Beverly’s Fabrics & Crafts

I used to shop at the Beverly’s in Santa Cruz, but have since moved to Monterey and the first time I visited the Beverly’s here I was shocked at how much bigger it is!
Since that first visit, I have been there at least a dozen or more times, and have always gotten excellent customer service. There is a cashier, who’s name is escaping me, short blonde hair, one of the friendliest ladies around. I always get a smile on my face if I see her when I walk in.
***ETA… her name is Joann (not sure of the spelling). I was in the day after I wrote this and made sure to get her name!
And the fabric counter ladies are fabulous.
Back in November I had been in and bought multiple soft book panels to make for my Nephew for Christmas. I was excited to find a Thomas the Tank Engine one since he is obsessed.
A few weeks later, I went to sew them and realized that the Thomas one was missing 4 pages! I didn’t have my receipt any longer, but when I went back in after Christmas and told them what happened, they cut me a new one for no charge.
Little things like that are what make me keep going back. In fact, I am heading out there in a little bit to pick up some things for a new project.

Honestly, I have been reading through a lot of these people’s reviews and yeah they may be slightly expensive (but you get personalized service and someone helping making sure you get all the stuff you need!). I used to work for ACE Hardware and it is like this, ACE is more expensive but we always gave awesome service and helped with projects instead of wandering around in Home Depot with no clue as to where anything is. I forgot her name (darn-​it!) but the last 2 times I went into Beverly’s I needed help with fabric items. The first time she helped me and my bf with his Halloween costume accessory and the second time she helped me make my bf a surprise Crown Royal stocking for him for Christmas. She was very helpful. Gave her input happily to make sure it turned out awesome and I would be glad to go back there again. Since my stocking turned out awesome, I can’t wait to go back for more items and get my sewing on again! Thank you Beverly’s Team!!!

Stupid expensive. Never enough fabric for general sewing projects (unless your a quilter, then there is TONS). But, convenient and has a pretty good selection of craft goods

There’s was a worker there (younger girl, black hair) that made me feel very uncomfortable about having my children with me at the register. She already seemed a bit frazzled when I started setting my items on the counter. My kids are always very well behaved so it was odd that she was acting like they were «those kids» in the store. My daughter set her hands on the counter and she said BE CAREFUL, so she took her hands off. I paid for my items then forgot I left buttons in the cart and explained I had to make another purchase. They were a dollar something so I just decided to use cash. When I handed her the 20 I told her i possibly had the amount in change and she rolled her eyes like she was frustrated. As I’m paying my son had pointed to a little knick knack he saw so I handed it to him for him to look at as I was paying, I was absolutely going to put it back when I was finished paying but before I could the girl took it from him and said, «sorry» like he couldn’t play with it (it was a mini stuffed animal). I didn’t say anything because I’m not confrontational at all and understand she may have been having a bad day but it was all just very uncomfortable. She made me feel like my children were a nuisance and it was a very ugly feeing. Other than that the store is nice and I’ll go back but will avoid her.

They towed away a disabled man’s car. I can’t believe anyone would have the heart to do that. I will never shop at this location again!

An OK selection, but very very pricey. If you have time, go online and order from somewhere else.

I usually get excellent service. The cashier letti was EXTREMELY rude. When asked why an item was not 50% off with my coupon. She said its «floral dept». The coupon didn’t list that as an exclusion. When told this she said «the florist made it so it’s not a discount». She didn’t attempt to check into it. When I asked for the free bag at the end of my transaction she said with an attitude and very rudely «you should have asked before.» While this may be true, the attitude and lack of customer service were appalling. If there are exclusions they need to be specifically noted.

I love this place! So many cool stuff for knitters and crocheters. They have all your needs for whatever occasion.

Beverley’s is a great store for the location. Prices are outrageous and certainly placate the expensive tastes of the Monterey clientele more so than working families. They have a great selection if you’re in a hurry and willing to pay the price for convenience. Otherwise, if you’re local, go to Michaels for craft items and Walmart for fabrics.

OMG! this is the best place ever!!! I’ve been to its competitors and this place blows them away! This store is clean and has everything you could possibly want or need… as a matter of fact im going there tomorrow to buy some material and crafts.
they have great sales and the material is priced reasonably .
don’t get me wrong tho if you like nick knacks they seem to be pricey but the material is reasonably priced. there i said it! lol

We were traveling thru Monterey and noticed Beverlys, we decided to check it out. We’re from out of state and we weren’t familiar with Beverlys but we were impressed how clean and organized the store was.
The staff was very pleasant and assisted us with finding what we were looking for. We were surprised that we had a couple options and the attendant’s knowledge helped us make the right decision.

