What Renaissance Ribbons does

Renaissance Ribbons is a US-based specialty manufacturer and e-commerce retailer of designer woven jacquard ribbons, webbing, zippers, and complementary sewing notions, founded in 1990 and operating with 1–10 employees from Oregon House, California. Its core technology is the production of high-quality, pre-shrunk polyester jacquard ribbons that translate licensed fabric-artist designs — including collections from Tula Pink, Ruby Star Society, Kaffe Fassett, and 20+ independent designers — into woven ribbon form. The catalog spans individual yardage (priced approximately $3.35–$13.47 per yard across widths from 1/4" to 2"), curated designer packs ($37–$52), and complete sewing kits ($49.95–$289.95) that bundle ribbons with fabrics, ByAnnie or Noodlehead patterns, zippers, interfacing, and step-by-step instructions.

The business operates a three-channel go-to-market: a direct-to-consumer Shopify storefront at renaissanceribbons.com with multi-currency international checkout, a gated wholesale portal at wholesale.renaissanceribbons.com serving retailers and small businesses, and a 'Where to Buy' locator funneling customers to local quilt and craft stores. Recurring revenue is generated through six kit-club subscriptions (Ditty Bag, Tula Pink Mini/Mega, Ruby Star Society Mini/Mega, Kaffe Fassett Mega) priced $44–$119.95 per shipment, plus a $75-per-year VIP Club membership offering discounts and early product access. Marketing is concentrated on organic social (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest), email newsletter, SEO-optimized product pages, and a content blog featuring project tutorials.

The company's primary customer segments are individual sewing enthusiasts, quilters, and bag makers who purchase coordinated notions for personal projects, supplemented by independent craft retailers purchasing at wholesale. Pricing is structured for individual and small-buyer consumption rather than enterprise contracts, and the business carries no public revenue disclosure, no external funding, and no parent-company relationship. The firm is privately held, operates on Shopify infrastructure, and ships internationally to North America, Europe, and Oceania.

Name

Renaissance Ribbons

Legal name

Renaissance Ribbons

Website

https://renaissanceribbons.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Renaissance Ribbons is a US-based specialty e-commerce retailer manufacturing and wholesaling designer woven jacquard ribbons, webbing, zippers, and sewing kits featuring licensed designs from Tula Pink, Ruby Star Society, Kaffe Fassett, and other fabric designers, serving individual sewists, quilters, bag makers, and craft retailers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sewing Notions & Textile Trims

NAICS

Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Retailers (45913), Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Retailers (459130), Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery (31322), Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery (313220)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130), Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk (2221), Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products (2390)

akta.pro primary industry

Weaving & Loom Supplies Retail (CRALADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quilting & Patchwork Shops (CRALADAB), Labels, Tags & Branding Trims (Woven/Printed Labels/Hangtags/Patches/Heat Transfers) (IMAOALAC)

Keywords

• Designer jacquard ribbons
• Sewing notions
• Bag-making kits
• Quilter ribbons
• Woven webbing

Headquarters

HQ city

Oregon House

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (Direct): One-time purchase revenue from selling ribbons, webbing, zippers, sewing kits, woven labels, and other sewing notions through e-commerce storefront. Products sold per yard, pack, or unit with varying price points based on product type and designer.
2. Kit Club Subscriptions: Monthly and bi-monthly subscription kit clubs (Mini, Mega, Ditty Bag) providing curated sewing kits with fabrics, ribbons, patterns, and notions delivered on a recurring schedule. Pricing from $44 to $119.95 per shipment with automatic recurring billing.
3. Wholesale/B2B Sales: Wholesale channel for retailers and businesses requiring wholesale account approval. Dedicated wholesale portal with separate pricing structure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Renaissance Ribbons manufactures and wholesales high-quality woven jacquard ribbons featuring licensed designs from major fabric designers (Tula Pink, Kaffe Fassett, Ruby Star Society) along with proprietary in-house designs. The company sells coordinating notions including webbing, zippers, woven labels, complete sewing kits, and recurring subscription kit clubs through its direct e-commerce storefront and a dedicated wholesale portal.

