Mood Fabrics

First time buying at Moods fabrics, and beginner sewist. I was a bit overwhelmed but Kat (Cat?) was super knowledgeable and friendly, answering all my questions. I had an amazing experience and will return.

Online store review. They have a great selection of stuff. The website works well and has great search options. They now ship with Amazon shipping. This is just not as good as using USPS or UPS. I've ordered a few Swatch sets now and they all take weeks to arrive when real shipping companies get me small items like this in about a week from the east coast. This is not a fluke or a shipping anomaly, I tried a few times and gave the benefit of the doubt. The worst part is Amazon shipping is still using USPS for the "last mile" so you don't get any delivery date updates until the shipment arrives at your local post office. Which took several weeks for 4 Swatches in a small plastic bag last time. I'm sure USPS is losing money on this deal with Amazon when they are already stretched way too thin. Mood customer service is powerless to help once Amazon has it. USPS can't track it because it's "waiting for arrival from our partner, Amazon" so your stuff just exists in the upside down until arriving late. This will be my first and last project with MOOD.

Omg-I was honestly in heaven here!! Ever since I first saw this particular fabric store on project runway I’ve always wanted to go and grace their I aisles !! I can’t believe it’s literally three floors and row after row of fabric on every type of role there could be possible, trim, glitter, tool, leather, and vegan leather! Then don’t even get me started on all the thread, buttons, and home decor! It’s enough to make your head spin!! Everything is incredibly organized by section, textures and style of patterns or solids! I was thoroughly impressed and yet so overwhelmed. I spent 45 minutes, just looking at every fabric and touching everything in sight that I couldn’t buy a single yard of anything!! There’s a cutting station in a couple of different spot spots as well as stairs and an elevator in case you need to maneuver around, but goodness! I could live here and never get tired!! Now that I think about it, I never looked at the prices but one of the fabrics was $24 a yard. It was a soft jersey fabric, so I’m sure it was more expensive. I should’ve looked up more prices, but honestly, I was just so overwhelmed, and I wanted to walk through each aisle away! There were a number of employees on each floor, helping other people and restocking other fabrics. I didn’t want to bother with asking any questions because I was so enchanted with the fabric store itself! I’m so happy to have graced mood fabrics presence in New York, especially since all the fabrics have gone out of business over here on the West Coast in California! I honestly cannot wait to go back and actually buy some fabric! Lol I will definitely be working on some sketches for a dress or something so I can go in to mood fabrics with a game plan besides being overwhelmed by everything! lol

It was such a huge dream to visit Mood, and my experience could not have been better! Amazing selection of fabrics and trimmings. Mood has everything I could have wanted and more!

Best fabric store in NYC. A bit expensive, but totally worth it.

Me and my team have been a customers for years, but unfortunately this time I experienced Incredibly disrespectful staff, got bashed by a lady with a colorful dress and bow pin for wanting to reduce my yard when it was the last remaining piece of fabric. I was told it will go to the (landfill) and yes i understand but I didn’t need more than a yard , red hair young lady decided to then say that I can’t return to cut yard to go to the manager when it was not cut. It was the last remaining piece which was about a yard and a half to two , then she proceeds to cut fabric and hit me with the fabric without saying excuse me and continuously did it. As an ill person i had no strength within me to fight . Truly wish they hired more humane people.

By far the most extensive and well documented and organized collection of fabrics and materials in the city. Online offers free patterns and delivery with minimums, some of the prices are a little higher BUT they always have on hand what they say they have on hand and have adequate staffing who are very knowledgeable and so friendly. It is absolutely wonderful. :)

Weird entrance system, beautiful fabrics, but slightly annoying that the in-person store offers much more than the online store. Also the male cashier I had was just awful. Rude and haphazard with my $1000 of delicate fabric (beading and lace) such that flinging beads bounced around on the counter. There are such stunning, intricate, expensive fabrics available in-person that cannot be accessed online. I recommend calling the in-person store and asking for help when it comes to intricate out-of-state fabric needs. Their most expensive fabric is around $800/yard. The least expensive one I saw was around $15/yard. Quite a variety of materials and quality!

the fabric store is truly impressive — it’s like a paradise for designers! And the idea with the wall installation, where the dresses are painted and decorated with real fabrics, is very creative. It’s especially cool that in the first image, you can see how the embroidered fabric from the third photo was used to create the 3D floral elements on one of the dresses on the wall. This combination of painted art and actual textiles creates the effect of “living” fashion illustrations. Each dress on the wall seems to showcase the possibilities of different types of fabrics found on the store shelves — from floral embroidery to marbled patterns and glossy red textures.