Melbourne Suppliers

Pre-made fabric face masks

1 September 2020 by Danielle Leave a Comment

The teachers of Thread Den are making fabric face masks for their loved ones and also selling them:

Amy Macdonald – crochet and sewing teacher; via instagram.
Amy S – now in sunny Queensland; via website – olasol.
Alannah – now a school art teacher; via Etsy – The House of Arax.
Danielle – Thread Den owner; fancy ‘going out masks’ via online store.
Jenni – sewing and drafting teacher; bulk corporate orders (50+). Contact her via her email.
Meagan – sewing teacher; via instagram.

Or Sew Your Own Simple Face Mask:

You can check out our video making face masks.

Get the free pattern we used from Birch Creative.

Check out Victoria State Government for advice on supplies and instructions to make a rectangular cloth mask.

Victorian Yarn Stores

4 August 2020 by Danielle Leave a Comment

A lovely little list of yarn stores located in Victoria – because we want to support our local craft family during these crazy COVID times. This is a shorter repost from a journal entry made back in 2018 – read it in full here.

Bellemae Yarns

Some of the accessories are seriously swoon worthy

Bendigo Woollen Mills

We love the value of their 200g balls

Craftee Cottage

They stock our favourite Clover Amour hooks and loads of other brands at very good prices

Dairing Yarn

Really interesting and unique yarns available here

Fibresmith

Make sure you check out the Good Stuff section on their website

Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria

Mail orders available via email

Hook and Hop

Super cool t shirt yarns!

Janique of Chelsea – Wool World

Little Woolie Makes

Located on The Peninsula in Hastings.

Maker Maker

If you live near Brunswick East you can get your yarn delivered by bicycle

Mooroolbark Wool – The Aussie Knitting Co

Morris & Sons

Possibly the biggest range in Australia

Rose’s Knitting Centre

Sunspun

Range focuses on natural and sustainable fibres

The Wool Shop – Creativity to Go

Was selling via eBay – moving to an online store

Wangaratta Woollen Mills

They can create a custom worsted yarn from your fibre!

Wondoflex

The well organised online store is a dream to find your way in

Woolarium

Free shipping on orders over $50

Woollybutt

Lots of free patterns from their own exclusive designs

Wool Baa

There are heaps of their own pattern downloads available at great prices

Yarn + Co

A fellow Fitzroy neighbourhood friend – Note now online only

Yarn Barn

1/2/4/8 PLY yarn specialist

Yarn Me Calm

Yarning Place

Sew a simple face mask

15 July 2020 by Danielle

Watch it on YouTube – click here.

We’ve put together a video to help with making face masks. We’ve kept it simple so you can make these for yourself and your family.

We used this pattern from Birch Creative – click here.

The face mask made in the video is from a pillow case. The high thread count makes for a good tight weave fabric and this was a cotton poly-blend. Also we opted for three layers of fabric. For extra options on the ties, we popped two ties on each side. We couldn’t decide if ties around the back of the head or behind the ears was most comfortable, so we’ve allowed for both options.

Victoria State Government advice on supplies and instructions to make a rectangular cloth mask – click here.

Is Fitzroy Melbourne’s newest Sewing Hub?

5 June 2019 by Danielle 2 Comments

With a new dress fabric store opening on Brunswick Street in the last couple of weeks, there is now four fabric stores less than 1km from Thread Den! YAY four fabric stores in Fitzroy! Buy all the fabrics!

Drapers Fabrics joins our local fabric favs, which now include The Fabric Store, Clear It, and Le Nguyen. We couldn’t possibly forget our best haberdashery – Jimmy Buttons – with its amazing assortment of trims, buttons and more. Plus there are sewing accessories, drafting supplies and more at both M.Recht and WmC. Jackson.

Sew, could Fitzroy become Melbourne’s sewing hub?

DOWNLOAD HERE SEWER WORKS WITHIN 1KM OF THREAD DEN – If you need fabric, download our list of dress fabric stores nearby Thread Den