Baby Bristol models a romper made with Amy Butler fabric from The Top Stitch fabric store on Spokane's Near North Side. (Megan Cooley / The Spokesman-Review)
Since it opened a year ago, modern sewers in Spokane have been flocking to a tiny fabric store on Spokane's Near North Side called The Top Stitch.
Owner Carrie Jarvis stocks the place with fabrics from designers like Amy Butler and the various artists behind the Free Spirit label. She also carries the latest craft books and patterns and offers classes and "Stitch Cafe" hours, where sewers can work on projects while they kvetch with one another.
I was in the shop yesterday buying some fabric for a Christmas gift I'm making for my daughters and am excited to tell you there's a sale right now on some of the Amy Butler fabric. It's not every day that Amy Butler fabric gets discounted, so I bought a few yards and might go back for more by Saturday when the sale ends.
She's offering 20 percent off of Amy's two Midwest Modern lines, as well as on apron patterns.
I hadn't been in in a few months (shamefully) and was shocked to see how jam-packed the place is with inventory. If I hadn't had my hooligan children with me, one of whom was treating Carrie's ironing boards like surf boards, I could have stayed all day.
The Top Stitch is located at 1717 W. Garland Ave., just west of the Garland/Ash intersection.
(The photo above is of a romper I sewed my youngest last summer using Amy Butler fabric I purchased at The Top Stitch.)
Artist and crafter Maggie Wolcott writes about craft events in and around Spokane, as well as her own adventures in creating and repurposing. Her DwellWellNW posts include project and decorating ideas, recipes, reviews of events, and interviews with local artists. Maggie spends her days as an English professor, and when she’s not grading papers, she can generally be found with a paintbrush or scissors in hand. She can be reached at mebullock@gmail.com.
