Nice quality 'current' cotton jersey

[lavendersun]

I have been wanting to make a specific dress for myself which needs 3m of lightweight cotton jersey. I have been looking for fabric for months.

Can anyone recommend a fabric shop for good quality cotton jersey fabric - sort of like the patterns that you would find in White Stuff. I have tried all my usual places, online and otherwise.

I'd like to have an answer to this as well! Spent all last night trying to find a cotton jersey featured in a new sewing magazine.

What are your usual places?

Dots and Stripes sells good quality cotton jersey:
www.dotsnstripes.co.uk/category_open.cfm?id=340&menu1=292&menu2=0

I have found a few nice Liberty prints (£70 though for 3 m) but I wear a lot of Liberty and I want a change. If I wanted to look like a floral curtain I would be fine, but I don't.

There must be somewhere out there - if can't find anything I think I will make it in a plain claret colour but I want a pattern really.

Nice quality and nice pattern - can't be that hard can it?

Try Dragonfly Fabrics.

Places I usually shop at and have tried - Truro Fabrics, Calico Lane, Dragonfly, Shaukat, White Lodge, Alice Caroline, Sewbox, Croft Mill, Ditto - no joy unless I go for a Liberty print which I don't want to do.

I don't want floral I want quirky. I seem to remember a european store that had nice designs but I can't remember what it was called.

Thanks Spring but I don't fancy anything on offer at dots and stripes.

have you tried Ebay?

I have looked at e-bay but would prefer to see a swatch as I am looking at spending £50.

I have found somewhere new - I think I like these and might order swatches.

www.fabricgodmother.co.uk/murre-organic-cotton-jersey-grey/

www.fabricgodmother.co.uk/twigs-organic-cotton-jersey-shroom/

www.fabricgodmother.co.uk/upside-downside-organic-cotton-jersey-grey/

Plush addict are quite good - I've just started buying fabric from them.

My daughter recommends Kitschy Koo, but they don't have the material I'm searching for.

This came up in a search for European fabric shops that ship to the UK, quite a few stores listed. I am going to order swatches from Fabric Godmother - two of the ones I like are not in stock though.

www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2014/02/where-to-buy-knit-fabric.html

Have you had a look on Spoonflower? I'm a tad obsessed at the moment! Mines only took 12 days to arrive.

Oh hamilton why did you show me that?! That spoonflowr looks amazing. Out of interest how much was your shipping?

The European store wasn't this was it?

www.myfabrics.co.uk/jersey-knit-fabrics.html
Or fabric dreams?
www.fabric-dreams.co.uk/Printed:::754_350_377_457.html

www.seamstar.co.uk has a few, not sure if they'll have what you're after though.

Raven you are brilliant, it was my fabrics, and I have just searched my inbox and found the quite old e-mail to prove it!

Michael - I will have a look, thanks.

Hamiltoes - I used to live in the US and can't bring myself to pay the massive shipping and customs fees.

Please tell me you are making your dress out of this [hopeful]

Lovely Owl! I am considered somewhat daring in my fabric choices at times, but not that daring!

I sort of channel a daring retro vibe, my family call me an old hippy.

I spent nearly 20 years constrained in pinstripe suits and think I have gone slightly overboard in correction! And I am currently a student again.

:)

more I got 4m for $82 shipped which is about £55, so about £3,40 a FQ which is cheaper than Art Gallery Fabrics on ebay when you count shipping (I make childrens clothes from craft cotton!)

Mind you, I thought I was getting a deal but now I see some of the stuff on Fabricland for £3 A METER!! Must look into this for plain stuff, anyone know about the quality of their craft cotton?

Wow that's pretty good. I look at the fatquartershop and contemplate moving to America on that basis alone.

My SIL lives close to this store. The store is in the Netherlands, but they do also ship to UK.

Thanks ClapAlong - good prices, I might try an order from there next time I need something.

My fabric stash for dress fabrics alone now fills three 84l boxes ..... I have put myself on a fabric free diet for the foreseeable future.

I deleted my sewing bookmarks by mistake the other day and can't find them in my trash folder - a sad day for the shops.