The Achieve Sewing Basket

The Achieve Sewing Basket

At The Sewing Basket, we sell donated fabrics, patterns, patchwork, embroidery materials, knitting and crochet yarn, haberdashery, and more while providing employment for people with disability. We have a team of experienced volunteers from the community and Achieve employees who work alongside the people we support. Our colourful shops give donated fabrics and other products a second life and stop these useful items from going to landfill.

Accepted items

🟢 Fabric: All types of dress and sewing fabrics and interfacing of usable lengths over 1 metre. 🟢 Sewing: Dress patterns, thread cones, machine needles and feet, tools and accessories, machine thread, machine embroidery thread, scissors, new cushion inserts. Please no cut patterns with pins. 🟢 Haberdashery: Buttons, buckles, bias binding, ric rac, grosgrain ribbon, lace, braid, cord, fringing, ribbons, blanket binding, tassels, elastic, cotton tape, boning, velcro, motifs, piping, hemming web, tracing paper, zippers, pins, safety pins, needles. 🟢 Fibres: Hessian, macrame cord, rug wool, tapestry wool, fleece, leather, felt. Patchwork and quilting: Fabrics, patterns, wadding, kits, accessories and tools, completed quilts and quilt tops, finished and unfinished projects. 🟢 Knitting and crochet: Wool and yarn, cotton, patterns, knitting accessories, crochet hooks, knitting needles. 🟢 Canvas: Waste canvas, tapestry canvas, rug canvas. 🟢 Embroidery: Threads of all types, silk ribbon, linen, aida cloth, wool fabric, perle cotton, embroidery wool, finished and unfinished projects, needles, hoops and frames, storage, accessories and tools, kits, charts and booklets. 🟢 Linens: Embroidered linens of all types, stencilled linens, doilies, tablecloths, linen hankies. 🟢 Special items: Vintage pieces, sewing machines and overlockers, sewing and craft kits.

Condition of items

Usable

We do not have onsite washing facilities, so please ensure all fabrics are clean

How to get items to us

Unit 5, 2 Holker Street, Newington , NSW 2127

Monday to Saturday: 9am to 3pm Closed public holidays

450 Darling Street, Balmain , NSW 2041

Wednesday to Sunday: 10am to 4pm

Unit 5, 11-13 Cochrone St, Kincumber , NSW 2251

Monday to Friday: 9am to 4pm Saturday: 9am to 3pm

11-13 President Avenue, Caringbah , NSW 2229

Monday to Friday: 10am – 5pm Saturday: 10am – 2pm

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