Fabric Love

**You can find the latest news of sales, offers, and new shops to make the list, in my fabric news updates.**

When you’re starting out with sewing, it’s difficult to know what the best fabric places are – and of course there seems to be new places opening up all the time.  So, I’ve created this directory of UK based fabric sellers who have a good selection of cottons for patchwork, dressmaking and accessory-making. Feel free to get in touch and recommend others if you know of them – and if you’ve used any of the shops listed here and have feedback, then I’d love to hear from you – then I can update the list with your experiences.

Abakahn

Masses of 100% cotton to choose from – but mostly fairly traditional choices. There’s a huge variety of other craft and dressmaking fabrics available too, and a really good stock of sewing patterns too. Abakahn also have bricks and mortar shops in Birkenhead, Chester, Hanley, Liverpool, Manchester, Mostyn, Preston and Bolton. When you buy online you can pay via Paypal or the usual debit and credit cards and the delivery charge is £5.99.

Abakahn on Facebook 
Abakahn on Twitter

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African Fabric Shop

A fabulous shop with a lovely range of fabrics that could never be described a run of the mill. There are stunning hand-dyed batiks from Ghana and The Gambia, some great value Egyptian cotton in solid colours, and, my favourite, a stunning selection of Schwe Schwe fabrics from Coral Tree and elsewhere. One great way to find out about these fabulous fabrics is to buy one of their great range of Adventure Packs.  There are also gorgeous beads and some really good kits too. Payment is by credit/debit card via Worldpay, and delivery charges are calculated by weight.

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Backstitch

Backstitch has a good, very well chosen range of printed fabrics (Oliver and S, Anna Maria Horner, Amy Butler etc.) and a good range of Klona cottons. Backstitch is fast becoming a must-visit destination if you are after funky and stylish dressmaking patterns – there’s a really excellent selection of patterns including ranges from Colette, Oliver and S, Sew Liberated, Figgys and Sewaholic. There are no haberdashery or notions available. The basic delivery charge for Royal Mail first class is £2.75, and payment is by credit/debit card via Paypal or by Paypal balance.

Backstitch Blog
Backstitch on Facebook
Backstitch on Twitter

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Blooming Felt

Blooming Felt is a dynamic and well-designed shop that has a fab range of of felt sheets, felt shapes and needle felting supplies. They also have felting craft kits, books, gorgeous embroidered ribbons, a fantastic range of buttons (including shell and ceramic buttons) , and findings for your felt jewellery. There’s also a tips and tutorials section.  Payment options include Paypal. There’s a flat rate delivery charge of £2.25 and orders over £40 are delivered free – there’s also a loyalty point scheme, so you can earn points as you spend.

Blooming Felt on Facebook 
Blooming Felt Blog

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Calico Laine

Calico Laine bills itself as ‘the really useful textiles company’, and it’s a good destination if you’re after a pretty good choice of basic dressmaking or craft fabrics plus all the notions, haberdashery & sewing craft supplies that you need. Calico Laine run regular offers and competitons on Facebook and Twitter, so it’s worth keeping up with them there. Delivery is £2.95 unless your order is over £30, in which case it’s free. 

Calico Laine on Facebook
Calico Laine on Twitter

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Celtic Fusion Fabrics

Celtic Fusion Fabrics is one of my own favourites – I love the eclectic, slightly quirky range, which includes Echino, Lecien, Kokka and Monaluna, as well as the usual suspects like Amy Butler and Anna Maria Horner. You can browse fabrics by colour, designer, print and weight and there’s also a product search option. Gwen, the owner, puts together some really excellent ‘cloth stacks‘ (fabric bundles), including ‘smallies‘, which are lovely selections of smaller cuts of fabric – always really useful when you want to check out a few fabrics, or you’re working on a smaller project. Payment options include Paypal or cheque, and delivery charges are based on amount spent, and are pretty reasonable.

Celtic Fusion Blog
Celtic Fusion on Facebook
Celtic Fusion on Twitter

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Clothkits

Clothkits has a really good selection of fabrics, haberdashery, notions, and more, as well as the sewing kits that they are famous for.  There are lovely Echino linens, a small but delightful selection of Liberty Prints, some fantastically colourful and summery striped canvas fabrics. I find the Liberty Print bias binding on wooden bobbins almost irresistible (but will have to resist because it isn’t cheap..) – fortunately it is available by the metre too, and the ribbon and trim section is a marvel – such a well chosen collection, including lovely bits and bobs from VV Rouleaux. It’s also nicely laid out, and seems a very easy to use site, so  it’s well worth a look – especially if you are interested in getting some funky haberdashery. Payment is by credit/debit card or cheque – there’s no Paypal.

