Who is Breakwater Fabric?
Housed just a few miles west of the Ontario Convention Center, Breakwater Fabric is a quilt shop specializing in Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Singer Featherweights, Riley Blake and Moda.
Owner Rachel Mayfield has been quilting since 1989. She has a passion for “beautiful fabric and Singer Featherweight machines.” She recalled that she and her husband were once selling Singer Featherweights in an antique shop in Orange County, California. Leaving a quilt shop one day, Rachel was driving in her car and decided that she could open an online quilt shop to sell Featherweights and quilt shop fabric at quilt shows. Combining this desire with her background in accounting and display, “Breakwater Fabric just all came together.”
Rachel says that she LOVES chatting with the quilters who come into the Breakwater Fabric booth at the various quilt shows they attend. “My customers have become my friends.” Rachel also really enjoys display and she is constantly thinking of creative ways to share new fabrics and notions.
How has Breakwater Fabric adapted during the age of COVID-19? “The biggest change we had to make,’ said Rachel, “was to open an Etsy shop and move all of our online presence to Etsy. This has been great for us”
Coming to Road 2021
Breakwater Fabric can’t wait to see their customers in person again. They “so miss chatting and visiting with the quilt show attendees.” Rachel continued, “I feel like we need to reconnect through our love of fabric and share how we’ve been working on our projects since the Corona Virus Safe at Home recommendations.”
Featured in their booth will be Moda Grunge, Robin Pickens, and FreeSpirit Kaffe Fassett fabrics along with Singer Featherweights in their booth at Road. They will also have some fun antique sewing machine items to share this year.
Road is looking forward to having Breakwater Fabric at Road 2021. To learn more about this online shop, please visit their Facebook Page.