Product overview

Renaissance Ribbons is a specialty retailer offering high-quality designer embroidered and jacquard ribbons as its core product. The company operates on a multi-brand platform model, featuring licensed ribbon collections from prominent fabric designers including Tula Pink, Ruby Star Society (Alexia Abegg, Kimberly Kight, Melody Miller, Sarah Watts, Rashida Coleman-Hale), and Kaffe Fassett, plus proprietary In-House designs. Complementary product lines include Renaissance Webbing, Renaissance Zippers, and Woven Labels. The company differentiates through curated Sewing Kits that bundle designer fabrics, ribbons, patterns (ByAnnie, Noodlehead, SewDemented), and notions for bag-making. Subscription offerings include VIP Club and multiple Kit Clubs (Ditty Kit Club at $44/month, plus Tula Pink, Ruby Star Society, and Kaffe Fassett Kit Clubs at $79.95-$119.95 bi-monthly).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Designer Embroidered and Jacquard Ribbons High-quality pre-shrunk polyester woven jacquard ribbons featuring licensed designs from fabric designers such as Tula Pink, Kaffe Fassett, and Ruby Star Society, sold by the yard in multiple widths for quilting, bag-making, and embellishment projects.
• Ribbon Packs Curated bundles of coordinating ribbons from a single designer's collection, offering variety and per-pack value for quilting and bag-making projects.
• Renaissance Webbing Signature woven webbing including Wavy Webbing and Sawtooth Webbing styles in multiple widths, designed to coordinate with ribbon collections for bag handles and trim applications.
• Renaissance Zippers Coordinating handbag zippers in a wide range of colors engineered to match Renaissance ribbon and webbing collections for bag-making projects.
• Woven Labels Exclusive woven labels designed in collaboration with various fabric designers, used to finish handmade bags, quilts, and garments.
• Sewing Kits Complete bag-making kits that bundle designer fabrics, ribbons, patterns (ByAnnie, Noodlehead, SewDemented), zippers, hardware, interfacing, and step-by-step instructions into a turnkey project for sewists.
• Tula Pink Kit Club Subscription Recurring bi-monthly subscription delivering curated Tula Pink fabrics and ribbons with bag-making patterns and notions, available in Mini and Mega tiers.
• Ruby Star Society Kit Club Subscription Recurring bi-monthly subscription delivering curated Ruby Star Society fabrics and Renaissance Ribbons with bag-making patterns and notions, available in Mini and Mega tiers.
• Kaffe Fassett Kit Club Subscription Recurring bi-monthly subscription delivering curated Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics and ribbons with bag-making patterns and notions, with a Mega tier at $119.95 per shipment.
• Ditty Bag Kit Club Subscription Monthly subscription delivering fabrics, ribbons, ByAnnie's Ditty Bags 2.0 pattern, Soft & Stable interfacing, ByAnnie zipper, and printed pattern for two ditty bag projects at $44.00 per shipment.
• VIP Club Membership Annual VIP membership program offering exclusive discounts and early access to new products for $75 per year, designed to drive repeat purchases and customer loyalty.
• Sewing Notions Complementary sewing supplies including mesh, stabilizers, interfacing, vinyl, zippers, and sewing patterns from designers such as ByAnnie, Stitch Supply Co, Noodlehead, and SewDemented.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Tula PinkflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive designer collaboration featuring Tula Pink's fabric collections translated into woven jacquard ribbons. Multiple collections including Prince Charming Deja Vu, Untamed, Tabby Road Deja Vu, Roar!, Full Moon Forest II, and more. Products include ribbons, webbing, and coordinated sewing kits. Tula Pink is one of the most recognized names in modern quilting fabric design.
• Ruby Star SocietyflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Ruby Star Society featuring ribbons from their collective of designers including Alexia Abegg, Kimberly Kight, Melody Miller, Sarah Watts, and Rashida Coleman-Hale. Exclusive ribbon collections and dedicated Ruby Star Society Kit Club.