The Clothkits Blog 
Clothkits on Facebook
Clothkits on Twitter

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Coast and Country Crafts

This shop is very definitely about quilting, so in addition to their fabric range, they also have lots of quilting accessories, quilting books and kits. At present the main range of fabrics in stock is Tone Finnanger’s Tilda range. They also have lots of linen fabrics in stock in a wide range of colours. Payment options include credit/debit card and Paypal.

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Cornwall Fabrics

- currently (25/9/2011) closed but still selling on Ebay.

There’s a great stock of fun fabrics with a very straightforward user interface.   You can search by manufacturer or by theme and there’s a full text search option too.  There’s masses of Alexander Henry and Michael Miller fabrics, and if retro is your thing then this is the place to come.  The one thing I miss is an ‘About Us’ page – I really like reading a little bit about a shop and its owners – I like that personal touch.

Cornwall Fabrics also sells on Ebay at Quality Fabrics 4U.

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Cotton Patch

I really like Cotton Patch – because of their enormous range of fabric, notions, patchwork and quilting gadgets, books, patterns, fabric bundles & threads they are an essential destination for quilters in the UK. You could spend hours on this website. If you think you are going to be a regular, it is well worth joining one of their clubs which entitles you to discounts. There are some downsides – if you order a 1/4 metre you seem to get a skinny quarter rather than a fat quarter, the site is a bit catalogue-ish (lots of long lists), and, in my experience, delivery can be slow unless you pay for the expensive Express option.  They stock fabrics by Kaffe Fassett, Amy Butler, Tilda, Heather Bailey, and lots more. Payment is by credit or debit card – there’s  no Paypal option.

The Cotton Patch Blog
The Cotton Patch on Facebook

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Crafts and Quilts

There’s always an eclectic selection of fabrics at Crafts and Quilts – you never know what you are going to find, but it is often worth a look, especially as their prices are good and there’s also a good range of notions and haberdashery. I really like is their Heavenly Halves fabrics packs which contain 6 half yard pieces of fabric for around the £15 mark. You can browse fabrics by style, designer or price (useful!) and there’s a search option. Payment is by credit or debit card.

Crafts and Quilts Blog
Crafts and Quilts on Facebook

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Croft Mill

Croft Mill specialise in dressmaking fabrics, but have quilting and furnishing fabrics available too. There’s always something new and interesting in stock, and their quirky website is always well worth a browse. Fabrics can be browsed by type and the quality of their photography helps you to feel confident that you know what you are buying. The prices are often very good value, and payment is by Really excellent prices too.

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Ditto

A lovely range of dressmaking fabrics (and some cottons that would be great for patchwork and other sewing) at good prices. Payment is by credit or debit card.

Ditto Fabrics on Facebook
Ditto Fabrics on Twitter

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Donna Flower (Vintage)

Donna Flower stocks antique, vintage and retro fabric and haberdashery. What immediately impresses is the extent of the range, but the shop is divided up into sections by period and theme, so it’s pretty straightforward to narrow down what you’re looking for. There’s also a free text search box so that you can search by colour, design or type of fabric too. It would be easy to lose a few hours (and worse) at Donna Flower.

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Dots N Stripes

If you sew clothes for kids then you should take a look at Dots N Stripes. They stock fabrics, patterns and supplies from Farbenmix, Mamu Designs, Ottobre and Studio Tantrum. I love all the gorgeous fabrics too – they’ve got some great fleeces, printed corduroys, stripy jerseys and lovely cottons.  They also have fabrics for women’s clothes too.  They are the only UK stockist of the rather funky Ottobre sewing magazine from Finland. You can only browse fabrics, but the interface is very clear. The payment options are credit /debit card (via Paypal), cheque or postal order.

Dots n Stripes blog

Dots n Stripes on Facebook

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 Doughty’s Online

Doughty’s has a great selection of fabric at excellent prices. Theres a good range of Kaffe Fassett (always a draw for me), Amy Butler & the other Rowan designers, and lots of batiks too. They also have lots of other fabrics, yarns, threads and quilting materials like wadding, dying cloth and calico. The website is also very easy to navigate, and they have a pricematch feature. It’s definitely worth signing of their newsletter because there are regular reductions on all kinds of goodies. Browsing is by by designer / manufacturer and payment is by credit / debit card or Paypal.

