The ultimate jumbo mega guide to online fabric stores

Lingerie and Bramaking supply shops

Maybe Instagram started it all, but there’s seriously been a huge surge of people learning to make their own bras and lingerie. With all the specialty fabrics and notions, you’ll need a good lingerie supply shop. Maybe one of these?

Bramaker’s Supply	Shop owned by bramaking educator, Beverly Johnson. This Canadian shop has literally everything bramaking you could think of. Fantastic selection of different underwire types!
Emerald Erin	Bramaking kits, bramaking notions, swimwear supplies, and patterns
Madalynne	Beautiful DIY bra kits, DIY underwear kits, lingerie fabrics and elastics
Needle Nook Fabrics	Bramaking supplies, laces, elastics, fabric, books. Absolutely fantastic customer service here!
Porcelynne	Lingerie supplies, patterns and books
Sew Sassy	Elastics, cups, underwires, bramaking patterns and notions
Sewy	German bramaking supply. I know I’ve heard good things about their bra patterns.

Notions and Haberdashery

For all the doodads that we need to finish up a sewing project.

Echnida Sewing	Brother dealer, notions for sewing and embroidery in Australia
Fashion Sewing Supply	My favorite shop for high quality interfacing. Your project + Pam’s interfacing=something you’re going to be super proud of!
Kai Scissors	These scissors are so delightfully sharp, lightweight, and easy for smaller hands to use.
Kam Snaps	Snaps of many kinds including plastic snaps for kidswear and diaper making, plus bagmaking hardware and heavy duty setters
Nancy’s Notions	The original notions place founded by the late Nancy Zieman.
Sew Biz Fabrics	Trims, interfacing, excellent zipper selection
Silhouette Patterns	foldable French curves, tie interfacing, shoulder pads and some very nice all-purpose fusible interfacing.
Snap Source	Metal snaps in wide variety of colors plus fantastic hand setting tool
Stockroom	Australia based notions shop. Super slick website!
Wawak	All around great resource for sewing supplies. Fantastic prices on zippers and thread, plus tailoring supplies, various notions, and reasonable quick shipping.

Print on demand fabric

Designing your own fabric and getting it printed can make for a really special project. These online fabric shops will help you do just that.

Bags of Love	Design your own fabric, eco-friendly inks, custom labels and tags
Contrado.com	Upload your own design, print on a variety of fabrics, home goods, clothing, and leather
Cotton Bee	Print on cotton woven or knitted fabrics, bold striking prints! (Europe)
Design Your Fabric	Upload and print your own designs.I like that there’s several options for printing on fleece!
Fabric on Demand	Custom print your own designs on a wide variety of substrates.There’s a very helpful section on pattern repeats.
My Fabric Designs	Helpful tool to create a seamless design, upload and print your own designs on several different substrates
Papilio Prints	Eco-friendly printing, custom print from variety of patterns and colorways, can request to customize the scale and color of any pattern
Ripstop By the Roll	Digital printing, laser cutting, print on demand outdoor fabrics and kits.If you’re looking for outdoor fabrics that are something other than solids, this is it!
Spoonflower	Upload your own design, or shop from wide variety of designer prints for wallpaper, fabrics, dining, and bedding
The Textile District	Custom print yardage in a variety of colorways and prints: silk, cotton, linen, and polyester fabrics for apparel, home decor, quilting, upholstery and furniture restoration

Quilting Fabrics

It was really really hard to not put 1800 different quilt shops on this list! There’s so many good ones! Here are some of the ones I know and some that were recommended to me:

Cottoneer	Beautifully coordinated quilting fabrics, apparel fabrics. Check out their fun enamel pin collection!
EQuilter	A one-stop quilt shop with everything you need for your quilt plus a gigantic selection of quilting fabrics, 108″ wide quilt backing fabrics.
Fabric Fanatics	Specializing in batiks, plus notions, precuts, and batik backing fabrics.
Fabric Worm	Modern quilting fabrics, organic quilting fabrics, kids’ fabrics, great selection of solids for quilting, + some Japanese imports.
Fat Quarter Shop	So many precut bundles like jelly rolls, fat eighths, charm packs, their namesake fat quarters. Also there’s yard, and half-yard bundles.
Hancock’s Paducah	Designer quilt fabrics plus reproduction prints, batiks, quilt backing fabrics, quilt panels, novelty and children’s prints.
Hawthorne Supply Co	Big selection of designer quilt fabrics including their own in-house designs, sewing kits and pre-cuts.
Jordan Fabrics	Quilt kits with video instructions, quilting fabrics. The metallics are so lovely!
Keepsake Quilting	Block of the Month kits that come with a lesson, many quilt kits, applique kits and obviously quilting fabrics! I like the idea of the Fabric Medley of the month that comes with surprise precuts–sounds fun!
Material Girl Fabrics	I been to this shop–it’s the kind of fabric shop you walk into and walk out of hours later. There’s big name quilting designers and a little bit of something for everybody. The design wall is a helpful tool for online fabric shopping!
Missouri Star Quilt Co	Wide variety of quilting patterns, their own in-house quilting magazine, pre-cuts, quilting notions and quilting tools.
Sew Batik	Cotton batik fabrics plus batik backing fabrics and rayon and knit batiks for garments.
Shabby Fabrics	Lots of seasonal quilt kits, patriotic quilt patterns, and wools for wool applique.
Stitchin Heaven	Block of the month kits, quilt kits, sewing tools, plus you can book yourself a quilting cruise!

Sewing Community Favorite Fabric Shops

This is my made up category! I think I learned about all of these places from either Instagram or podcasts. It’s a funny world we live in, but the fabric at all these places is pretty fantastic!

Blackbird Fabrics	Vancouver shop by Caroline Somos of Love to Sew Podcast fame. I love the yarn dyed fabrics and the ikats! I hear the tencel here is dreamy!
Boho Fabrics	San Diego shop with good selection of knits, special occasion fabrics, and wovens you want in your wardrobe right now!
Cali Fabrics	A little bit of everything at this family-owned San Francisco fabric shop. Don’t miss their double brushed poly knits, liverpool, and scuba knits!
Fancy Tiger	An inspiring shop to hang out in with sewing or yarn buddies if you’re in Denver!Big quilting collection, droolworthy yarns, and nice collection of natural fiber apparel fabrics.Also supplies for crafts like sashiko!
Harts Fabric	Cute little shop in Santa Cruz, CA.Great collections of designer apparel fabrics from brands like Cotton + Steel, Art Gallery, and Birch Organics, Lady McElroy, Cloud 9 + quilting fabrics.
LA Finch Fabrics	Designer knits and fashion wovens at fantastic prices. Their designer overstocks are always worth a browse. I see you Cone Mills Denim!
La Mercerie	Pretty bamboo knits, swimwear knits and swim notions, and drapey rayon prints in on-trend prints.How cool is it that they have the fabric to make your own swim cups?
Oak Fabrics	Chicago shop with bright modern clean prints and solids.Don’t miss the cool specialty fabrics like oilskin and waxed canvas.
Style Maker	Trendy apparel fabrics in various color collections. You can also shop by garment type so you’re sure to pick the right fabric for your project.