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2025 mega-list of creative reuse centers! A map of how to find a secondhand fabric craft store near you!

A custom map and international list of creative reuse centers – stores that sell upcycled materials, craft supplies, and more!

A creative reuse center near me map resource!

If you’re googling ‘ creative reuse center near me ‘ hopefully you’ll find my page! This amazing organization concept can be tough to track down because they all have different names. After stumbling on one while traveling, I decided to make a map that makes it easier to map them out. There is also an organized list below – please leave a comment if I’ve missed any that you know of! If you don’t know what a creative reuse center is, keep reading and I’ll explain. The map is at the very end of this post!

This list has been up for several years at this point and multiple websites have since published identical posts, sometimes clearly copy/pasting all my text or even embedding my map. On one hand – I’m thrilled for more people to know about creative reuse centers and spread the word! On the other hand, copy/pasting someone else’s list is not cool – and leads to heartache if they aren’t updating it. At any rate, I am so thankful for the dozens of people who regularly leave comments about new stores or stores shutting down. I keep my list updated regularly and appreciate everyone who helps me keep this as robust as it can be!

**I will always make a note in my weekly newsletter when I add new ones to the list, so subscribe if you don’t want to miss anything, it is emailed out every friday!** [Last update to this list: 6/18/2025]

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These centers serve as secondhand stores for traditional arts and crafts supplies alongside ‘upcycled’ materials that are great for projects like plastic spools, factory offcuts of fabric or leather, old CDs, bottle tops, and more! They serve to keep things out of a landfill and often run creative classes and workshops. They’re a great place to look for creative inspiration or to pass along your old supplies or recyclables!

If you like this post, check out these others while you’re here! I have lots of upcycling inspiration past these 4, just some of my favorites!

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You often pay by the pound or there is a flat rate to fill a bag, making it a really affordable way to get crafty. I’ve been to two in the past and stumbled on the most recent one by chance, so I decided to make a map of where all the active ones were so I could check it when we traveled! Please leave a comment if you know of one that I didn’t include.

I also noted craft/sewing focused thrift stores that are more traditional without the upcycled materials, just to keep it green! I have not included any online-only stores – just places you can walk in the door. Check out this post for places to shop secondhand crafts/fabric online.

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A creative reuse center near me map resource!

First, a list state by state (and international countries too) – keep scrolling to see the map at the end! The map will not show any groups that are operating as a pop-up only without a permanent address, those will only be in the list below:

Please note that:

  • I will keep this list as updated as I can via comments or feedback, but always double check before stopping by!
  • Many of these places also offer workshops and classes!
  • ” No upcycleables” means that generally speaking, they do not accept or sell things like bottle caps, old jars, board game pieces, empty containers, or wine corks – but instead accept and sell secondhand fabric and/or craft supplies like you might find at JOANN or Michael’s!

Alaska

  • Anchorage re:MADE– Anchorage, AK
  • Treasure Trader (craft supplies only, no upcycleables)- Wasilla, AK
  • Upcycle Annex (craft supplies only, no upcycleables)- Fairbanks, AK (this was submitted by someone who works there, she affirmed that it was open to the public and included some craft supplies!)

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Idaho

Iowa

Illinois

Indiana

Georgia

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

  • Make & Mend (craft & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Somerville, MA
  • Paper City Fabrics (fabric & sewing supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Holyoke, MA
  • Swanson’s Fabric (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Turners Falls, MA

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

  • Craft Bits & Pieces (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Fairport, NY
  • Crafting For Good (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables) – North Chili, NY
  • FABSCRAP (fabric ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies) – Brooklyn, NY
  • Retake/Remake – Peekskill, NY
  • Secondwave Supplies (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Beacon, NY
  • Sew Green (fabric & craft supplies, no upcycle-ables) – Ithaca, NY
  • Sew Green (fabric & craft supplies, no upcycle-ables) – Rochester, NY
  • Sew What (fabric & craft supplies, no upcycle-ables)- Auburn, NY
  • Stitch Buffalo’s Second Stitch (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Buffalo, NY
  • Up-Stitch (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Albany, NY

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

  • Sew Bewitching (fabric/sewing stuff ONLY, no upcycle-ables or craft supplies)- Oklahoma City, OK
  • Trove Arts & Crafts (fabric & craft supplies ONLY, no upcycle-ables)- Oklahoma City, OK

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

  • JAM Art & Supplies (no constant physical location, takes donations/has pop up events of art supplies)- Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Outside the US

If the website isn’t in English, I checked it with https://translate.google.com/ as best I could!

Australia

Belgium

  • Rest – Mortsel, Belgium

Canada

UK

Netherlands

  • MooiZooi– Haarlem, Netherlands
  • SCRAP– Rotterdam, Netherlands

Spain

Switzerland

  • OFFCUTZürich, Switzerland
  • OFFCUTBern, Switzerland
  • OFFCUT– Basel, Switzerland 
  • OFFCUTSt. Gallen, Switzerland 

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Sam

Wednesday 11th of June 2025

The Makery in Burlington, VT!

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Wednesday 18th of June 2025

thank you so much!! got it added!

dee

Saturday 31st of May 2025

new one in California, Pleasant Hill: https://www.creativeupcycle.org/

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Friday 6th of June 2025

thanks so much, got it added!

Joan Gleckler

Wednesday 28th of May 2025

Don’t forget Scraplanta in Atlanta, GA!

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Friday 6th of June 2025

It's on there already :) I've been to that one, it's great!

Jeff

Friday 9th of May 2025

Thank you for maintaining this list! You could add the Remakery Tacoma, in WA, to your list. They just opened their space in the last few months, I believe. Great folks.

https://www.remakerytacoma.org/

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Friday 9th of May 2025

thank you for adding to it!! got them on there, you rock!

Syeda

Tuesday 6th of May 2025

I wanted to suggest adding 2 more places :)

I was travelling in New York state and just got informed about a new creative reuse store, Second Wave Supplies. Their address is 333 Fishkill Ave, Beacon, NY 12508. Their Instagram is @Secondwavesupplies and they're on Facebook as well.

Also I visited Seattle ReCreative and learned that there is a 2nd Seattle ReCreative location, in Georgetown. Their address is 6521 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108.

Stephanie - Swoodson Says

Friday 9th of May 2025

amazing!! got them both added, thank you so much!

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