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Two New Classes from Miranda Levy!

Fans of Project Runway season 12 will remember Miranda Levy as the spunky, former military fashion designer from Milwaukee.  Register NOW - space is limited! Now you can take a sewing class with Miranda at Vogue Fabrics in Evanston , Illinois!   Two classes are planned for this summer: Ugly Doll on Sunday, July 27 Doll Clothes on Sunday, August 17 Miranda Levy from Project Runway is teaching 2 classes at Vogue Fabrics.

Visit The New VogueFabricsStore.com!

Have you seen the new look to VogueFabricsStore.com ???   We've kept your favorite parts of our site, while streamlining steps making browsing and ordering faster and more efficient for you. Left Column Browsing The Same : Same well-organized categories on the left. Improved : New “Fly-out” feature, giving you the option to view the names of the sub-categories, or to click onto each group the way you did before. Product Pages The Same :  All of the features previously offered are still on the pages, such as the ordering buttons, detailed description, images and links to alternate images. None of that has changed. Improved : The image and ordering buttons are side-by-side to make it easier to order the items you already know you want. Social Media icons have been added so you can share the joy with others. “Ask a Question…” has been added, so you can send us a request for more information about that product from that page. We respond throughout the...

Wholesale Fabrics - Two Fantastic Options

Vogue Fabrics is proud to offer two amazing websites from which you can order an incredible assortment of fabrics, trims and notions. So, why two sites instead of just one? WholesaleFabricsStore.com   features our basic, re-orderable fabrics, trims and notions, just like you see on VogueFabricsStore.com in the Wholesale Section. What will make this unique will be: - Special limited time collections at deep discounts of fabrics and novelty products. - Freight options for larger orders to business addresses. - Special order options for colors of fabrics we do not carry in our stores. - Special promotions for wholesale purchases. - Deeper discounts on larger quantities (coming soon). - Expanded payment options such as Amazon Checkout, Google checkout, and Paypal. All in a one step checkout secured format. WholesaleFabricsStore.com is open to businesses, schools, non-profit organizations, as well as the public. If you are a retail fabric store, day spa, church, sewing guild, c...

Sewing is Zen

The desire to sew has seen a resurgence in recent years.  As the economy tanked, many people dusted off their machines and sewed up items to sell on Etsy , Artfire and other “indie” outlets.  Project Runway continues to inspire us to take a 2-dimensional fabric and drape it into something wearable – the fabric version of Iron Chef .  The continued development of costume-fueled conventions like Anime Central , Comic Con , Costume Con and Reenactor Fest (to name a few) create opportunities for enthusiasts to sew up costumes and garb for themselves and their friends.    Recently on our Facebook Fanpage I posed the question: “What’s on your sewing table right now.” A couple of people were altering clothes or sewing for their kids, but there were a many RenFaire costumes going on (For Bristol Renaissance Faire , per chance?), and several faithful were sewing for their church.   If I were to psychoanalyze this, I would say that the garments...