I LOVED a shopping in this store. If you enjoy crafting, this is a great place for you. If you're…read moretoo far, they have a wonderful website. The staff was so friendly and helpful. I spent so much time looking around and loved everything they had. This is definitely worth a trip!

From the owner: We're a felt stitchery and wool wonderland heartily obsessed with color in all it's glory. Based in…read morePlainfield, Illinois, we ship out rainbows worldwide! Our store features an array of tools, fibers, inspiration, and friendly know-how to bring your next bright idea to life.

I thought I'd reviewed Thimbles!…read more If you're into sewing, embroidery or especially quilting this is the store for you. It's large, attractive and laid out nicely. They have good quality fabrics and especially good quality thread. They repair sewing machines, so when the old 1960s Kenmore machine I bought needed a cleaning and adjustment I brought it in. It was returned cleaned, oiled and with a new correct needle. I also purchased a set of needles for different things. I mostly just mend clothing, but I have a periodic older visitor who uses the machine for her quilting projects, so I wanted it to be in top shape. In addition they sell very high quality machines that are borderline commercial systems you can program to do all kinds of fancy projects. Service here is very friendly. They also have classes!

I've been traveling down to Thimbles for a few years now. Had machines cleaned and meeting up with…read morea friend in the past (we enable each other.) But today I took an actual class on machine embroidery and had a blast. I learned so much and learned how to do things correctly. Being self taught isn't always the best. My intention was to save up more money for a sewing only Babylock machine. But they had a trade in embroidery and sewing machine for the exact same price as the new machine. After some testing of the machine and negotiations with the husband the Adventura II came home with me. For the class I used a Babylock Aria that had ALL the bells and whistles. Thank you so much Thimbles! I will be back for more classes (and machines but don't tell my husband).

Reasonably nice selection of craft goods and fabric. On my…read morevisit the store was only to customers entering, I found what I was looking for and tje employees were friendly.

On the website it says closes at in Sunday at 8pm. Drove from Aurora to joliet and they are closed…read more The lights are still on called and the answering machine says closed at 6pm.

The name says Yarn & Tea and that's what they do. If you're in the market for either, Betsy's is…read morewhere to go. I was in the area looking for a tea shop and so happy I found Betsy's. The tea selection is broad and buying loose tea in bulk (you can choose however many ounces you want) let me get a bunch of varieties to take home at a reasonable price. The gentleman working there was enjoyable to chat with as he was finding and letting me smell some different teas. Will certainly stop back when I'm in the area again.

The inventory here was AMAZING! Add to that a very kind and knowledgeable staff and you bey we will…read morebe back!

Update: it's been 2 1/2 years since we had our mid century sofa re-upholstered by this business…read moreand we are still absolutely thrilled by the outcome. The sofa has now survived a pack and move out of the area and now we get to enjoy our "new" old piece in an all new setting. It's truly a classic timeless work of art now and we are still so appreciative. The only reason I didn't five star at for promptness back then was because it took a really long time--about 7 months-- but we understand now it was so worth the wait--and wanted to follow up with how well it's holding up!. We are so grateful and happy and hope Bob is doing well. He's a true artist--the real deal!

Highly unsatisfied! My family and I have lived in Plainfield for almost twenty years and love to…read moregive business to local shops whenever we can. Owner Bob was nice and seemed to know his stuff. This being my first time for a reupholster job on an antique piece I inherited from a family member dating back to 1883. All along it was something he could handle and said once he got the piece he would work hard and fast as he was "SO BUSY." First hiccup, he couldn't get the tufting to look right as I requested and so I had to forgo the tufting. Secondly, the warehouse he used to purchase the gimp from was for sale and he wasn't able to get the gimp I needed.... then he talked me into the double welting idea where he couldn't even get the lines straight. On top of all of this it was delivered with a chunk of wood missing from the leg. For over a month I got the run around from Bob about how he was going to handle this never telling me until a month in a half later that it wasn't his fault and he wasn't going to fix it despite the fact that I had several photos of this couch just before it left to go to his shop with no damage to any of the wood. Overall his professionalism was lacking and his customer service left us feeling unsatisfied. We are still in need to a fix to this important piece of furniture but clearly we will not being doing any business with Bob anytime in the future.

