New: Free Pickup Options
We hear you: shipping is expensive! You find a great source for something you need, only to realize that they aren't quite local enough for you to do free pickup. But it feels wasteful to pay for shipping when it's sooo close!
That's why Spool & Spindle have teamed up with Shoppe & Tailor Studios in Toronto to provide a free pickup location for your printing! Every 2 weeks, we will send a folded bundle of orders to Toronto, and you can pick them up at the studio anytime they are open.
IMPORTANT NOTE: this information has changed recently, as S&TS have moved! Make sure you read the new details.
Location: Unit 167 - 163 Sterling Rd, Toronto (Near Dundas & Bloor)
Pickup Hours: Drop-in Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Schedule: Place your order by 11am every second Tuesday, starting on November 5, 2024. The bundle will ship Tuesday afternoon, for pickup starting by Friday.
How to:
- Place your printing order on our website as usual.
- When you check out, select "Ship" for delivery.
- On the next screen, enter your address and choose your payment option. Then scroll down to the list of shipping options (you may need to click on the "Default" option to see the list): Select "Toronto Pickup", with the date of the next shipment.
- If there are any order questions or issues, the team here at S&S will contact you. Otherwise, the order will be printed and shipped with the next bundle!
- You will get a message from us when the package arrives in Toronto, so you know when you can pick up.
Shoppe & Tailor Studios is all-around a wonderful space with lovely people. While they no longer have workspaces and equipment to rent, they still hold events, classes, and private sewing lessons.
You can find all the details on their website and their Instagram.
Another pickup option is the KW Garment Sewists Guild meetings! This new group of Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Guelph garment sewists aims to keep our community connected with regular in person and online meetings, sew-a-longs, and a Discord server for chatting between meetings.
They hold monthly meetings Sept-May, and for all in-person meetings, you can place an order up to the day of the meeting for free delivery! Just choose the Free Local Pickup option when you place your order, and either add a note or send an email to let us know that you'd like meeting pickup. We'll try to remind you on Instagram or our newsletter as the meetings approach.
The best way to reach them is to check out their Instagram or their new website! They also have a great online community on the Discord server.
And of course, your main source for pickups is the printshop at 35 Dekay St, Kitchener. The drop-in hours are short right now, but we are often available for pickup appointments at all hours of the day. Just send us an email to ask! Here are the details.
Do you know of a Sewists Guild or shop who might want to partner with us to offer pattern pickup? Let them (and us) know! The only way we know where people want to pick up patterns is if you tell us!