Buttons have a funny way of turning a quick errand into a three-hour adventure. Across Washington, a handful of fabric shops pack their shelves so full of silks, quilting cottons, vintage prints, and bins of notions that time seems to slip away the moment you walk in.
Some sit in historic seaport towns, others in busy city markets or quiet valley main streets, and each one rewards the patient hunter. Grab a tote bag and a snack, because these are the stops where sewists happily lose track of the clock.
1. District Fabric, Port Townsend, WA
Victorian brick storefronts line Water Street in Port Townsend, and one of them holds a fabric collection that makes garment sewists stop mid-stride. District Fabric is a fraction of the size of a craft megastore, yet its apparel selection runs deep.
Think linen, silk, wool, cotton, rayon, tencel, twill, crepe, knit, and chiffon, sourced from near and far…