Doughty’s Blog 
Doughty’s on Facebook
Doughty’s on Twitter

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Dragonfly Fabrics

As you can see from the logo, dressmaking fabrics are the main focus, so this is a great place to go for jersey, linen and corduroy as well as cottons. You can browse by season (great if you are looking for dressmaking fabrics), by colour, by type of fabric (extremely useful) and by designer. The main brands stocked at the moment are Hilco, Westfalenstoffe, Tilda  and there are also lots of beautiful bio-linens, amongst all the other goodies. Another nice touch is that you can order fabric samples before you buy. Payment is via Paypal (you don’t need a Paypal account to use this) and the standard price for First Class delivery is £3.

Dragonfly Blog
Dragonfly on Facebook

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Eclectic Maker made a confident debut on the UK online fabric shop scene in 2011 – I love a shop that arrives with a well thought out design, great stock and a welcoming vibe. Browsing the fabrics, the emphasis is definitely on the sophisticated end of the market, with designers such as Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett, Tanya Whelan, Anna Maria Horner and Joel Dewberry well represented.

There are lots of buying options – with FQs, yardage, FQ bundles and pre-cuts all available. There are also sewing patterns, a small but useful range of haberdashery and notions, including wadding/batting and Vilene.  Finding what you want couldn’t be easier – you can browse by designer, colour, theme, collection, and type of fabric, or you can do a keyword search to get directly where you want to go. Delivery prices are on a sliding scale, with a maximum cost of £3.50 – orders over £50 are delivered free of charge. Payment can be made by credit or debit card, or Paypal. It’s very hard to find fault here, so pop round and have a look!

You can find Eclectic Maker on Facebook and also on Twitter.

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eFabrics

I haven’t used this shop personally, but it comes recommended by members of The Sewing Forum (which is a fabulous community for sewers, if you don’t already know it). People speak highly of their excellent customer service, fast delivery and good quality fabrics at good value prices. You can’t say more than that really.  Judging from my brief look round their website they have a pretty vast variety of fabrics available – for dressmaking and other crafts too. They’ve also got lots of useful haberdashery and patterns.

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Emma’s Fabric Studio

This us a great shop, with lots of fun fabrics from manufacturers Riley Blake Designs, Robert Kaufman and Michael Miller, and all those extras that are so important, such as buttons, wadding, trims and binding. Emma takes particular pride in her stock of fabric bundles (which she says are all named, like Mulberry bags), and I’m not surprised, they look just great.

The quality of the images in the shop are just fantastic (a lesson for us all in pretty product photography!) and in the bundle section, there’s a pic of each fabric in the bundle, as well as the bundle itself – which is really going the extra mile for us customers. Emma also places great importance on customer service – and is happy for people to phone to talk about their requirements, colour matches or any specific questions they might have.

Payments are processed with Paypal (or the Paypal credit/debit card facility) and postage is calculated by the weight of your purchase. Here are the other links you need if you want to keep up with shop news:

Emma’s Fabric Studio blog
Emma’s Fabric Studio on Twitter
Emma’s Fabric Studio on Facebook 

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The Eternal Maker

I can’t speak highly enough of The Eternal Maker – it’s run by a hugely enthusiastic team who select the most fabulous fabrics to have in stock. The newly designed website is fabulous to use too. There’s a great range of bang on trend fabrics, with lots of gorgeous stuff from Japan. Brilliant – you are definitely going to need their fab Wishlist facility! Postage charges are calculated by weight – up to 2 kilos £2.75; over 2 kilos £5.00, and payment is by credit/debit card via Sagepay.

The Eternal Maker Blog
The Eternal Maker on Facebook

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Euro Japan Links Ltd

Something a little bit different – some very attractive, good value, Japanese cottons. The single colour range is particularly good. If you love Japanese sewing books (as I do!) you’ll find lots of desirable fabrics here.

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The Fabric Loft

A great shop with a lovely range of fabrics, and good searching and browsing facilities. There always seems to be lots of nice new stuff arriving on the virtual shelves. There are Amy Butler and Melly & Me patterns too.

