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I think Chicago Canvas & Supply is a wonderful city resource and not just for pros. Check out the timeless-looking sign in the photo and you won't be surprised to learn that it's been here for 60 years! Owned by two 
sisters, Karen Mangurten and Cheryl Warren, the business was started by their parents.
This place is especially known for wide seamless canvas and muslin. I used their 10 foot wide natural muslin as a seamless "skirt" for a 60" round table. It reaches to the floor and I can then add all kinds of different colorful tablecloths and fabrics on top to vary my table setting decor. I've also used a wide panel as a bedspread and added a fine Indonesian weaving as a topper.
Many ideas come to mind such as murals, curtains and no end of craft projects. The prices are terrifically low. 
If you need custom sewing, that may be a possibility depending on the project. (No, they won't make one tote bag).
Recently the company has added products such as photographers' gray backdrop fabric, gauze and other fabrics used by theaters. They stock many more specialized fabrics too, such as artists' canvas, linen and primed canvas. Colored canvas and easy to use textile dyes, vinyl, and both canvas and synthetic dropcloths may be found here as well.
You can send for a free catalogue and/or check all this out at their website www.chicagocanvas.com . They will ship goods anywhere in the U.S.
Chicago Canvas & Supply, 3719 W. Lawrence Av., 773.478.5700. Mon-Fri, 8-12 and 1-4:15. (Closed from 12-1PM for lunch).
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