A great store! Wonderful staff and a super selection! Not only quilt fabrics but cross stitch and…read moremore! A definite stop anytime going thru Huntsville!

Patches and Stitches is a classic quilt shop for a town the size of Huntsville. It is neither the…read morelargest nor the smallest quilt fabric store I have ever been in, but it has a niche, caters to its customers, and serves them well. They have a good Civil War reproduction fabric area, and they usually have a pretty decent 1930s-repro area, too. Much of the store is devoted to classic fabrics: blenders, overall prints, batiks. They have a small selection of wide backing fabrics. They also have a lot of cross-stitching materials, which take up half the store. I know nothing of cross-stitching, so someone else should speak about that part of their merchandise. Pros: they've got a little bit of everything. Tools, stencils, fat quarters, thread, fabric. Cons: they've only got a little bit of everything. They're not going to carry specific designers or get in the designer du jour you're craving. If your tastes run to Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner, Denyse Schmidt etc., they are not going to have your fabrics -- you will need to look outside for them. Good, reputable basics, though? They've got them, and the fabrics from the bigger companies are the higher-quality versions that only dedicated quilt shops carry. You'll pay more, but you'll get the GOOD stuff. They do have a person who takes in longarm quilting projects (for a fee, obviously) so if you're looking for a quilter, they can point you to one. Sales are rare, maybe once or twice a year. They announce it to their mailing list first. Typically it's a good discount but purchases have a 1/2-yard minimum to get the discount, so be prepared. They have classes, but I've never taken one. They don't have a ton of thread, which is disappointing to me. My guess is that there's just not much of a market for it. It's a good shop. I try to make as many purchases there as possible, to help keep them in business, but I recognize there are some things they aren't going to carry and will never carry, so I get those elsewhere.

Great selection and service! Ask about special order options, too. Kind associates to assist.read more

service is outstanding! selection is great. always enjoy going there for fabric. great value.read more

We use swimwear elastic for our business. Works great on our leotards!…read morewe have ordered from them 5+ times and have always received our product quick. They ship within 2 business days. Love the fast shipping. We will continue to order from them, they are our go to place for elastic. thank you Nese:)

There is just no nice way to put it, these people are thieves and liars. Their listings are very…read morevague so is/when you complain when you received something that is different than what you ordered they blanket it and say it was what you ordered. They then refuse to do full refunds and pay for shipping back. So very unwise and not a good way to be.

Great place for Quilting services. In-house fabric selection fit my needs. Great consult towards…read moregetting your quilt completed- thank you .

Wow wow wow!!! Was passing through Huntsville and found this amazing store! Nina, the owner, is a…read moredynamo! She loves yarn and it shows. She is super brilliant and was an engineer in a former life. She is so knowledgeable about yarn, the different types, the animal/chemical composition and processes used, etc. The selection of different types of yarn and various brands was outstanding. Nina also found a way to connect with everyone in the store, even a shy little girl there with her Mom. Nina gave her some yarn to have to play with. I will be making this a regular stop when I'm in Huntsville. It gets my highest recommendation.

I went to ask if she offered classes for children. Somehow the conversation snowballed when she…read morefound out I had several children. She asked me why would I do that, as in have several children? Honestly, it was one of the most uncomfortable, antagonistic exchanges I've had in a very long time, as she was very negative and aggressive. She insulted my life choices and pointed to the fact that the size of my family was a mistake. She kept saying that human beings were just human beings... or something to that effect. She was unapologetic. I literally backed out of the store, as she wasn't relenting. I want to offer full caution, as this was an exchange I didn't cause or understand; I came in as a customer, and she initiated a very strange, personal, opinionated assault. I suppose if you're an adult looking for something for yourself, you would be safe? Just don't mention kids.

Great, extensive options for yarn brands they carry. Went here to get a tapestry needle so I could…read moreweave in my project ends. Ended up stumbling into their Christmas in July event. If you buy your yarn, start and finish your project before the end of the month, then you get entered into a $100 gift card drawing. BIG EDIT to this. I am more than halfway through my sweater so I called them to see if I finished the item how I let them know. The owner told me she has to SEE IT?!? Wow. May just have to hop on a plane again ? :) I got taken for a ride and didn't even know it. The person helping me, Donna, did not say this and she knew I was from out of state. Guess I wish Donna was the owner. She was super nice!!! To help motivate you to join, they have Malibrigo, Marisol and needle/hook sets at 25% off! For this KAL or CAL your project needs to be a sweater, shawl or advent project of your choice. Well I jumped in and looked through my sweater patterns and found a cardigan and some Marisol alpaca. I verified cardigans are valid sweaters. Had to get a needle and a bunch of other accessories, including a container to put them in. Bam! Did the swatch that night, and now I am off to the races. Doubt I will finish it by the end of the month, but I did take on Andrea Mowry's make shorties over Thanksgiving weekend and surprised myself and completed: them. Donna was great with helping all of my goodies together. Another person helped too--asked her fiber substitution questions and she wound a couple of skeins of my yarn so I could get going. Bottom line this place is a great community yarn store that brought lots of joy and will continue to do so for a while. Check em out if you haven't yet. If you go soon you too may jump into their Christmas in July knit along or crochet along! But be sure you know you have to show your finished product! Digital pics are apparently not sufficient.

Great yarn store! The ladies inside were very helpful and gave me time to shop. One of the biggest…read morestocks I've seen! If you're looking for very specific needles, I would call ahead to see if they have them.

Everyone in this store is so helpful. I drive from Huntsville to go to this store. Absolutely the…read morenicest people and so very helpful.

store looks nothing like it does in the photos. It is very cluttered and mixed up and prices are…read moreridiculous. The owner was very rude to my autistic grandson when she admits herself he didn't hurt anything in her store. She said we should ANNOUNCE he has autism when we go into a store! What? That is discrimination! Why should he be singled out. Do I need to announce that I am ADHD when I go into a store. That is also breaking the HIPPA law to even ask that. It is no one's business. His Mother, Dad and myself were all there if she saw him do something he shouldn't have she should have asked us to stop him. But instead she scolded him in front of us and embarrassed him. When a child with autism is reprimanded they lash out and have a melt down and that is what we dealt with the rest of the day. All because he was walking through her isles that were so close together you couldn't get your arm through them. He didn't damage anything, she stated herself. He was just trying to follow what the grownups were doing. I struggled to walk through her cluttered isles myself. We had out of town company with us and they had so been looking forward to going to this store. We will never go again. It doesn't take much to be nice and considerate to people. Most people just have no patience with special needs kids. I have owned and operated a retail business for almost 30 years and never have I ever been rude to a customer and especially not a special needs child. She is also not wheelchair accessible and the isles are so close together even if you got a wheelchair in the store you could not move around. My suggestion would be to shop elsewhere. I do not recommend this store. The public needs to learn how to deal with special needs children. After all they are born 1in ever 50 births it could be you grandchild next.

One of the delights of a business trip that took us to Decatur AL was a stop in this store. I was…read moregoing through my stash today, and found one with a tag on it from the shop. Such a good memory! Wonderful assortment of very nice quality fabrics, and friendly help in answering questions.