Hey y’all – today I want to answer a question I get a lot – where do you buy your fabric? So I’m going to talk about 7 great online fabric stores that are my personal go-tos when I shop.
Before I get into the stores, though, I want to add a few disclaimers. This question is both an easy and hard one for me to answer. The simple where do I shop answer is easy, but because I’m a sewing blogger, it gets complicated because I’ve worked with some of these stores, and because other stores I haven’t listed might want to work with me in the future. Since I am not currently working with any fabric stores as of this writing, it felt like a good time to write this.
As for all the other fabric stores out there – there are a LOT of really good ones, and I’m sure there are plenty I’ve never even heard of. So if you see one I missed, feel free to leave a link in the comments – however, make sure it’s a link because you love the store and not an affiliate link. My list is just that – my list of places I most often shop personally, none of this is affiliate linked. They are not the only fabric stores I’ve shopped, they’re just the ones I seem to return to over and over lately.
7 Favorite Online Fabric Stores
Imagine Gnats
This shop is a great one to get your double gauze fix (like the button back double gauze Shoreline Boatneck I’m wearing in the photo below) as well as a place to buy French terry, sweatshirting, and other apparel fabrics.
Hawthorne Threads
Hawthorne Threads is my next stop for designer quilting prints. As much as I love shopping local, The Cloth Pocket doesn’t carry all the fabric companies I shop (most notably missing is Riley Blake). So if I can’t find quite what I want at The Cloth Pocket, I head here to get my designer fix, like the shirred waist skirt from Art Gallery voile I’m wearing below.
Organic Cotton Plus
This shop is my go to for luxurious staple fabrics. They’re not the cheapest, but the quality is high. I often stock up on unbleached cotton knits that I can later dye myself to get whatever unique fabric I want. They’ve also recently started carrying other organic fabrics, like silk and hemp, as well as yarn. They also have a great selection of cotton laces, which are hard to find. The snuggly organic cotton French terry Rivage Raglan I’m wearing below is fabric from this shop.
Fabric.com
This is an Amazon owned company, and much like shopping on Amazon, they have a huge selection and low prices. Fabric quality can vary greatly (I’ve noticed this when I’ve ordered non designer knits) but this is my go to for sheer variety and it’s also the best place I’ve found for a wide selection of rayon challis, like the dress in the picture below.
Raspberry Creek Fabrics
This is a small independent Etsy shop with a well curated collection. This shop is also a go-to for French terry fabrics, with a bigger selection than I’ve found anywhere else. Check for interesting apparel fabrics (I found lots of check and chambray on my last visit) and designer prints and knits (for example, I know they’ve sold out of my Idle Wild Floral pictured below at least twice).
Mood Fabrics
Anyone who has ever watched Project Runway has also heard of Mood Fabrics, and their online shop has a huge selection as well. This is where I go when in search of high end fashion fabrics – like denim (they often carry mill ends from designer jeans manufacturers) or wool, like this wool Berkshire Blazer.
Girl Charlee
Girl Charlee specializes in carrying knits at low prices. The quality can sometimes be surprising if you don’t read the descriptions carefully (like there are many tissue knits that may not look so thin in their pictures), but I’ve never gone wrong ordering their cotton spandex solids, like the contrasting collar/yoke in the Juniper Jersey Dress I’m wearing below.
So there you go – several of my favorite online haunts. Happy shopping!
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Robyn says
December 15, 2016 at 8:30 amThanks for this list! I’m always so disappointed when I go to Joann’s looking for knits.
Lisa says
December 16, 2016 at 8:46 amSeems I have some new places to check out! I love Fabric.com! I can get a lot of quilting fabric there. They have started putting each piece of fabric in a plastic sleeve. I do find this midlly annoying as I don’t know if the plastic is recyclable, and I know this adds to their cost of doing business, which adds to my cost. Thanks for the additional places to check out!!
Linda says
February 28, 2017 at 6:41 pmI don’t mind the plastic sleeves. I use them for storing the millions of bits and pieces of fabric, sort of by small medium large! I may be a little nuts! I love fabric.com.
Laura M says
December 16, 2016 at 9:49 amGreat list! I like that you’ve talked about what types of fabrics you get at each place as not all lists do that. And this one included one or two I’d never heard of so I’ll definitely be checking them out. 🙂
I have 2 or 3 personal favorites that are not on your list so I’ll add them here:
Love Adore Knit Fabrics (www.loveadoreco.com & has a Facebook group) Hands down my favorite for any knit prints not on cotton Lycra. She always has lots of wiggle and double brushed polys, as well as rayon spandex, spun poly, jersey blends, and French terry at times. I also love her DBP solids, and she carries some of the heavier weights that are hard to find elsewhere at the best prices. I may be a little biased because I do work for her, but it was my love for the fabrics first that lead me to working with her. 😉
Purple Seamstress Fabric (www.purpleseamstressfabric.com, also sells through a Facebook page) Hands down my go to for any and all cotton lycra solids and stripes. Best prices around for the guaranteed quality plus free swatch cards. 🙂
Pretty Posh Prints (www.prettyposhprints.bigcartel.com, also has a Facebook group) Her prices on DBP solids just can’t be beat when she runs a preorder! So that’s mostly what I get from her.
Laura
Jeanne says
December 16, 2016 at 3:55 pmMolly, this is just what I needed since the Hancock Fabric stores have closed and I have no other local stores to shop at. So, a huge THANK YOU for this post!
Jeanne
Amy York says
December 17, 2016 at 7:49 amMy new favorite place to buy knits (especially brushed poly) is So Sew English. It’s what finally broke my girl Charlee addiction (after some disappointing purchases). They have great deals and a fun facebook group. 🙂
Kathy says
January 9, 2017 at 7:43 pmI like fabric.com as well as fabricguru.com
Felicity says
February 28, 2017 at 9:31 pmFabric Depot!!! fabricdepot.com. Their customer service is great!
Patricia Flynn says
March 1, 2017 at 10:34 amAlso: Gorgeous Fabrics, Fabric Mart, Britex & Promenade Fine Fabrics
Nicole LaBry says
March 2, 2017 at 2:16 pmHey thank you soooooo much for the Cloth Pocket shout out! Xoxo
Debbie says
April 29, 2017 at 12:42 pmCheck out Spanglish Fabrics on etsy. Great hand woven fabrics bought in Guatemala.
Nikki says
June 29, 2017 at 9:34 amGreat post! I have trouble finding cute patterns these days. WHere do you go for your patterns?
Chris says
November 13, 2017 at 2:38 pmMy other favorite… naturesfabrics.com They sell beautiful and luxurious bamboo fabrics and upper end wool, diapering fabric, organic knits and woven. They sell ready to dye white and lots of printed pattern fabric. I love dying fabric, so I always look for pfd.