US). Look at the web site and drool.

ESSENTIAL TEXTILE ART

An Australian mail order business, selling worldwide. They stock a wide range of embroidery, quilting and textile art supplies: machine and hand embroidery threads, fabric paints, inkjet printable fabrics and dyeing supplies.

G & S DYE

One of the leading sources for textile design supplies in North America.

GEORGE WEIL

The George Weil Group comprises a vast range of quality craft materials and equipment brought together in three web sites. Now you can hop and shop between all 3 web sites, taking your shopping bag with you!

GREAT ART

A German-based company with a distribution centre in the UK. Mail order, good prices.

HANDDYEDFABRIC.CO.UK

Jo Lovelock dyes fabric in her studio in Epsom, Surrey, using Procion MX dyes to create light and colour fast vibrant colours. The hand dyed fabric range includes cottons, silks and linens and a high quality cotton sateen which is excellent for quilting.

INTERWEAVE PRESS

Interweave is one of the largest craft media companies in the US, with magazines, books, interactive media, broadcast programming and events.

JACKSONS ART SUPPLIES

An excellent art supplies store who are happy to mail order. Excellent range of pre-stretched canvas at good prices.

KEMTEX EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES

Bulk/volume supplies, although some items such as dyes are available from 100gm upwards. Dyes, chemicals such as Urea, Soda Ash, Ludigol/Resist Salt L, Manutex RS/Sodium Alginate etc. Kemtex do not sell cloth or tools such as screens.

KRAFT KOLOUR

Established in 1984, Kraft Kolour stocks a huge range of materials for textile artists. One of our Australian distributors for our books.

MAIWA

Maiwa Handprints, founded in Vancouver, Canada in 1986 and run by Charllotte Kwon, supports traditional craft through an ethical business model.

NEW ZEALAND QUILTER

New Zealand Quilter is dedicated to publishing a top quality colour magazine showcasing the strength and diversity of patchwork and quilting throughout New Zealand. New Zealand Quilter proudly promotes quilting in NZ to a wider international audience.

NORTHWOOD STUDIOS

Based in Florida, Northwood carry the Panenka thermofax machines, along with supplies and service for screens and printing.

PROCHEMICAL & DYE

Fantastic selection of dyes, paints, chemicals, tools and related products.

QUILT UND TEXTILE

Based in Munich, Germany, this is an excellent shop that supplies far more than simply quilting stuff. Christine has pretty good English and is happy to mail order to the UK.

Quiltstar

Schnewlinstr.5a, 79098 Freiberg, Germany

RUPERT, GIBBON & SPIDER, INC

Manufacturers of Jacquard dyes, discharge paste, textile paints and other media. Great selection of cloth.

SELVEDGE MAGAZINE

Selvedge is an independent, 100-page full colour magazine published six times a year. The magazine is image led and has an uncompromising design.

SEW CAN YOU SEWING SCHOOL

SPEKTRUM

Do check this website if you’re looking for a supplier at the north end of Europe. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, then email, as Kirsten Lundbergh has much more in her retail store and will be happy to give advice and mail order what you need.

STUART R. STEVENSON

Suppliers of metal leaf (pure gold, silver, copper and aluminium) and ‘schlag’/imitation leaf. Good range of glues, including Berol Marvin Medium, a high-quality permanent PVA that we use when applying metal leaf to cloth.

TEXERE YARNS

Enormous range of yarns by the cone.

THERMOFAX SCREENS

Claire Higgott runs this mail-order thermofax service. She will turn your designs into screens ready for you to print finely detailed or textural marks onto cloth or paper. You simply send photocopies or email your artwork and she does the rest. Email Claire for details of screen sizes and prices.

THERMOFAXPRINTING.CO.UK

Mail order supplier of thermofax screens, both ready- and custom-made, fabric inks, squeegees etc. Based in the south of England and run by Amelia Leigh. Visit the website or email to discuss your thermofax needs.

THREAD STUDIO

As the name suggests, a great deal is here for embroiderers but check the site out as it offers more than threads!

WHALEYS FABRICS

Mail order. An enormous range of cloth, with many prepared for dyeing (PDF). Ring and ask for a brochure. Sample book available to purchase and samples sent on request.

WINIFRED COTTAGE

Embroidery supplies, hand-dyes and commercial threads, needles, 150cm wide acrylic felt (for covering print boards) and much, much more.

WOLFIN TEXTILES

Basic cottons and linens, plus odd-balls such as Nun's veiling!

ZIJDELINGS

Karina van Vught is based in the Netherlands and supplies a wide range of textile related products.

mijn-eigen

Janine & Peter stock both traditional (paints, inks etc) and experimental (treebark!) surface design materials, handmade papers and a wide variety of tools... and organise workshops too!