• Kaffe Fassett / Kaffe Fassett CollectiveflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLicensed designer ribbons featuring Kaffe Fassett's iconic fabric patterns in woven jacquard ribbon form. Also includes Brandon Mably designs. Features the Kaffe Fassett Kit Club - Mega subscription with bi-monthly sewing kits. Priced at $119.95 per kit shipment with kit contents valued at $110-$175.
• ByAnniecoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with pattern designer ByAnnie for bag-making patterns included in sewing kits. Ditty Bags 2.0 pattern distributed with kit club memberships. Products include ByAnnie zippers, Soft & Stable interfacing, and ByAnnie patterns bundled in kits.
• Knot and Thread DesignsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPattern designer partnership for kit club projects. Sewing kit patterns from Knot and Thread Designs featured in Ruby Star Society and other kit club offerings.
• Center Street QuiltsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPattern designer partnership for bag-making kit club projects. Patterns from Center Street Quilts used in various kit club offerings.
• Ma Tante QuiltingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPattern designer partnership for kit club projects. Ma Tante Quilting patterns featured in sewing kit club offerings.
• Andover FabricsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigner Stephanie Organes creates fabric collections for Andover Fabrics, with her designs featured on ribbons sold by Renaissance Ribbons. Collection 'Sunset Cottage' recently released.
• Art Gallery FabricsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRibbons featuring designs from Art Gallery Fabrics designers including Katarina Roccella and Patty Basemi. Collections originally designed for Art Gallery Fabrics now available in ribbon form.
• Moda FabricsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRibbons featuring designs from Moda Fabrics designers including Lizzy House. Lizzy House is renowned for quirky, whimsical illustrations originally featured on Moda Fabrics, now available as ribbons.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• May Arts Ribbon: Long-established wholesale ribbon manufacturer with broad SKU breadth across grosgrain, satin, and printed ribbons sold through B2B channels. Comparable as a much larger ribbon maker competing for the same wholesale accounts.
• Offray: Heritage ribbon brand (now part of Berwick Industries) supplying grosgrain, satin, and decorative ribbons through wholesale and retail. Broad incumbent competing in the same craft-ribbon category.
• JOANN: Large national craft and fabric retailer carrying ribbons, webbing, zippers, and kits across broad price points. Overlaps on the same notions, kits, and subscription programs but as a much larger generalist.
• Hobby Lobby: National craft retailer with extensive fabric, ribbon, and sewing notions assortment. Adjacent in customer base and product overlap but competes as a broad-line mass retailer rather than a designer specialist.
• Berisford Ribbon: Global manufacturer and wholesaler of decorative ribbons and trims supplying retailers and converters worldwide. Competes in the same woven ribbon supply category at much larger scale.

Others

• Etsy: Online marketplace aggregating thousands of small ribbon and notions sellers. Functions as an indirect competitor for hobbyist ribbon spend and a channel option for designer IP expansion.

Direct peers

• Fat Quarter Shop: Online quilt shop specializing in designer fabric bundles, kits, and notions, with active kit-of-the-month subscription programs. Directly comparable DTC + subscription + designer-driven model.
• Connecting Threads: Online fabric and notions retailer serving quilters and sewists with a curated catalog and own-brand kits. Comparable DTC hobbyist retail model with overlap on notions, kits, and designer fabric curation.
• The Ribbon Retreat: Online specialty retailer of ribbons, trims, and sewing notions targeting crafters and quilters. Highly comparable DTC ribbon retail model, though without Renaissance Ribbons' flagship-designer licensing depth.
• Country Brook Design: E-commerce retailer of ribbon, webbing, and nylon straps for crafting, bag-making, and pet products. Overlaps directly on webbing/zippers retail and serves the same bag-maker hobbyist base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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