We gratefully accept your donations of new and gently used art and craft supplies.
All items should be usable as is. We humbly request that you do not donate soiled and broken items.
We are a small, owner operated shop without the resources to remediate and repair broken, moldy, hairy, smelly, or dirty items.
If you’re not sure about a donation, please ask.
PLEASE DO NOT DONATE
Stinky, stained, moldy, hairy, or rotten items
Sewing machines in cabinets
Computers, printers, and other small appliances that are not craft-related
Used/partially burned candles
Used canvases with heavy texture
Clothing
Sheets and drapery
Scrap lumber
Wreath mesh
Dollar store florals
Yard waste
Donations for shop operations
Paper bags with handles
Any size trash bags
Disinfectant wipes
Fabric
Cotton fabric yardage, quilting pre-cuts, and large scraps without stains
Upholstery fabric yardage and large scraps (~ 1/4 yd)
Fleece, flannel, wool, & felt yardage and large scraps (~ 1/4 yd)
Any other woven or knit fabric 1/4 yard or more
Any fabric still on the bolt or roll
Batting, interfacing, fiber & bead fill
Quilt tops and partial quilt tops
Tools, Notions, etc.
Needles machine & hand-sewing, upholstery, embroidery
Thread on spools or cones, metallic thread
Elastic, trims, bias tape, bindings, edging, ribbon, sequins
Bobbins, presser feet, thread guides, needle threaders, buttonholers
Quilting rulers, grids, & templates
Patches & embellishments
Buttons, snaps, hook & eye & other closures – loose or on cards
Cutting mats, rotary cutters, rotary blades, pinking shears, fabric shears
Irons, mini irons, tabletop ironing boards
Fabric paint
Unopened fabric dye
Kits & Patterns
Sewing & quilting patterns – complete
Sewing & quilting kits – complete
Organization & Furniture
Sewing tables, boxes, & organizers (no cabinets with machines)
Sewing machine rolling cases
Yarn of any fiber content in any amount – full skeins, balls, cakes, labels or no labels
Roving and cone yarn
Crochet hooks, Tunisian crochet hooks
Knitting needles of any length, material, & shape
Stitch markers, row counters, point protectors, yarn bowls & baskets
Embroidery floss in full skeins or on bobbins, embroidery hoops in any condition,
Aida cloth, even weave, & linen rolls, sheets, or large scraps
Plastic canvas, tools, kits, & supplies
Tatting thread, shuttles, & supplies
Complete kits, patterns, & leaflets for knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, crewel, embroidery, punch needle, etc.
Paints [NO HOUSE PAINT]: oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, tempera, spray paint, alcohol ink, drawing ink, gloss & matte mediums, gesso, etc.
Paint pens, drawing pens, markers, chalk, crayons, pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, drawing pencils
Sketchbooks, paper pads for watercolor, drawing, multimedia, pastels
Paintbrushes, palette knives, sponges, daubers, palettes, paint pots, and other tools
How-to books & kits
Artist canvases
Adult Coloring books, mandala, zentangle etc.
Linocut & block print supplies, rubber sheets, carving tools & kits, brayers, gel plates, ink, frames
Beads & Jewelry
Wood, glass, plastic, seed beads of any size, clasps, closures, ear wires, earring backs, jump rings, connectors, pins, crimp beads, wire of any gauge, string, cord, lacing, twine, needles, pliers, snips, thread burners, focal beads, charms, chokers, chains
Papercraft
Scrapbook paper (large and small, loose or in pads or packs), wooden stamps, acrylic stamps, stamp blocks, ink pads, ink refills, paper punches, paper trimmers, card-making supplies, embossing supplies, embossing powder, stencils, templates, washi tape, stickers, double-sided tape, adhesive dots, etc.
quilling kits & supplies
origami kits, pads, & supplies
fountain pens & ink
Wood
[NO SCRAP LUMBER OR YARD WASTE]
Dowels, wheels, coins, slices, & blanks
Wood burning tools & kits
Glass
Mosaic tiles, stained glass sheets & partial sheets, fusible glass, glass bevels, glass stones, glass cutters, glass grinders, hooks, frames, solder, soldering irons, de-solderers, gloves
Chenille stems/pipe cleaners, googly eyes, school glue in bottles or sticks, Pom-poms, craft pine cones and sticks (NO YARD WASTE), glitter, mod podge, craft glue guns and glue sticks, sequins, adhesive and sew-on gems, polymer clay, felt sheets, foam sheets, craft glass, craft stones, grapevine & wire wreath forms, floral foam, floral tape, floral wire
Kids
Complete craft kits, activity books, coloring books, fresh play-doh, perler bead kits and parts, construction paper
Packaging & display
Clear poly zipper bags, clear open top bags with and without seals, paper lunch bags, favor bags, jewelry cards, jewelry stands, padded mailers, poly mailers
School/office supplies – new or gently used
Rulers, pens, pencils with fresh erasers, compasses, protractors, notebooks, graph paper, markers, scissors, pen & pencil refills, permanent markers, erasers
[NO VISIBLE MOLD OR WATER DAMAGE]
On any craft topic. Please limit to one box or bag of books/magazines per donation.
Machines
Working and ready to use machines accepted. Please don’t donate items that need to be serviced or repaired.
Sewing machines
Needle felting machines
Sergers/overlock machines
Knitting machines
Storage
Bead and button tubes, scrapbook paper boxes, craft tower storage, small craft storage, tins, rolling storage
The older the better, pre-1990
We love CLEAN vintage items! Sewing notions & kits, old jars (clean with no labels), old tins without rust, craft books, wooden thread spools, dictionaries, sheet music, paper & ephemera such as receipts, notepads, memo pads, order forms, agendas, accounting grids, card catalog cards & checkout cards, maps, postcards, letters, stationery kits, pads, & cards, old b&w photos, etc. Please ask first if you have a large quantity of these items to donate. No yearbooks or modern magazines like National Geographic, People, or Time.
We accept donations of materials, books & tools including, but not limited to: basketry, leather working, candle-making, soap-making, wood carving, pottery, ceramics, and probably every other craft you can think of – just ask!
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