The ultimate jumbo mega guide to online fabric stores

Dancewear Fabrics

My fellow orchestra buddies and I wanted to be figure skaters at some point circa junior high. It didn’t work out for us, but maybe it did for you or people you sew for! Cut a rug and get all your super stretchy glittery loveliness at these online fabric stores.

Bdancewear.com	Dancewear to buy + Lace, lycra, shiny lyrcra, mesh, holographic and velvet fabrics to make your own dancewear.
dancefabrics.com	Dancewear fabrics + limited edition collections like some pretty sweet fringe fabrics!(Italy)
Make Your Own Dance Costume	Fabrics, trims, notions, appliques for making your own dance costume. All the lace varieties caught my eye: stretch lace, sequin lace, ruffled lace plus some pretty lovely appliques!
Spandex House	Novelty and printed spandex knits, sequin fabrics, animal print and ITY knits
Spandex World	Nylon, hologram spandex, stretch mesh illusion, ITY knits, stretch velvets, rayon lycra
Your Designs Performance Wear Fabric	Special spandex for figure skating, dance, equestrian, swimming, gymnastics

Denim by the yard

We all love denim! While most fabric shops carry denim, here are some unique and high quality denims you’ll love working with.

Farmhouse Fabrics	Heirloom fabrics, fine fabrics such as Libery of London, leather skins and beautiful embroidered denims and denim bundles
House Fabric	Mostly a home decor shop, House Fabric has a good selection of heavy weight non-stretch denims. There’s a good color variety, and some of them have special finishes for extra durability. Use them for home dec or heavy jackets and coats.
Hyde Park Denim	Laundered denim and bull denim by the yard in classic colors
Stash Fabrics	Excellent selection of designer fabrics including a full range of solid and patterned denims by Art Gallery
The Fabric Market	If you’re looking for patterned denims, this is the place! Tons of denim stripes, patterns, and chambrays in a good variety of colors. This is a great all-around shop with a little bit of everything including a huge selection of fabrics for historical costuming.
Threadbare Fabrics	jeans making kits, denim hardware, high quality Japanese selvage denims, cone mills denim and other USA made denims
White Oak Shop	deadstock selvage denim and reproduction cone denims. The downside, is that you’ll have to buy at least 4 yards, but prices are good. Save the extras for future denim projects!

Designer Fabrics and Fine Fabrics

Sometimes you need to find swanky fabric for a swanky project. Sometimes it’s nice just to look at all that poshness. These online fabric shops can help you with both.

A Fabric Place	Baltimore fabric shop with designer fabrics from Loro Piana, Zegna, Carolina Herrera, and Burberry to name a few.Beautiful guipure laces, and would that I could afford the cashmere/silk knit!
Apple Annie Fabrics	One of my favorite online fabric shops!Designer fabrics grouped by type and also by color, so it’s easy to find things.Plus, they’ll send you swatches if you’re not sure.
Britex	Like a candy store, but for fabric.Really really nice fabric.I once went to the San Francisco store only to not buy anything because my eyes were seeing so much beautiful.It was like a fabric museum!
Elliott Berman Textiles	High end fashion fabrics from France and Italy.
Emma One Sock	Designer fabrics of impeccable quality.I bought Italian denim here once, and 7 years later, it still has plenty of wear left in it!Will send swatches.
Fabrics-Fabrics.com	Many designer overstock fabrics from Europe.
Letoffefabrics.com	Sustainable fashion fabrics and couture fabrics.Their website is serious eye candy land!
Marcy Tilton	Fine fabrics all suited for Marcy Tilton patterns for Vogue.So much style in all of these!
Mood Fabrics	Of Project Runway fame.So much good fabric under one roof.
Promenade Fine Fabrics	New Orleans fabric boutique featuring fabrics for couture sewing like French laces, fine wool suitings, and brocades
Sawyer Brook	So many gorgeous buttons and an awesome selection of linings plus curated color collections fabrics and a membership program.
The Sewing Workshop	Lovely variety of fine fabrics from velvet prints, Liberty of London, Chanel style tweeds to Alabama Chanin
Sew Much Fabric	Houston fabric shop that features fine dressmaking fabrics.I have a couple pieces from here and they are NICE!The color capsule collections make for easy shopping.
Smuggler’s Daughter	Eco-friendly fabrics, natural fiber fabrics and designer fabrics plus indie sewing patterns to round it all off.

