Where do you buy fabric online?

[MrsD28]

Inspired by the Great British Sewing Bee, I have dusted off my sewing machine and have a few projects on mind. Any recommended online fabric stores? I am looking for dressmaking fabrics and for some upholstery and curtain fabrics.

Bumping this along because I'm looking as well.

Fabworks is amazing.
Minerva crafts is good
There are some bargains to be had on Pound Fabrics.
Ebay can be quite good for fabric too I've found
Myfabrics
And then lots of nice sites that sell expensive fabrics! Those above are all places I've found good fabric at

So many good places! My go to fabric shops online are:
Plush Addict
Elephant in my handbag
Sew over it
Wild orchard
Habbydays
Follow these on insta:
Sew me sunshine
Guthrie Ghani

If you're looking for some good patterns, highly recommend Tilly and the Buttons (wild orchard does project kits with everything you need)

Enjoy!!

Lovely Jubbly Fabrics are good.

I also support local and buy online from them. They do have Ebay stores/their own websites - Crafy Baba, The Little Fabric Shop and The Cheap Fabric Shop Tiptree

I also agree with Elephant in My Handbag too.. lovely fabrics!

I like Frumble fabrics, Emporia Fabric & Craft (in Kent, they also do their own patterns) and Miss Gingers (used to be in Greenwich but now in Folkestone).

I think that Frumble are on line only but Emporia and Miss Gingers have shops as well as on line. The owners of both are absolutely fantastic and really helpful.

This thread has just appeared at the perfect time for me!

Fabric land or ebay are my choice.

Oh Sew Crafty is good.

Spoonflower.

Thanks all

Part place marking and part letting you know I've had great success with eBay (£) and merchant and mills (£££££).
I've been inspired by sewing bee too and started sewing for the first time. Have made some pyjama bottoms, camisole tops and my latest project is the nenaphur (sp) from a website called deer and doe. I downloaded as a PDF. It looks fab.... So I'd say go for it!

Dunelm do a next day click and collect if you have a store nearby. I've just ordered machine thread from them.

There's a few Facebook groups called things like fabric destash UK.
Dalston Mills fabric or eBay are my go tos, the latter for fat quarters or cheap and cheerful cotton prints.

Raystitch and The Village haberdashery have lovely higher end fabrics.

Scuse me while I place mark

Are there any more which sell kits to make something simple? For beginners? It's a really good idea for those of us who are learning .

I had a quick look at Wild Orchard but didn't like any of the clothes.

Flamingo fabrics

Croft Mill are superb.

I also Abakhan, but you need to know your fabrics for that.

I've just had some lovely linen from Simply Fabrics (beware, you need to order by the half metre, so if you need two metres for a dress, you need to order 4 half metres.

I don't rate Tilly & the Buttons, or the myriad of other "crafty" styles of dress making. The patterns are pretty basic & won't teach you anything about proper tailoring & traditional, high quality sewing skills - the sorts of skills that Therese and Clare on the Current Sewing Bee have.

Get yourself to Vogue patterns: you will learn how to sew by following their instructions. They have the best instructions of any pattern I've used (have made most of my clothes since I was about 16). You can get good half-price deals from places online sch as Sew Direct.

A lot of fabric shops are set up to get onto the home sewing band wagon, but they're bad. They have limited choices, and do things like charge £11 a metre for poly-cotton (there is a boho crafts shop on my high street that does/did this. Outrageous.

When we can shop in person again, you need to go to places that look like bazaars, and rummage. Teach yourself about fabrics.

I tend only to buy 100% cotton, linen, wool, or silk - it is not worth your time to sew with anything but the best quality. I have a winter coat that is 25 years old, and still going strong.

For patterns, you could look at Ottobre magazine - a Finnish pattern mag for kids or women. Their patterns have never let me down, they're clear and well designed and go together beautifully : www.ottobredesign.com/en/

Burda magazine on the other hand, I haven't had any success with.

@Chamomileteaplease I started with the Cleo dress kit from Tilly and the Buttons, it had everything I needed and helped me to get to grips with the basics. I'm not hugely keen on a lot of their patterns as it isn't what I would wear.

DW says The Cotton Patch are really nice and friendly with a great range.

Stone Fabrics in Devon for dressmaking.

Ottobre magazine is great.

I've joined a load of Facebook destash pages where people sell fabric they won't use. Some good prices, some cheeky.

Sew Ellen on Facebook has a lovely selection of fabrics. She’s in Donegal but can anywhere afaik.

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