The Fabric Loft Blog
The Fabric Loft on Facebook
The Fabric Loft on Twitter

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Fair Trade Fabric

I love the beautiful colours and weaves of the cottons at Fair Trade Fabric. I am also really pleased to be able to draw your attention to their stance on only selling cotton that provides a fair wage for the people who grow and weave it – you can read more about where their fabrics come from on their site.

There’s a lovely selection of fabrics, with lots of beautiful colours and weaves available, and a few subtle prints too. Fabrics are available by the metre (mostly at £10 per metre) or Fat Quarter, and there are FQ bundles and very prettily packaged Charm Packs available too. The payment options are credit card and Paypal, and the delivery charges are £2.30 plus 20p per item.

Fair Trade Fabric on Facebook

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Fancy Moon

A really excellent range of fabric – specialising in Alexander Henry amongst others. You can browse by designer, manufacturer and theme, which makes finding what you want very easy. The fabrics from the various designers are very well chosen. A real bonus is a big range of interior fabrics by Etsuko Furuya for Kokka.  As far as I can tell (and I haven’t checked every fabric!) there seems to be minimum order of 50cm.

Fancy Moon on Twitter
Fancy Moon on Facebook

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Fabric*Garden (on Ebay)

Nice selection, including some lovely Japanese fabrics such as Sunny Place and Kokka. Seller has a 100% feedback rating.

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Fabric Inspirations

I love the range of fabrics here, and there is a great search facility that allows you to search by colour and designer at the same time – an excellent tool.   So, excellent shop and excellent searching tools – it’s hard to beat.  I love the Windham Fabrics reproduction prints especially.

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Fabric Land

This website is a total blast from the past and exhausting to use, but the prices mean that it can’t be left out. No designer fabrics here, but lots of useful stuff at good prices (if you can find them…).

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Fabrics Plus

Fabrics Plus have a big range of patchwork and quilting fabrics (including Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner, Heather Bailey, Dena Designs, Makowerand Moda.), a large selection of waddings, backings, calicos,  patchwork books, accessories and other notions. They also have a  loyalty card system – read more about the scheme here. Basic delivery charge under £5o is £3.95, over £50 the delivery charge is free. You can subscribe to their newsletter, but I don’t see a Facebook or Twitter presence.

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Fabric Rehab

Really lovely selection of more unusual contemporary fabrics, with the emphasis on retro and funky. A deservedly popular site, with a great design, which has recently been upgraded with lots of lovely new non-thematic menu options for browsing.

Fabric Rehab Blog 
Fabric Rehab on Facebook 
Fabric Rehab on Twitter

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Fabric With Love

Fabric With Love has a really lovely, well balanced selection of fabrics. What I particularly like is the option to select lots of different fabric lengths – you can get fat quarters, long quarters, half metres and more. There’s also a selection of charm packs and layer cakes and jelly rolls, and some very good fabric bundles.

There’s a full search option if you know the fabric you need, and you can also browse by colour. Lorraine also has a well-chosen range of notions and accessories – which I always really appreciate in a fabric shop – it’s so nice when there’s a chance of getting all you need from one place – that way there’s only one set of delivery charges.

Fabric With Love on Twitter
Fabric With Love Blog 
Fabric With Love on Facebook

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Felt Folk

Feltfolk has felt sheets, felt balls & other shapes. They also have some beads, ribbons, books & craft kits. They have lots of lovely buttons and DMC cotton threads.

Felt Folk on Facebook

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Frumble

A lovely shop which sells concentrating on funky fabrics from designers like Michael Miller and Robert Kaufmanespecially, and with more to come.  At the moment, the minimum order is 0.5m, so unfortunately there’s no FQs or bundles. Frumble also has an expanding haberdashery range – which they also plan to expand. As a bias binding fanatic, I love this gorgeous range of bias in a great choice of colours.

Frumble on Facebook
Frumble on Twitter

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*Gone to Earth

I’m a regular at Gone to Earth – the customer service is second to none, and there is a very well chosen range of fabrics, patterns and notions which means that you’re very likely to find almost everything you want. Delivery is always incredibly fast too.

Gone to Earth Blog

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*Handmade Presents Wool Shop

I’ve included them in the list because they have a wonderful stock of glorious pure wool felt – which is light years away from some of the sometimes unpleasant and flimsy acrylic stuff that seems to be the norm.  I’ve ordered from here many times and have always had fantastic service – the quality of the felt is brilliant and the colours are gorgeous.  It’s not cheap, but it’s totally wonderful and you can buy it in quite small pieces, which makes it a bit more affordable.

