Updated 2026: Free Pickup Options
Update in March 2026:
We are very sad to discontinue our printing bundles to Shoppe & Tailor Studios, the demand just isn't high enough to cover the costs. The last shipment to S&TS is ready to be picked up. All orders must be picked up by April 30th.
We will continue to send bundles every 2 weeks to Riverside Fabrics, read on for the details!
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 a lovely Toronto fabric shop to provide free pickup. We send a bundle every two weeks on Tuesday, for pickup starting later that week.
Location: Riverside Fabrics East of the DVP.
1007 Gerrard Street East, Toronto (near Gerrard Square)
Pickup Monday to Friday, 10am to 8pm, or Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm. (closed holidays)
Place your order by 11am every second Tuesday, starting from March 10, 2026. The bundle will ship Tuesday afternoon, for pickup starting by Friday.
Bonus: even if you aren't able to pick up in person, you can save some shipping by having your Riverside Fabrics and Spool & Spindle printing shipped together! Place your S&S order for printing, with Riverside pickup. Then add this product to your Riverside order, with your printing order number. They will hold your fabric order at the shop until the printing arrives, and mail them together! Or they also have local delivery within the GTA with GoodFoot.
Final Shoppe & Tailor Shipment
Our final bundle to Shoppe & Tailor Studios has shipped and is ready for pickup.
Location: Unit 167, 163 Sterling Rd, Toronto
Drop by to pick up your order anytime the building open:
Monday to Friday: 10am to 5pm
Closed holidays
All orders must be picked up or arrangements made with S&TS by April 30th, or your patterns may be recycled.
How to:
- Place your printing order on our website as usual.
- When you check out, select "Pickup in store" for delivery (not Ship).
- Click on the pickup location to see the other store options. Select the Toronto: Riverside location; the date of the next shipment is shown.
- If there are any order questions or issues, the team here at S&S will contact you. Otherwise, the order will be printed, folded, 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.
Riverside Fabrics is a gorgeous fabric shop with both online and in-person shopping. They specialize in garment fabrics, notions, and tools, and are available to help you choose just the right fabric for that pattern you printed!
You can shop on their website, or see their Instagram for the latest news.
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 most 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 the guild is to check out their Instagram! They also have a great online community on the Discord server.
And your main source for pickups is just down the road from the printshop, at Flying Squirrel Fine Yarns! They have a great location with transit and free parking, and much better hours than when we had pickup at the printshop. Here are the details.
Unless you arrange printshop pickup ahead of time, all orders will be taken directly to the Flying Squirrel. By the time you get your pickup notice, your printing is already there and ready.
Do you know of a Sewists Guild or fabric shop who might want to partner with us to offer pattern pickup? Let them (and us) know! The best way we find out where people want to pick up patterns is if you tell us!