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Standard electronic components

Good for regular electronic components and project parts

• Digikey
• Mouser
• Jameco

Conductive fabrics and threads

• Conductive Fabrics at fine silver trading
• Conductive Thread at Sparkfun (2ply / 4ply)
• Antique silver threads at Tinsel Trading in NY
• Conductive threads at lessemf
• Conductive thread for lamé repair and other soft circuit uses (from Sofia Paraskeva)
  "It takes about 2 weeks to arrive and it's better than the sparkfun thread. It doesn't fray that much, and it's also cheaper than lessemf."
• Thread Sources, Annotated List, February 2008

Fabric Stores & Patterns

• Mood Fabric great selection of fabrics, friendly staff
• B & J Fabrics good selection of specialty fabrics, expensive
• Burda Style Online patterns & sewing tips
• Vintage Fashion Library - offers hard to find original and reproduction patterns of some of the most stylish looks from yesteryear (from India Amos)
• Pattern Rescue - Restoring and preserving vintage sewing patterns (from India Amos)
• Vintage Pattern Lending Library - The Vintage Pattern Lending Library preserves, archives, and replicates historic fashion patterns from 1840 through 1950, vintage sewing publications, and fashion prints of the past. (from India Amos)

Plastic as Fabric

• Make Magazine Tutorial

Jewelry Supplies & Notions

• Metalliferous "is a full-service, fully-stocked supplier of metal, tools, and supplies to jewelers, beaders, crafters, hobbyists, metalworkers, sculptors, and everyone else interested in metalworking and jewelry."
• Pacific Trimmings: 306 W 37th, small magnets, buttons, snaps etc, a large variety of supplies
• Toho Shoji: 990 6th avenue (between 37 & 38), many small metal parts

Sensors

• Force & stretch sensitive resistors
• Force sensitive rubber (Zoflex)

Tools

• Clover Mini Iron and other useful craft supplies (great for heat bonding materials)

Wearable electronics

• LiliPad Arduino at Sparkfun

Materials libraries and resources

• Material Connexion offers a library of materials.

They have a location in Manhattan where you can browse the actual materials and additional information online. The online library is restricted - for full access go through the NYU network or proxy (proxy setup instructions)

Clothing

• Spandexman sells spandex unitards, leotards, wrestling singlets, and superhero costumes. (from Sofia Paraskeva)