Fabricate

10/13/2026

Schedule change at Fabricate: we are closing at 3:30 pm on Tuesday, 10/13 for an appointment. Thank you so much!

10/10/2026

📌 Fab friends: You may have seen a recent FB post regarding Fabricate's Bar Harbor space; over the summer months, many of you kindly talked with us about it. Here's a quick update: Fabricate is still open in our Bar Harbor location this fall, but the building is for sale, and our lease here ends soon. I'm happy to report that we're currently engaging with some promising potential locations. As soon as we know the shop's next home, we will announce it here. We owe *thousands of thanks* to our customers for your support and ideas!

09/24/2026

Enjoyed a visit and some shop talk with Marty, who works at the fabulous Feed Mill Fabric and Quilting in Oneida, IL! It's always wonderful to hear about other quilting retail settings and ideas. Check them out on FB!

07/18/2026

Just enjoyed a visit with new Fab friend Krystyn, owner of Buttermilk Creek Quilts in Florenceville-Bristol, NB! We talked "shop" and really enjoyed learning about each other's businesses. :) If you're in the Maritimes, be sure to visit Krystyn's colorful haven of textile goodness! 🧵And, if you're looking for a regional Shop Hop adventure that includes Buttermilk Creek Quilts, you might consider the NB/NS Shop Hop..scheduled for September 25, 26 & 27, 2026!
[Image by PurpleChicken from Pixabay]

07/14/2026

We love meeting folks from other shops, and today we made a new Fab friend from Fiberworx Fabric Studio in central Texas! Check out their FB page...what a treasure trove! Thank you for visiting Fabricate!

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06/20/2026

Our Fab friend Margaret Parks came by to share this beautiful labor of love (and family history!) She's assembled a quilt top of handmade doilies, hand-stitched embroideries, pillowcase decorations, and hankies--all crafted by her grandmother, mother, aunt, and herself. In between the heirlooms, she patched in vintage feedsack fabrics saved by her family over many years. It's an incredible, multigenerational, matrilineal work, and we're so grateful to have seen in it person.

05/13/2026

Fab friends, it's State of Maine Quilt Shop Hop door-prize drawing time! Watch this little vid to see what Fabricate's giving away--and who won it! We are so grateful to every Hopper who trekked east to shop here. THANK YOU! Happy spring!

04/30/2026

Fab friends, here's an inspiring post and magnificent quilt from Victoria Findlay Wolfe.

Following up on yesterday’s post about Perfectionism. This is my quilt “I AM NOT PERFECT AND THAT IS OK”
All the comments are fabulous. Everyone has their own degree of what is perfect.
Done is perfect.
Close enough is perfect.
Mastering a technique to the best of your ability is perfect.
Striving for perfect is perfect.
Or even if nothing matches …that’s perfect.
Perfect is whatever is good enough for YOU…
And that is OK!
The point is & was… and always will be… create with JOY. 😊
Thanks for all your beautiful comments on the subject. I know sometimes we get caught up on old language in our heads about doing it right, don’t waste, making mistakes etc… just remember. That upside down block isn’t going to hurt anyone. It just made your quilt more interesting. 👍🏻 quilts in the future will talk for hours about your lovely addition. 😊
You can make more.
And you don’t learn anything if you don’t make mistakes!
(Anyone need to hear this today?) I got you.
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