Start out searching locally for your basic sewing needs, as well as machines. They can usually be found at the local fabric stores, small sewing shops, Walmart, and some other large department chains.

Allcrafts - free patterns and sewing machine help - http://www.allcrafts.net/sewing.htm

Ace Sewing & Vacuum Center (http://www.acesewvac.com/)
509 East Sample Road (Inside the Sample Square Plaza)
Pompano Beach, FL 33064
Phone: 800-992-4739 or 954-786-1621

Allyn International (http://www.allynint.com/)
1075 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 800-525-9987 or 303-825-5200
Fax: 303-825-5078
Importer of Necchi sewing machines.
Headquarters homepage: http://www.necchi.it/

Baby Lock - See Riccar/Tacony Corporation below

Bernina of America, Inc. (http://www.berninausa.com/)
3702 Prairie Lake Court
Aurora, IL 60504
Phone: 630-978-2500

Brother International Corporation (http://www.brother.com/)
Head Office
15-1, Naeshiro-cho
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467- 8561
Japan
Phone: +81-52-824-2072
Fax: +81-52-811-6826
Go into About Brother for a listing of international locations.

Elna International (http://www.elna.com/)
Chemin du Champ-des-Filles 19
CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates/Gen�ve
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 884 86 66
Fax: +41 22 794 95 40

Husqvarna - See also Viking below

Janome America, Inc. - also known as New Home (http://www.janome.com/)
10 Industrial Ave.
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Phone: 201.825.3200 or 1-800-631-0183

JUS (also known as Juki) (http://www.juki.com/)
Head Office
8-2-1, Kokuryo-cho
Chofu-shi
Tokyo 182-8655
Japan
Phone: 81-3-3480-1111

Kenmore (http://www.sears.com/)
Sears National Customer Relations
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Check the Customer Service link for more contacts and phone numbers.

Nancy's Notions Retail Store (http://www.nancysnotions.com/)
333 Beichl Ave.
Beaver Dam, WI 53916-0683
Phone: (800) 245-5116
Fax: (800) 255-8119
Check the Contact Us link for more phone numbers including international.

Pfaff (http://www.pfaff.com/)
Pfaff GmbH
Amalienbadstr. 36
76227 Karlsruhe, Germany
Phone: +49 721 4001-0
Fax: +49 721 4001-513

Riccar (http://www.riccar.com/)
Tacony Corporate Centre
1760 Gilsinn Lane
Fenton, MO 63026-0730
Phone: 636-349-3000
Fax: 636-349-2333
Web2: http://www.tacony.com/

Richard The Thread (http://www.richardthethread.com/)
8320 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: 800-473-4997 or 323-852-4997

Sew Fine, LLC (http://www.a1sew.com/)
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-665-3447
Fax: 415-661-4586
Develops custom sewing equipment for Medical devices and Industrial manufacturing, and is a consultant, including other items. Also has a listing of dealers and vendors around the world. Very good listing there!

Simplicity Sewing Machines (http://www.simplicitysewing.com/) - See Tacony/Riccar Corporation above.

Singer Sewing Company (http://www.singerco.com/)
1224 Heil Quaker Blvd.
P.O. Box 7017
LaVergne, TN 37086-7017
Phone: 1-800-4-SINGER (Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm CST)
Fax: (615) 213-0994
Web2: http://www.parts.singerco.com/ (industrial sewing machines and supplies)

Viking Sewing Machines, INC. (USA) (also known as Husqvarna) (http://www.husqvarnaviking.com/)
31000 Viking Parkway
Westlake, OH 44145
Phone: 800 358 0001

VSM Group AB
HEAD OFFICE Sweden
561 84 Huskvarna
Phone: +46 36 14 60 00 (switchboard)
Fax: +46 36 14 60 95
Main page has links to other company country URLs.

White (http://www.whitesewing.com/)
31000 Viking Parkway
Westlake OH 44145
Phone: 1-800-331-3164