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A number of machines you can use and someone to help you!
Merseburger Straße 102, 04177
A number of machines you can use and someone to help you!
Merseburger Straße 102, 04177
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podcasts
Love To Sew (English)From Canada by the founder of Blackbird Fabrics. Check out episode 180: Zero waste sewing
lovetosewpodcast.comfabric
♻️ upcycling? ♻️
where to find free fabric
'zu vershenken' give away points are scattered accross the city. You will always find old clothes that you could chop up and sometimes new / good condition bedsheets. I once found 6 meters of new white silk!
fabric by donation
KrimzKramsA random selection of fabric. With the donations they finance the store and various projects.
kunzstoffe.dewhere to buy fabric
Leipzig
Melonie
Gottschedstraße 14, 04109 Leipzig
Very friendly and a welcoming shop with modern colours and types like merino wool.
melonie.de
Jules StoffKiste
Papiermühlstr 10a, Stötteritz, Leipzig
Extremly friendly and good advice.
julesstoffkiste.de
RäuBer & RaBauken
Arthur-Hoffmann-Str. 69, 04275 Leipzig.
stoffladen-leipzig.de
Stoff Gallerie
Universitätsstr. 14, 04109
city center
One of the biggest in town. A chain of stores in Germany. So many staff to help you, it's like going back
100 years to how shopping used to be!
stoff-ideen.de
Nähzentrum Leipzig
Zschochersche Str. 48
04229 Plagwitz
naehzentrum-leipzig.de
Print 4 Kids
Kregelstr., 6
04317 Leipzig
shop.print4kids.info
Frau Büntze
Bernhard-Göring-Straße 161
04277 Leipzig
fraubuentze.de
more coming soon ...
once I've visited them!
check out the map on the home page and filter the results for fabric shops (unclick all the other headers in the menu)
online local
Manufakture Le
focuses on sustainably produced fabrics at a fair price. Pickup of
ordered goods as well as on-site consultation possible. PLAGWITZ
Zuleeg / Fabric Excellence
All fabrics are 100% designed, manufactured and finished in Helmbrechts/Ort!! 1.5 hours drive from Leipzig!
international
¿Need technical fabric or merino wool?
Based in Finland. "Offers an excellent selection of technical fabrics for extreme outdoor use".
shelbyoutdoor.comwhat fabric to buy
Look for the certification Standard 100 by OEKO-TEX. Tested and certified for health safety and the production sites for socially and environmentally compatible production conditions.
How to identify fabric types
burn testmachine fixing
When your warranty runs out, where can you take it in Leipzig?
repair together
Cafe Kaputt
textile day: Thurs 4-6
repair workshops
I hear that Leipzig is on the verge of losing all the expert knowledge to repair these fascinating beautiful machines. There are two old men in the city but they are not able to keep up with demand and may retire soon!!
Zschochersche Str. 89, 04229
"We repair household and industrial sewing machines in our own workshop. Also the brands Textima, Veritas, Altenburg, Naumann (until year 1990)"
name: Lehmann from Adler
naehtechnik-leipzig.deGeorg-Schumann-Str. 131, 04155
(0341) 5640535
I think he has retired - I've was told he had a 1 year waiting list!!
end of the line
If you have sadly failed to fix the machine, Cafe Kaputt tell me the final destination would be a scrap yard or 'wertstoffhof' to salvage the metal.
buying a machine
buying second hand
The sewing repair engineer Lehmann swears by the Veritas 8014/26 for household sewing machines because there are spare parts still available.
Make sure you can get a manual for the machine. I have had extreme difficulty sourcing them
ebay.denew
I read on a repair workshop website that they do not repair "Lidl and Aldi brands and cheap imports, because the cost of repair exceeds the cost of the machine." So buy the best quality you can.
If you are lucky enough to have a budget of 650€, buy the PFAFF Select 3.2.
machine hire
manuals
A technical sewing machine forum in German
patterns
A boxy style featuring drop shoulders, optional three quarter sleeves.
tessuti-shop.com
Linen fabric (bedsheet may work). Mentioned on a number of capsule wardrobe YouTube videos.
fabrics-store.comTip: For free patterns, use a fake email: temp-mail.org
A very small selection of outdoor designs. I want to try the women's hiking pants! (12.90€). No zipper & can be made into "light summer pants, to waterproof rain pants and lined winter hiking over pants."
shelbyoutdoor.com