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*Hulu Crafts

Hulu Crafts is a newish shop (they started trading in 2009) – providing supplies for sewers and knitters.  They stock Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett and good selection of Moda fabrics.  What attracted my attention was their good range of Moda bundles.  For example they have the lovely Lumiere de Noel collection by French General as a Jelly Roll, Layer Cake and Charm Pack.  They also stock Moda’s new Candy Bar bundles – containing four packs of 40 – 2.5″ x 5″ fabric rectangles in gorgeous fabrics.

Hulu Crafts Blog
Hulu Crafts on Facebook
Hulu Crafts on Twitter

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Kekfesto Cotton

Lots of very beautiful traditional blue-printed cotton from Hungary. You can’t order directly online, but there’s lots to tempt you here anyway.

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Liberty

Lucky you if you can afford it! But always worth a look for a bit of inspiration if nothing else.

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Lymington Fabrics

Website not operational at the moment (Jan 2013)

They have a very good range including Moda and Freedom Fabric. They have lots of fabric bundles, jelly rolls, charm packs on offer – which look fantastic. They also offer free delivery, which is always good.

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M is for Make

This is a really great shop – with a very tasteful selection of fabrics – how tasteful, for instance, is this lovely Chocolate fabric bundle?  Absolutely delicious.  A really great reason for popping round there for the brilliant choice of Japanese pattern books.  If you haven’t encountered these before, you’re in for a real treat – there are some gorgeous things to make. I had my doubts about buying my first one, but although the text is in Japanese, it is no problem to get your head round the patterns because there are tons of step-by-step pictures.

M is for Make blog

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*MacCulloch & Wallis

Masses to choose from with the added bonus of huge quantities of gorgeous haberdashery.

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Meggy Magpie’s Fabrics

I love the style! Some absolutely gorgeous fabrics here. Very retro – lots of classic modern stuff – Heals, 60s Sanderson etc. At present there’s nothing very big, which limits your options a bit. I would love the opportunity to buy some bigger pieces.  Meggy Magpie’s is an Ebay store.

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My Fabric House

As soon as I spotted My Fabric House, I knew that I had to add it to this list. The reasons? An attractive, well-designed interface, a really good choice of interesting, different, and very pocket-friendly, fabrics, some really fun haberdashery and trims, highlighted with really excellent photography. My Fabric House say “Our aim is to create a fuss-free, secure and delightful environment for you to shop for ‘sweet n chic’ haberdashery and fabrics at the comfort of your home”, and with the amount of work that’s been put into this site, they’re doing pretty well so far. Pop round and check out the lovely stuff that they have in stock.

My Fabric House on Facebook

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Nerybeth Fabric and Crafts

Stocks Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett, Anna Maria Horner, Heather Bailey and Moda. Seems to have a very good range – sells sewing accessories & patterns too so this is a bit of a one stop shop.

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Norfolk Textiles

Not a shop for quilting fabrics – their specialities are oil cloths and furnishing fabrics.  But these are, of course, brilliant for making housewares –  and they’re excellent for bag makers too.  The currently have these gorgeous Annabel Grey Oilcloths in stock.  The also stock vintage textiles including dressmaking fabrics, curtains, bedclothes, clothing and lace.

If you are interested in getting a bargain then go to their Bargain Fabrics section (under Furnishing Fabrics on their slightly clunky menu system).  This site isn’t the most user-friendly in the world, but it’s easy to find what you need, and I really like their selection of  furnishing fabrics and oilcloths at pretty good prices.

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Oakshott Fabrics

Oakshott sells a beautiful selection of fine quality handloom quilting cotton from Kerala in India. The collection includes shot, striped and textured cottons in an incredibly rich and wide selection of colours.  You can read more about the production of their fabrics here on their website.  You can see inspirational quilts made with these fabrics in their gallery.

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Organic Cotton UK

An exciting find!  A lovely big range of all kinds of organic and fair trade fabrics.  They stock calico, cord, velvet, linen, jersey, handloom cotton, bamboo and silk, many in beautiful colour ranges, and even have some amazing-looking herbal-dyed cottons.  I really recommend taking a look, and reading more about their motivation on their About Us page.

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Patch Fabrics

Very nice site with a good selection of fabrics, including a fair few from Michael Miller. I particularly like the lovely fabric bundles and inspiration packs. If you are nervous about choosing fabrics then bundles are a good way to find stuff that go together.

