Partner With Fiber Arts Houston
For shops, publishers, and makers: help us protect the knowledge that keeps makers in the craft, and in your store.
When the References Vanish, the Customers Follow.
Titles go out of print. Whole traditions are documented only in French, German, Japanese, or Spanish. Great collections disappear when their owners do. And when the references vanish, the classes, the skills, and eventually the customers follow.
Fiber Arts Houston is a nonprofit lending library built to real library standards, with 2,500+ books, patterns, and tools in the collection today.
11,000
titles by 2029
It won’t come from a budget line. It comes from fiber artists and partners like you.
Where Partnering Is a Win for You.
Tax-Deductible
Gifts to Fiber Arts Houston, a 501(c)(3) (EIN 42-2979986), are deductible to the extent the law allows.
In Front of Engaged Makers
Titles and products you donate can be reviewed and featured in Twist & Ply, our journal, where makers are already reading.
Recognized
Every gift is acknowledged in our cataloguing. Sustaining Scholars are named permanently, and major gifts can carry naming opportunities.
Try Before They Buy
Members try references and tools first, then buy what they love. You gain informed, ready-to-buy customers.
Not tax advice. Please check with your own advisor.
Our First Industry Partners.
They gave first. There’s room for you.
Ways Partners Can Give.
Partner gifts are part of Pass the Thread, our giving campaign.
Books
Out-of-print, backlist, hard-to-find, and current in-print books. Our goal: 11,000 titles by 2029.
How to donate books →Tools & Equipment
Tools and equipment for the library, studio, and classes, including samples members can try before they buy. Please contact us first.
What we accept →Sponsor a Program
Underwrite a program you care about: lectures, exhibitions, and digitization of rare titles.
Talk with us →Financial Support
Help us reach $50,000 in seed funding. A gift to the library, not a subscription.
See gift levels →Let’s Collaborate.
Joint social media campaigns, co-hosted events, and more. We’re open to ideas that serve makers and your business.
- Publishers: backlist spotlights, author talks, reprint-demand signals from our checkout data, and permission to digitize out-of-print titles.
- Yarn and tool makers: a stitch-along using a pattern from the stacks, or a Make-from-the-Stacks challenge.
- Shops: gift memberships for your students, guild, or customers.
Deciding what to send? Our curation rubric is your donation guide. Want to know who’s behind this? Meet our board.
Frequently Asked Questions.
What kinds of businesses partner with Fiber Arts Houston?
Yarn companies, tool and notions makers, publishers, local yarn and needlework shops, and fiber arts studios. Our first industry partners are Knitting Fever and Skacel.
How are partners recognized?
Every gift is acknowledged in our cataloguing. Seed-campaign patrons are recognized on our website and patron wall, Sustaining Scholar members are named permanently, major gifts can carry naming opportunities, and partner titles and products can be featured in Twist & Ply.
Do you accept current, in-print titles from publishers?
Yes. Along with out-of-print and hard-to-find books, we welcome current in-print titles and backlist.
Can a shop sponsor memberships for its customers or students?
Yes. Gift memberships let a shop sponsor library access for students, guild members, or its own customers. Get in touch and we'll set it up.
Is a partner donation tax-deductible?
Fiber Arts Houston is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 42-2979986). Gifts are deductible to the extent the law allows. This is not tax advice; please check with your own advisor.
Let’s Build It Together.
Terri Michele King, Founder & Executive Director
terri@fiberartshouston.org · 832-465-4935