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Sewing Material Suppliers
We have most of the needed supplies to get started in the course and complete the technical exercises. Later in the semester based on the content of your projects, you may need materials that are not available in SEM. Some materials are available for purchase on the CIA Store . Below are some local and online retailers for sewing supplies, fabric and notions. If you have an idea and are not sure what material to use or if you want to use a material but are not sure how to get it, please ask your faculty.
Local Fabric Suppliers
- Upcycle Parts Shop - Local Cleveland business that has all kinds of fabric, sewing supplies and other cool stuff at very low prices. Definitely check them out.
- Schindler’s Fabric Shops - 9933 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102
- The Quilting Bee LLC - 15709 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107
- Carol’s Fabric Shop - 1325 N Carpenter Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212
- Jo-Ann’s Fabrics - 1533 Golden Gate Plaza #153 – (440) 684-1567 - Generally more expensive than many online retailers but has many items in stock. Also has fabric available on sale that can be good deals if you go hunting.
- Thrift Stores such as Goodwill, Salvation Army, the Cache are good places to get unique materials for projects.
- Bolt & Spool - 2026 Murray Hill Rd Room 104, Cleveland, OH 44106 - In little Italy near campus.
Online Fabric Suppliers
The online retailers below also have a wide selection of fabric but you must plan ahead due to shipping times.
Straps / Buckles / Webbing
Thread / Needles
Patterns
Zippers
Scissors and Sharpening Tools
Fabric Artists
- Hanae Mori
- Sarah Zapata
- Emma Shannon - digital e-textiles and interactive wearables
- Cory Infinite
- Saya Woolfalk
- Jeila Gueramian
- Nicole McLaughlin
- Ernesto Neto
- Guda Koster
- Do Ho Suh
- Richard Tuttle
- Mari Katayama
- John Grade
- Mariko Kusumoto
- Tristin Lowe
- Sarah Appelbaum
- Jessi Reaves
- Kris Lemsalu
- Victoria Lewis
- Asya Kozina
- Molly Gochman
- Joana Vosconcelos
- Rowan Mersh
- Sharon Bartel-Clements
- Lee Boroson
- Evgeny Antufiev
- Alexandra Kehayoglou
- Anish Kapoor
- Janet Echelman
- Pneuhaus
- Nick Cave
- Sarah Zapata - textile Artist
Articles
- The Most Influential Jeans Guy You’ve Never Heard Of
- The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically - The New York Times
- Why Don’t Women’s Clothes Have More Pockets?