FabMo - Whether you work in textiles, tile, leather, paper, or mixed media, come to FabMo to find your treasures, and keep valuable materials out of the landfill.

Textile Tours of Paris - Rebecca Devaney is a wonderfully elegant and super sweet person. She leads amazing tours through the Flea Markets in Paris (a highlight of any trip) with an emphasis on textiles. She has beautiful, very high quality embroidery kits and teaches online. She was trained at École Lesage in Paris. Rebecca worked as a professional haute couture embroiderer for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Dior, Valentino, Givenchy, and Louis Vuitton. This is only part of what she does and I highly recommend going to her website and seeing all the interesting things she does.

Needle ‘n Thread - This is a well established and trusted site for all things embroidery. A great place to get good quality supples, kits, recommendations, videos. It’s fun to go down the rabbit holes with this one!

Lacis Museum - This is a fantastic brick and mortar shop in Berkeley California that sells so many embroidery things that I have never seen in a store before! The silk ribbon collection alone is a great reason to visit. They have many types of classes offered throughout the year.

The Sewing Room - The sewing room is a great learning space in Alameda California specializing in apparel sewing and fashion. They sell embroidery kits and I have designed an introductory embroidery class teaching all the stitches used for all the kits.

Robert Haven - Studied Tambour Beading and Embroidery at L'ecole Lesage in Paris and teaches the technique in the US, Canada, Italy, Mexico, and with the Royal School of Needlework.

25 Million Stitches - This is an amazing cooperative embroidery piece bringing awareness to the global refugee crisis. It is a beautiful example of the power of hand stitching. The exhibit is stunning and overwhelming. It brings joy to my heart to see so much creativity and participation. This show just closed at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles and I’m hoping it shows around the Bay Area again soon. Highly recommend.

Bedford Gallery - This is an incredible gallery in Walnut Creek California. I taught an introductory embroidery course in the gallery that was really fun.

Onna Schwindt - Onna Schwindt is an embroidery artist in El Cerrito, CA who draws her inspiration from patterns, symmetry, circles, and the natural world. Onna was an embroidery student of mine who is an incredible artist!