I am always incredibly impressed with the staff and the selection at Beverly’s Monterey, CA. Whenever I start any craft project I start there first and if I can’t find what I need there is always some wonderful staff member who will find it for me. I love the furniture too and guess what they will deliver it if it won’t fit in your car.

This store is awesome but way over priced to the extent I will not go without a coupon or not at all. If I find something, I use my smartphone & scan the barcode & order it online, shipped for ½ the price. They do not honor coupons sent by them to your phone. They must be printed. Ridiculous… Way to conserve resources…

Beverly’s has expanded their fabric department since my original review and the store seems to be making steps in the right direction. Employees have been helpful and nice. They’ve been stocking noticeably nicer fabric and sending out better coupons.

Dollar store décor but for prices you would see at the mall. I sometimes wonder if I should get a tetanus shot after touching their cheap Chinese crap.
Wayyyy over priced fabric. So sick of this being the only place.

I wish I could come here more often because I live nearby, but the prices are just a bit higher than I am willing to pay on a regular basis.
Is fabric always $ 12/​yd? And if so, why?!?

You can find any craft item you are looking for here. It is also organized and well put together unlike its Salinas store.
I feel that I can get all of my craft needs satisfied. I can also find customer service here!

I’ve just moved here from someplace that had a Hobby Lobby. Nothing in the area can touch Hobby Lobby, but I was still generally pleased when I found Beverly’s.
They have a little bit of everything (paint, clay, crafty stuff), though not a ton of anything (except possibly fabric?). I’m also a sucker for Halloween decorations and they have some good stuff.
I thought the prices seemed high, but figured it was a California thing I’d just have to get used to.
THEN I went to Michaels. I initially dismissed Michaels because the one in my old city was awful. The one here is great AND everything is priced much lower than Beverly’s.
$ 3 difference in craft porcelain, $ 2 difference for glue. Those are just two discrepancies that jumped out at me.
Eh.

I come here a lot and so far no hippies! I thought for sure they would be here but then I started using the old noodle and figured it out, too many normal people come here. Old entitled trust fund god-​hating hippies don’t like going past downtown Monterey if they can help it.
If you have to have Modge Podge or a bolt of fabric bedecked with little pumpkins, or almost any other craft item this place is a godsend. I needed feathers once and instead of climbing the façade of the Safeway or feeding the seagulls in the parking lot of Target, hoping to snatch a few from the feeding birds, I went here and bought some disease free feathers.
I have yet to meet Beverley and in fact have never tried. My fear is she will over power me, force me into a back room with a hot glue gun, and bind me in assorted lace trim from bulk rolls. Then when I am helpless she will explain her plot to overthrown this great country of ours. That would ruin this place for me. I hope that never happens.
Until then I can only enjoy this Mecca of ours called Beverley’s and pray we never have to take up arms against it.
Great selection and staff here.

Well last time I walked in for something other than a piece of pretty paper or gift wrap type material… I walked in as a regular customer and walked out ready to be the Toy Soldier for Santa Con in the city (a couple years back)… little did I know you are supposed to dress «as Santa» and not the opposite which my friend I thought was the point… Nice work Kimmy! XOXO
This time I walked in for some hot pink boas… afterwards I got sidetracked and was floating around looking for thick ribbon to make my own sash (for a friend’s b-​day) since I didn’t want to pay $ 5 for a generic pink one (it’s all about custom made baby!) so then I get caught up and pretty much tangles up in tulle … I’m talking 24+ yards worth in 6 different colors mostly different shades of blue and some pink… I thought it was the perfect idea for the «Girls Just want to Have Fun Going Away Bash» that I was going to throw my second cousin and her friend visiting from Japan.
The party went off like no other and before you know it’s almost midnight, the girls haven’t packed and it like 5 hours before go time (even though they were flying out of MRY) so I promised we’d make them and mail them.
I wanted to thank the kind lady (I will remember her name, my brain is not working it’s like not even 7am and I went to bed just a couple hours ago — these steriods for my hornet sting are really f-​ing with me)) but she was so helpful, patient and so pleasant to be around. She just hummed along to some of the old classic folk-​like fun songs that were playing as she cut tulle, sequined ribbon and more. She was verbally inspirational and she just rocked her department.