Material for dressmaking similar to white stuff and Monsoon

[Cumbrianlass66]

Just that really I am 6ft tall and plus sized and really love the fabric colours and prints in Whitestuff and Monsoon. Where can I find similar to try and make an easy jersey dress in lovely greens or purples? Thanks

Girl Charlee www.girlcharlee.co.uk has a lot of fun knit patterns. Also try www.fabworks.co.uk

There are a huge amount of small indie fabric stores like sewmesunshine.co.uk and lamazifabrics.com who have great patterns.

I'd recommend Cashmerette blog.cashmerette.com or Collette

www.colettepatterns.com for patterns. Both have a wide size range and easy for beginner patterns.

Thanks FallingForRosie I will check these out. My local High Street only consists of one shop I can actually visit and even this seems more aimed at quilters and very elderly dressmakers tastes.

You're welcome.

High street shops tend to be hit and miss, but you'll be sucked in to online fabric shopping in no time.

Seasalt do fabric too but also plus size.

Doesn't John Lewis have a big fabric department?

www.johnlewis.com/search/dress-fabrics-fat-quarters-9834670015/show-in-stock-items-only/_/N-7ik5Z1z0wxdt?search-term=fabric+dressmaking&departmentSelected=1&showInStockOnly=true

Thanks all, we don’t have a John Lewis anywhere near us unfortunately.

I'm in the middle of making my first ever homemade dress, so interested in the same topic. From browsing, I found Abakhans had a few useful fabrics, they have shops in some areas too.
www.abakhan.co.uk/fabric/dressmaking/jersey-knits.html?limit=64 (trying to decide if I'm too old for a unicorn patterned dress)

Another online shop that looked interested was Stoff and Stil, who have plus sized patterns and a good range of fabric.
www.stoffstil.co.uk/fabrics/jersey

The fold line are great for searching for patterns. You can search by fabric type, designer, garment.

With indie pattern companies, I find it useful to find somebody with a similar body shape to you as they tend to make their patterns to suit themselves. I know that this sounds like common sense, but it took a while of me wondering why some companies just don't work for me to click.

I'm hoping to start making more clothes. I've found fabric godmother has some great and different fabrics to other places I've found

www.fabricgodmother.co.uk/

Minerva, Shaukat, Truro Fabrics, Sewbox are my favourite shops - all sell nice fabrics. Shaukat do a lot of liberty prints on jersey fabric.