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Pelenna Patchworks

This looks to be a really useful shop for the keen patchworker and quilter. I really like their well-chosen collection of stash packs – 8 pieces of 10″ square fabrics in co-ordinating colours – really useful for the beginner.

Pelenna Patchworks Blog

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Quilters Cloth

Quilter’s Cloth has recently (Jan 2011) re-opened and is looking really good – absolutely tons of fabrics (Makower, Moda, Lecien, Amy Butler, Tanya Whelan, Wendy Slotboom amongst many more), fabric packs, quilting tools and notions. You can search by fabric colour, pattern, collection, house or designer. There’s also a design wall feature that allows you to view fabrics in your basket next to each other – it’s a really useful idea, which I hope will be taken up by other sites too.

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Quilt Me Happy

Professional quilter Tracey Pereira is the proprietor of this store. As is obvious from the name, the shop is very definitely aimed at quilters, and is well worth a visit. Tracey is stocking a mix of shabby chic and modern contemporary fabrics such as Kona Solids, Moda and Melly and Me.  She also has wadding, notions, patterns and other sundries. Besides the lovely fabric there are lots of very useful things that have caught my eye – skip stitch blades (rotary blades that allow you to make a row of small regular holes in all kinds of textiles), crushed walnut shells (for pincushion stuffing) & Insul-Bright Insulated Batting (great for use in things like oven gloves, pot-holders & cafetiere cosies)

Quilt Me Happy on Facebook

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The Quilt Room

In the time that I have been doing this list (since 2010 I think) The Quilt Room (home of well-known quilters and quilt designers Pam and Nicky Lintott) has got to be one of the most improved online fabric and quilting shops. It used to be a very impersonal set up, but now it is full of vibrancy and personality, and it’s one of my favourite shops to browse, just because it’s such a pleasant place to be.  They sell lots of Moda fabric, fabric bundles and quilt kits, quilting supplies and haberdashery and magazines, books and patterns. You can browse by fabric range or by colour.  You can choose to have your fabric sent by second class (starting at £1.95) or first class (starting at £2.95), and orders over £50 are P&P free.

The Quilt Room Blog
The Quilt Room on Facebook

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*Ray Stitch

A really lovely new site with a gorgeous and very different selection of fabrics including Cloud 9, Kokka, and delicious plain organic cottons.

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Saints and Pinners

A very representative collection of all the current fave designers like Heather Bailey, Tanya Whelan, Amy Butler & Erin McMorris. Very useful browsing menu too.

Saints and Pinners Blog
Saints and Pinners on Facebook

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Rag Rescue (Vintage)

Rag Rescue is like a salvage yard of fabrics, trims and other lovely vintage items – and that’s meant as a compliment! I have this vision of the owner setting out on brave missions to rescue the smallest piece of pretty scrap fabric.  The fabric is divided up into really useful sections – by pattern, by colour and by size (brilliant idea!).    The Stash bags and Scrap bags are really great and seem to disappear as soon as they are listed. One good way of getting round that problem is to sign up to the Rag Rescue blog, where the owner often gives a sneak preview of things she’s going to put up for sale.

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River Fabrics

**Currently not trading – unfortunately for us.**

There’s barely a fabric in this shop that I don’t like. They currently have the Freebird collection by Momo for Moda and the absolutely gorgeous Modern Meadow collection by Joel Dewberry. What really strikes me is that there are whole collections here (which doesn’t seem to be as common as I’d like in UK based shops), and also some gorgeous, and possibly irresistible fabric packs.

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Seamstar

A really great, dynamic shop, with a great range of trendy fabrics from desingers and manufacturers like Alexander Henry, Anna Maria Horner, Michael Miller and many more. They also have fabulous trims, ribbons, wool felt and a great selection of haberdashery. Payment is via paypal. Delivery charges are fair and are according to amount purchased – purchases over £60 are delivered free.

Seamstar blog 
Seamstar on Facebook
Seamstar on Twitter

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Sewbox

Sewbox’s selling point is that its focus is on dressmaking fabrics and there is a good choice of delicious Liberty fabrics in stock, with more fabrics on their way. They also have a fantastic range of dressmaking and accessory patterns including Colette, Hot Patterns, Serendipity Studio, Kwik Sew and more. There’s also all the haberdashery and notions that you need to get started with dressmaking.

