The Granary

The aptly named Granary is a quilting shop located in Sunnyvale. They offer quilting classes and high quality cottons. The nice thing about this shop is the organization and they also have pre-cut fat quarters if you don't have time to wait for a cutting. The cotton is much higher quality than what you can buy at large chain stores, so they don't lose their integrity after one wash. They offer a quilting class on night a week, but it's not so much a class as it is just time to sew with a couple helpers wandering around should you need assistance. The helpers were insightful and informed. The shop also sets up some ironing stations to aid with the quilting. Overall, the pricing is a bit high, but you are paying for high quality fabric. The staff is fantastic and visually the store is a treat to visit. more

This is one of the 2 local fabric stores my sewing teacher in 7th grade recommended I go buy my fabric. This and JoAnn's. Of course this small fabric store is no competition to ginormous chain JoAnn's by selection or price, but it's a lot easier to find non-mass-produced fabric , and heck of a lot easier to actually find someone to help you. As opposed to at JoAnn's where you need to spend 10 minutes in line just to cut your darn fabric. The staff are pretty helpful and friendly, that's what I like about small stores. more