Good morning, sewers! 🖤 Midweek, and I have a job for you. I'm building our collective Little Black Book, and we need your best-kept secrets. You know the ones. The supplier you almost don't want to share because you love having them to yourself. The online shop you bookmark on every device. The haberdashery you'd genuinely travel for. The place that always has *that* fabric when nowhere else does. I want them all. Here's what to drop in the comments: 🔗 Supplier name (and link if you have it) 📍 Where they're based — UK, EU, international, online only? ⭐ One line on why you love them — quality, price, unusual stock, exceptional service, all of the above? It can be fabric, lining, interfacing, boning, trimmings, millinery wire, buttons, thread, notions — anything that makes your work better. Niche and mainstream both welcome. If they deserve to be known, put them here. ———————————————————————————— And speaking of things worth knowing about… I'm announcing a discipline and subject focus for the whole of May, something we're going to sink our teeth into together as a community. 🪡 But first, I want to hear from YOU. Is there something you've been longing to learn more about, explore deeper or finally get your head around? A technique, a discipline, a construction challenge? Drop it below alongside your supplier recommendation, or just shout it out on its own. I'm listening, and your answers might just shape what's coming… 👀 Now, who are you sending us to first for the Little Black Book? ⬇️

Every maker has one. 📖 The supplier you guard like a secret. The book that changed how you see construction. The YouTube channel you stumbled across at midnight that answered everything. The fabric market nobody talks about. The notion you didn't know existed until it solved a problem you'd had for years. This is where we share them. The Little Black Book is our community's most trusted resource, built not by algorithms or advertising, but by the collective experience of every maker in this room. Every recommendation here comes from someone who has actually used it, tested it, sewn with it or learned from it. If it belongs in your little black book, it belongs here, we’re here to grow the creative community. What to share: 🧵 Suppliers; fabric, notions, haberdashery, trimmings, specialist materials ✂️ Books & publications; the ones that actually changed how you sew 📌 Online resources; channels, blogs, podcasts, tutorials worth trusting 🌟 Tools & equipment; the ones you couldn't live without 💫 Hidden gems; markets, warehouses, independent shops, trade secrets worth passing on One simple rule; Only share what you genuinely love and trust. This book stays valuable because everything in it is real. Open your little black book & share your first entry below. 📖🧵 Claire AmeliaFounder, The Atelier Hub