Sewbox Blog
Sewbox on Facebook
Sewbox on Twitter

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Sew Me Happy

Sew Me Happy has a lovely selection of fabrics including Anna Maria Horner, Amy Butler, Denyse Schmidt, Sandi Henderson, Aneela Hoey, Patty Young and more. There’s also cottons, ribbons, zips and patterns.  The really useful thing about Sew Me Happy is the brilliant ‘Swatch’ facility, which allows you to drag and drop images of the fabrics you like, to see how they look together.  Postage rates are fair and increase according to amount purchased – orders over £50 are delivered free. Payment is by credit / debit card via Paypal.

Sew Me Happy on Facebook
Sew Me Happy on Twitter

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Simply Solids

The unique selling point of Simply Solids is that they sell an extensive range of Robert Kaufman’s Kona Solids, Amy Butler Designer Solids and Kaffe Fassett shot solids. They also have printed fabrics too, including lots of gorgeous Moda pre-cuts.  There’s no haberdashery or notions, but Simply Solids does stock Gutermann cotton. There’s free delivery on orders over £15.

Simply Solids Blog
Simply Solids on Facebook
Simply Solids on Twitter

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The Spinster’s Emporium (Vintage)

A very cool looking site with a great range of vintage fabric, amongst other things.  There’s also vintage yarn, haberdashery, trims, patterns, buttons and more. I really like their Vintage Fabric packs. If you are in the Nottingham area then you’ll want to know that they have a real life shop and have regular crafting workshops. Deliveries to the UK are £2.00 plus 50p per additional unit purchased.

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The Village Haberdashery’s founder, Annie, is clearly a huge fabric enthusiast, and has excellent taste, if her shop selection is anything to go by! Designers represented include Melody Miller, Saffron Craig, Anna Maria Horner & Denyse Schmidt. The website is extremely inviting and easy to use – you can search by type of fabric, manufacturer, designer, collection, colour, pattern and price! There’s some extremely pretty, well put together bundles, I especially like the very useful combinations of prints and solids, it takes the pain out of finding coordinating solids, which is always good..

The Village Haberdashery also has a thoughtful selection of notions and other vital equipment to sewing and quilting, like wadding, cushion pads, sewing patterns, buttons, zips, ribbons and trims. And if you are into embroidery,  knitting or crochet, there’s lots of goodies for you too. Payment is via credit or debit card (SagePay), or Paypal and the flat rate delivery charge for parcels in the UK is £2.75.

The Village Haberdashery Blog

The Village Haberdashery on Facebook

The Village Haberdashery on Twitter

The Vintage Fabric Market (Vintage)

The Vintage Fabric Market is a wonderful treasure trove of fabrics, haberdashery, vintage patterns, accessories and more.  I love the layout of the site and the professional appearance – it’s all very well laid out and easy to browse.  My particular favourite things here are the really fun and useful fabric packs and fabric squares which look to be great for stash building. The Vintage Fabric Market are also now selling their own hand-printed, vintage-inspired fabric.

The Vintage Fabric Market Blog
The Vintage Fabric Market on Facebook
The Vintage Fabric Market on Ebay

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Vintage Textiles by Lilly (Vintage)

A treasure trove of all kinds of vintage fabrics including curtains, tablecloths, traycloths, linen and dressmaking fabrics too. A great resource if you want to shabby-chic your house, and the big lengths of fabric means that it’s definitely worth a look if you are into bag making, making clothes or making patchwork. There’s also a huge stock of vintage patterns.  This is an Ebay store.

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Viva La Frida

Viva La Frida specialises in Mexican Oilcloth which is a durable, flexible, vinyl-coated fabric – hugely useful and there’s some gorgeous designs here. Payment is by credit/debit card via Paypal or cheque. Delivery is charged by amount spent, and starts at £1.99 for orders under £10.

Viva La Frida Blog
Viva La Frida on Twitter

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The Wool Felt Company

As the name suggests, the focus of this shop is entirely on wool felt. They sell 100% wool felt in a brilliant range of colours, which you can order by the sheet, 1/2m or full metre (which is not always easy to do in other shops selling felt). They also have an equally extensive range of wool blend (30%), which although not quite so wonderful as the 100% version, is a lovely product and a little less pricey. Although this is a new (2012) venture, the people behind it already run the wonderful fabric shop Fabric Inspirations, so they have a proven track record. There’s a flat delivery fee of £1.95 per order, which is a real bonus too.

The Wool Felt Company on Facebook

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