I had my grandmother's chair reupholstered. Great selection of fabrics…read more Very knowledgable people. My grandmother's chair turned out lovely. The price was reasonable. Barb T.

I stopped by Newman's on my way home from work to see if I could bring in my sofa cushion. Since I…read morelive right round the corner I asked if I could run home and get it. The owners were very nice and let me do so. All I needed was a button put back on. It was fixed within 10 minutes. When I asked what I owed the wonderful gentleman said nothing. Everyone at the shop was very nice and I will recommend them to friends and family in the future.

Kayra Imports certainly lived up to their name. My clothes came back looking sparkling clean, and…read morethe staff was a pleasure to deal with. I'll definitely be returning for their excellent service!!!

From the owner: Kayra Imports is an African Clothing and Fabric store with various locations on the Southside of…read moreChicago. We specialize in African clothing for Men, Women, and Children. We also provide custom tailoring and alterations. In addition, we provide everyday natural beauty and health essentials such as Soap, Lotion, Shea Butter, Body Oil, Natural Oil, Incense, Moringa, Black Seed and More

My car seat need work, good people to deal with. too far from me. whish them best luck.read more

I HAVE to write a review because of the amazing work that Servge did. He arrived on time and was…read moremeticulous in painting over a very noticeable scratch on my beloved leather chair. He was an artist who gave it his all. When he was done, I couldn't see the scratch at all; it had been very conspicuous. I am so glad I contacted UU. The other company was going to charge me more and casually suggested just doing a patch--which would have looked far worse! Highly recommend!

I had a childhood chair refurbished and recovered for my son's room and the entire process was…read moreseamless. Not only did Efrain come and pick-up and deliver the chair, but he also worked with us to special order fabric that met my vision. The overall process was quick and smooth and the chair turned out fabulous!

Overpriced. I worked with the owner Efrain Sr.who took my order. When I reached out to him…read moreregarding my order not being completed, my text messages and phone calls were ignored. As you will see in the photo the legs on the ottoman were completely left the original color and paint drippings on the arm of the chair. I simply wanted Ancor to fix the probably.

It's a cute bookstore. It's very clean, and really quite spacious. But I confess, I was pretty…read moresurprised by the dearth of books! I guess that's where the "and more" part comes in (and does a lot of heavy lifting). Of the books on display, they had only a single copy (at least out on the floor). And the books were displayed face out, which makes sense when you're trying to catch the attention of young children many of whom can't read, but then when only half of your shelves hold books it's fairly sparse. They also had some stuff from some local purveyors and gifts and stuff. I got some bath stuff to try with my little one to shake up bath time a bit. They have some stuffed animals and stuff. They have some benches and pillows, spaces for kids to hang out and play; one was a wardrobe that was really nicely arranged as a reading nook which my kiddo really enjoyed. (I wish I had the vision to see something like a wardrobe and find that if I take the doors off and anchor it to a wall, it could be a fun place to cuddle up!) Something that's really cool is that they have a fishtank with a couple of axolotls, which my babe was astonished by. The bookstore seems to have a cool thing where you can arrange to have your kid feed them. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of our visit here was the reason we came. I saw on Instagram that they were having train day, mentioning train books and crafts. My daughter loves trains, so we headed down. I think there were three train books on display. And the "craft" was some half-sheets of paper, crayons, and sheets of stickers that had trains on them. There was another family that had come in at the same time as us and I couldn't help but wonder if they were as let down as I was. I'd been really looking forward to visiting this bookstore--I wanted to about a year ago but hadn't been able to get here. I don't know that I'd come back even if I was nearby, because there are so few books that I don't know I'd want to just stop in to take a look since I'm not sure we'd find anything. Depending upon what's happening I'm not sure what parking is like; there's a good deal of parking down the block near the train station, but otherwise limited street parking.

A very big shoutout to Three Stories Books for making my daughter's birthday celebration extra…read morespecial ! You must go visit this adorable bookstore nestled in the heart of downtown Lemont. All of the fun activities and decor were taken care of and we basically just had to bring the birthday girl ! The whole experience was magical from the wish list shopping to the special activities that were all surrounding the theme. Thank you cos much.