Worldwide Quilting Day - Saturday, March 15, 2025

Worldwide Quilting Day

–March 15, 2025– Worldwide Quilting Day is the time each year that we celebrate quilting around the world and explore the ways that it binds us together. This event, held each year on the third Saturday in March, was created to connect quilters and the shops that support them. Your local quilt shop may be planning to

I Love Fabric Days - August 14-16, 2025

I Love Fabric Days, August 14-16, 2025

I Love Fabric Days

–August 14-16, 2025– I Love Fabric Days is a worldwide celebration for everyone who loves fabric! This event, held annually at the end of the third week of August, is intended to bring retailers and fabric lovers together to celebrate their shared commitment to fabric and all the ways we use it. In 2025,  I Love

Making A Difference

Volunteers at Sew Expo

Charity Sewing at Sewing & Stitchery Expo 2025

Sewing & Stitchery Expo – February 27 to March 2, 2025 Puyallup, Washington Every year, the Sewing & Stitchery Expo supports charitable organizations benefiting from hand-made or home-sewn projects. 2025 Partnership – Project Linus This year, the Sewing & Stitchery Expo is excited to partner with Project Linus to include a fun opportunity to serve our community. Named after the security blanket-toting

Industry Buzz

United We Stand

Reposted with permission from Weeks Ringle,  Modern Quilt Studio   The past few years have brought tremendous changes to the world of quilting. Shops have closed by scores. Magazines and book publishers have shuttered or merged with other publishers. American Quilter Society has ceased publishing books all together. City Quilter in New York is closing. Tension

Our Pledge


Fabric Shoppers Unite is a worldwide network of independent quilt and fabric shops, e-tailers and design studios who have joined forces to help you find independents who have pledged to provided superior service, expert advice, and quality products. By shopping with the independents who make this commitment, you support a dedicated community and join with consumers just like yourself to ensure that you will have access to the best specialized quilting and sewing supplies, no matter where you live.

Tell your quilting and sewing friends to unite, and shop independents!

Fabric Shoppers Unite is brought to you by The Fabric Shop Network, Inc.—the trade association for independent quilt and fabric retailers.

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