Mill End Fabrics

This is one of my new favorite places. This is like an amusement park. For adults. … weird adults, okay. But adults nonetheless. They have everything here. You wouldn’t think so, but when you walk through the door, you slowly realize they have everything you ever wanted. Do you need that upholstery fabric with zebra-​stripes? What about all that leather? Japanese silks? I might not have thought so, but now I’m not so sure. On the other side of the store are a vast amount of pattern fabrics, and different clothes that I can see making gowns, and costumes, and scrubs, and cushions, and I could really go on. What really makes this place, however, isn’t the variety the offer (though this is a huge plus) but the fantastic prices. I have walked out of here on multiple occasions with less than $ 200 gone. I bought 30 – 35 different fabrics every time. What I was most recently impressed with was the pricing on the Japanese silks… I bought 2 yards of most all of the types they had, and wouldn’t you know it, less that $ 200. That’s impossible to find in any of the other fabric stores in all of Reno/​Sparks. I like Joanne’s, really I do. But there is no comparison. This is my go-​to fabric store, and if they don’t have what I’m looking for, I just as easily decide I don’t need it. They have so many different things I could substitute it with anyways. Now, as for the workers here, they all clearly know what they’re doing. All of them are always talking about the jobs customers have them do, because apparently there are a lot of people who buy fabric who need pointers on how to do the jobs they got the fabric for. All the better for it, because I know these people here have me in good hands. They are prepared for giving advice, and more than knowledgeable to lead you into the right direction as far as your ideas go. At the very least this place deserves a once-​over. You don’t have to commit to buying anything, but I suggest you bring your wallet anyway. You’ll kick yourself if you don’t.

OMG! This place is AHHHHHMAZING! I’m a
L. A. fabric shopper and this place is WAYbetter!!! I went looking for nylon lycra’s and I found an entire aisle with 3 rows full! Super cute too. The prints were a little more than I usually pay but the solids were a lot less so it evens out. The notions were O. K. Not much elastic to choose from, but the fabric selection is gigantic!

They have so much fabric. There was so much it was hard too look through in one day, but it was very well organized. I had so much fun though, and the prices were unmatchable compared to Joanns.
What I didn’t like was when I got home many of the printed fabric had white creases where the bolt was folded. Kind of a bummer. Next time I go back I will be more careful and check for that before having them cut it.

Can always find that hard to get fabric, notion or foam. Don’t expect a lot of help from the employees. Make sure you have patience to walk down the huge stuffed isles of every kind of fabric and materials.

So this is the best place ever. I’ve had reasons to go here a few times and have always had good luck finding what I needed or getting assistance from the ladies there.

This was exactly the place we wanted for the custom-​cut foam rubber we were looking for. And while they were cutting the pieces we wanted, we mentioned some other things we might want, and they suggested we have a look on the back shelves: sure enough, they had once again exactly what we wanted. I’m so happy that there’s a store like this in the Reno/​Sparks area.

Always my first stop for any fabric or notion need. Batiks for under $ 6/​yard, quilting cottons from $ 3.60, every imaginable type and blend on the market. great selection of Gutermann thread and thousands of notions, many not available at the big box stores. Been a customer for 25 years and find the service and selection to be outstanding.

This is the go to fabric store for random and interesting finds that are not only awesome, but super cheap, I found this really cool toile fabric for 5 dollars a yard and went to a few other fabric stores, found the same fabric for 12 dollars a yard, just saying.

Awesome selection and very good prices. Everything from amazing faux furs to upholstery fabric to fleeces, cottons, satins — great variety. They also have a knife sharpening service. And nice people!

