The Story of Cravings Fabrics
A Brooklyn Heritage in Fashion, Apparel & Fabric
Cravings Fabrics is more than a fabric store. It is part of a long-standing Brooklyn, New York story built around fashion, apparel, textiles, and a genuine appreciation for beautiful clothing and quality fabrics.
Our roots go back to 1973, when Hindy's began as a small maternity business in Brooklyn. What started in a five-room apartment grew over the years into a successful maternity business serving generations of customers. With a focus on fashion, quality, value, and personal service, Hindy's developed a deep connection to the apparel industry and the fabrics behind the garments.
That experience became an important part of the foundation behind Cravings.
From Garments to Fabric
As our involvement in the apparel business developed, so did our knowledge and appreciation of the fabrics used to create beautiful clothing.
In 1995, Cravings Ltd. was established in Brooklyn as a maternity-clothing manufacturing business. Working with apparel provided firsthand experience with the characteristics that make a fabric work—not simply how it looks, but how it feels, moves, stretches, drapes, and performs when turned into a finished garment.
That experience continues to influence the way we approach fabric today.
We understand that the right fabric can make all the difference. Weight, texture, stretch, drape, breathability, color, and movement all contribute to how a finished garment looks and feels.
The Beginning of Cravings Fabrics
Cravings Fabrics grew naturally from this long connection to apparel and textiles.
After years of working with clothing and fabrics, we wanted to make beautiful and interesting fabrics available to a much wider audience. What began with our experience in the New York apparel industry developed into a dedicated fabric business offering fabrics by the yard to designers, dressmakers, manufacturers, sewing enthusiasts, and creative customers everywhere.
Our collection includes a constantly changing selection of fabrics, from elegant Italian and designer textiles to stretch suiting, rayon challis, chiffon, velvet, faux fur, sherpa, jersey knits, crepes, specialty fabrics, and unique prints and textures.
Some fabrics are timeless and versatile. Others are distinctive finds chosen because they offer an unusual color, texture, pattern, drape, or character.
Fabric Selected With an Apparel Background
Our apparel background influences how we look at fabric.
We know that a fabric is more than a color or pattern on a bolt. Designers and makers need to know how a fabric will behave when it becomes part of a garment.
Will it drape beautifully?
Does it have the right amount of stretch?
Is it lightweight and breathable?
Does it have enough structure for the intended design?
How will the texture and movement of the fabric affect the finished piece?
These are the qualities that make fabric exciting—and they are the qualities we look for when selecting fabrics for Cravings Fabrics.
Quality, Variety & Value
We believe finding the right fabric should be an exciting part of the creative process.
That's why we offer a wide variety of fabrics in different colors, patterns, textures, weights, and materials. Our selection continues to evolve as we discover new fabrics and bring them to our customers.
Whether you're searching for fabric for a special occasion dress, a tailored suit, a flowing skirt, a costume, a fashion collection, or your next sewing project, our goal is to give you plenty of possibilities to explore.
Our New York Roots
Cravings Fabrics carries forward the experience and history of the New York apparel industry while making our fabrics available to customers far beyond Brooklyn.
Our connection to apparel has taught us to appreciate the details that make a fabric special. Our connection to New York has given us an appreciation for fashion, creativity, and the constant search for something new.
Today, we bring those ideas together through Cravings Fabrics.
We are proud of our Brooklyn roots, proud of our history in apparel, and proud to offer fabrics that can become part of someone else's creative story.
From Brooklyn to Your Sewing Room
Whether you are an experienced fashion designer, professional garment maker, small clothing business, sewing enthusiast, or someone beginning a new creative project, we hope Cravings Fabrics becomes a place where you find something that inspires you.
Because every beautiful garment begins with an idea—and often, it begins with the right fabric.
From Brooklyn. From apparel. From decades of experience.
Welcome to Cravings Fabrics.