In store Washed Normandy linen
A soft, mid-weight linen in six colors, washed before it left the mill.
All departments 
Department
Dry goods & textiles
The front of the shop is cloth. Washed linen from Normandy, wool suiting from England, shirting cotton, and cloth woven closer to home in the Hudson Valley. We cut by the yard on the original counter.
Bring your pattern and we will help you choose the cloth and work out how much you need. We keep thread, buttons, interfacing and notions to match.
- Sold
- By the half yard and yard
- From
- France, England, the Hudson Valley
- Swatches
- Free, up to five at a time
- Cutting
- On the 1912 counter, by hand
What we carry
Bring your pattern. We will help you work out the yardage.
- Linen, wool, cotton and silk by the yard
- Cloth woven in the Hudson Valley and the Catskills
- Thread from France, buttons in horn, shell and corozo
- Interfacing, canvas, linings and notions
- Sewing patterns, shears and tailor’s chalk
Just in: textiles
In store 
In store Cotton thread from Lyon
Mercerized cotton sewing thread on wooden-look spools, in forty shades.
Last few Catskill wool yarn
Worsted wool from Catskill flocks, spun a county away. A small batch.
Coming up
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Sewing class
Sewing basics on the machine
Thread a machine, sew a straight seam and finish a simple linen tote. For complete beginners.
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Sewing class
Mending evening
Bring something that needs a patch, a darn or a button. We bring the thread and the tea.
The other departments
Tailoring & fittings
Made-to-measure shirts, jackets and dresses, cut in our workroom. Fittings by appointment.
Children’s clothing
Simple, well-made clothes for babies and children, in cotton, linen and wool.
Soaps & scents from England
Shower soaps, shaving soap and scents from small English makers, wrapped in paper.
Apothecary: spices & herbs
Dried herbs, whole spices and tea blends, weighed to order from glass jars.
Local honey
Raw honey from beekeepers in Ulster and Greene counties, by the season.