Greetings from Alewives Fabrics!
Alewives Fabrics is located in a big red barn in Midcoast Maine. We were established in 1975 and for the past 13 years have been owned and operated by the mother/daughter team of Barbara Neeson and Rhea Butler. Alewives carries an eclectic, contemporary mix of fabrics. We focus primarily on quilting weight cotton, but we also offer linen/cotton blends, lawn, voile, vinyl laminate, chambray, home decorator weight, rayon, jersey and more. Alewives is also a flagship store for Quince&Co yarn, and we have a special focus on English paper-piecing supplies.
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SouleMama: Since the last time you were featured on SouleMama, in what ways has your business grown or changed? Is there anything new you'd like to tell us about?
Rhea: It's summertime in Midcoast Maine and this is our busy season at Alewives! We've recently added new Quince&Co yarns to our inventory with their Ibis (a chunky merino mohair blend) and Willet (a soft and springy cotton), which means we now carry ALL of the Quince yarn substrates! We have also started carrying Making Magazine and it's been extremely popular (to say the least). We're so pleased to be featuring products like Quince and Making as they are both produced right here in Maine. Our local customers love having a brick and mortar store to browse and purchase these items in person, but our summer visitors love bringing home a crafty souvenir of their time in Maine.
This weekend, Alewives Fabrics is generously offering the following gifts to ONE lucky SouleMama reader:
A copy of the latest issue of Making Magazine (issue number 3: Dots). This issue features knitting, sewing, embroidery and crochet projects, plus interviews and recipes. We're also including a set of Drina's Designs spinning wheel stitch markers, which are handcrafted here in Maine by our friend Cindy Arnold.
In addition, Alewives Fabrics would like to offer Soulemama readers FREE SHIPPING on all domestic orders ($10 off international orders) from www.alewivesfabrics.com through Sunday, July 23rd, 2017. Customers can receive the discount by typing SOULEMAMA into the promotional code field at checkout.
To enter today's giveaway, leave a comment below (one entry per person, please). Comments will close by 9 am EST on Sunday. Winners will be chosen by Random Number Generator and announced in this post shortly after. Comments closed. The winner is...
Looks like such an amazing place to visit. I miss the North!
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