Discount Fabrics

Everyone likes a deal! Shop these online fabric stores to get some smokin hot deals on designer fabrics.

Denver Fabrics	Same as Fashion Fabrics Club, just a different site name.
Fabric Mart Fabrics	One of the best places to find great deals on designer fabrics.I’ve been a Fabric Mart customer for years and I’ve literally bought one bad piece (user error!).Their Designer Linen is particularly gorgeous!
Fabrics Store.com	High quality linen and linen blends at a discount price. The shop works directly with fabric mills to bring yarn dyed linens, heavier weight linens, and linen blends to the public for reasonable prices. If you love working with linen, this is a great resource.
Fashion Fabrics Club	Huge variety of fabrics from linens, cottons, silks, wool, blends, prints, upholstery fabrics, many designer closeout fabrics
Fabric Wholesale Direct	Fabric Wholesale Direct is a direct-to-consumer company that provides re-orderable, first quality fabrics at wholesale prices. Because they’re a direct manufacturer, they can pass on big savings to their customers.
Michael Levine	The online store is just as awesome as the L.A. store.Their shipping is crazy bananas fast, and you’ll find about every fabric variety under the sun including designer fabrics at excellent prices.
Nick of Time Fabric	Wholesale prices on a staggering variety of fabrics.I’ve never ordered from them, but they’ve always intrigued me!

Eco friendly fabric, organic fabrics, sustainable fabrics

I’ve been impressed of late at how it’s getting easier to find good places for organic and eco-friendly fabrics. Here’s some shops to get your started.

A Thrifty Notion	Online thrift store for deadstock, vintage, destashed secondhand fabrics
Eagle Fabrics	Natural fiber knits made in the USA
Eureka Fabrics	Organic cottons, organic bamboo fleece, hemp, linen knit made in house in this cute little fabric shop in Eureka, CA.
Honeybegood	Hemp blends, linen, plus undyed organic cotton
Nature’s Fabrics	Good selection of organic cottons in various types, bamboo, rayon, modal and hemp as well as fabrics for diapermaking.
Offset Warehouse	Ethical fabric shop
Organic Cotton Plus	Wide variety of natural fabrics including peace silk, undyed GOTS certifed fabrics, colorgrown cottons.
Organic Fabric Company	All certified organic fabrics, no polyester, bamboo or rayon.
Sara Parker Textiles	Hand screen printed fabrics by textile designer Sara Parker. All fabrics are printed on sustainable and organic base cloths right in Sara’s studio in Georgia.
Simplifi	Eco and organic fabrics by this Canadian shop. Organic cotton, soy, lyocell, wool, bamboo, hemp, and linen.
Wazoodle	Organic cotton plus hemp, wool, bamboo, and zorb fabrics for making diapers and cloth pads.

Go to for everything fabric stores

One stop shops that always have a great selection for what you’re working on.

fabric.com	Now owned by Amazon, they have a gigantic stock of just about everything. Designer knits, wovens, quilting fabrics, novelty, home decor fabrics and everything in between.
joann.com	The online arm to the US store that’s a go-to for so many US sewists. Sometimes you can score better deals here than in the store. I especially appreciate the good selection of home decor fabrics as it’s tough to get good sales on these fabrics often.
Minerva	A UK favorite with excellent prices for worldwide shipping. It’s a great resource for finding fabrics that are hard to find in the US. Their bloggers do a great job showcasing how to use their fabrics!