Yes the selection is unbelievable! I don’t even know how big that place is… but it’s too big and unmanageable! Looking for upholstery fabric was overwhelming an unorganized (where are the prices, too?!), the other side of the store however seemed much better! The service was friendly but checkout lines weren’t clear and stressed customers (especially during Burning Man season) were not kind and made the experience a little sour. :(

«AhhhHHH-​aaaaaHhh» –angels harmonizing upon entrance
I finally made my way here and
.amazing. The ladies are super friendly, the prices superb (from my estimate about $ 2-​$ 5 cheaper than Joanne’s). For instance, minky fabric is $ 10/​yd here where as most everywhere else I’ve ever looked it is is $ 14.99/yd. they have carts and aisles upon aisles of 3 shelves of fabric. They have the aisles labeled but it is just handwritten signs, nothing fancy here as far as hardplated labels or even computer print outs. But you’re getting killer deals on fabric, so the fancy stuff is unnecessary.
I walked down every aisle and touched all the fabrics, satins and spandex and flannel and cotton. Then I switched sides and toured the boat vinyl aisles before remembering I don’t own a boat. I then traversed the towers of tussles, every type and color of tussle you can think of.
I’m a newbie sew-​er and it was just so damn much fun. Even at such great prices, it’s easy to spend a lot in here. But I also got tons of fabric for tons of projects.
It looks like mostly older ladies work the desk and again, old fashioned, hand tabulations and additions, so don’t come here in a hurry is the biggest downfall but they are all so sweet and friendly who gives a damn.
If you’re an avid sew-​er or just need something for a small project be sure to check them out before heading to Joanne’s or even Walmart (about $ 1-​$ 3 cheaper than Walmart).

Such great service!
I wandered looking for cotton in blue, maybe grey, for a project for my wedding. I explained what I was looking for and what I was doing I got to the desk (with several rolls in my hand ready to pay) and they brought me to the back to find this $ 2/​yard fabric!!!
So amazing! Probably the best fabric store I’ve ever been to!

I have only been sewing for about 2 years and I was introduced to this store by a friend of mine. I used to go to Joann’s, only with coupons, but Mill End Fabrics is my go to store, for fabric, zippers, whatever I need they usually can beat any price in town. The staff is super friendly and ready to answer any question that you might have.

It’s no Stone Mountain and Daughter, but right now their selection of wools is unbelievable and *really* reasonably priced compared to a place like JoAnn’s. They had a pretty reasonable range of colors, too. If a fabric is flawed and not marked as is, they are willing to work with you if you ask.
They also burn test at the counter if you want to figure out exactly what that blend consists of.
That being said, I don’t care too much about how poorly things are organized because I’m there for one thing and one thing only: wool.

I just start to do sawing projects when we moved down here about two years ago. I live this places. I just bought fabric 2 yards stretch velvet 6 in by 2 yard white fake fur for a Santa bag, Then about 2 yard of «Upholstery Fabric and all the hardware. Lets not forget the 9 yards of white lace I got for 3.00. For a grand total of 35.00.
The women who work there are life saver and have walk me throw how to do a few small project or helped me find what I may need. I love this places.

Crazy selection of fabrics. Kind of random. You can get lost in this store, but the extra friendly staff will always be around a corner somewhere to help you.

I love to sew and have visited both the Carson City and Reno locations often. I love the selection, the fantastic customer service and the prices. They beat Jo-​Ann on almost everything and its not a big box store! I will forever be a Mill End fan and tell everyone to go there and give them your business.

Yay, once again my mom found this little hole in the wall… NOT SO LITTLE, it is huge, we didn’t see everything in there but now that I go a sewing machine again, WE WILL BE BACK MANY TIME…
Friendly help also…

I love the prices! Quilting cottons go for around $ 5 per yard, more or less. The selection is great. This place is literally wall to wall of fabric. The best part of all is the clearance and scrap bin. Scraps are $ 2 per pound. I was shopping for fabric to make cloth diapers and baby wipes and found everything I needed in the scrap bin — lots of cotton knit, terry cloth, flannel, etc. This is a great place to shop!
They prefer not to take credit or debit cards for transactions less than $ 15, so bring cash or spend a bit more to make their merchant fees worthwhile.

This place is great but it would be SO much better if it was organized! Be prepared to spend a lot of time searching for what you are looking for — it’s overwhelming the number of rolls of fabric that are shoved into every nook and cranny of this warehouse.
I have been lucky here before but this past visit I couldn’t find anything close to what I was looking for. Their prices on foam are great though!