Fabric & Fiber Sale

Woods Hole Public Library volunteers will be holding their eagerly awaited Fabric & Fiber Sale on Sunday, February 8, from 10 AM to 2 PM. People come from far and wide, first to donate, and later to buy fabric, yarn, notions, and much more. This one day event is a major source of fundraising for the Library’s operating budget, and the generosity of both donors and shoppers are crucial to its success.

After Falmouth’s only fabric store, Fabric Corner, burned down in 2014 leaving the town without a local place to buy material for sewing projects, Woods Hole Public Library community members hatched a plan to hold a fundraiser sale on Super Bowl Sunday at the Library. The first sale in February 2015 was a great success, and the tradition has continued and grown every year, with only a one year interruption due to Covid, making this year’s sale the 11th anniversary of this community event.

The Woods Hole Library is accepting donations for both the Fabric & Fiber Sale until February 5. If you are doing some end of the year cleaning of fabric, yarn, craft supplies, jewelry, and accessories, bring your unwanted treasures to the Library! Donating helps to keep items out of the waste stream and into the hands of eager crafters while also benefiting our community-supported village Library.

Donations for the sale have been pouring in since the beginning of January. Among this year’s treasures are a large collection of trimmings for upholstery projects, many sewing machines, tabletop looms, rug hooking materials, quilting and knitting books, vintage textiles, luxury yarns, and much more. As usual, there is an abundance of quilting cotton, decorator fabrics, and fleece of all colors and patterns. Along with notions, knitting needles, and a veritable rainbow of workhorse acrylic yarns, there is truly something to delight every crafter.

Many volunteer hours go into making this sale a well-organized, fun, community shopping experience. The Woods Hole Public Library is happy to offer this sale both as an important source of fundraising and as a way to further its mission of sharing community resources. For more information, please visit woodsholepubliclibrary.org or call 508-548-8961. Please note, free parking for this event is available just down the street from the Library in WHOI’s Challenger Lot.