The ultimate jumbo mega guide to online fabric stores

Silk Fabrics

Because it’s pretty.

Aurora Silk	Natural silks, Peace silks, natural dyes
Prism Silks	Great selection of all varieties of silk fabrics.The hand dyed silks and cork fabric for bagmaking popped out at me.
Silk Baron	Dupioni silk in 200 colors, plus swatches of all fabrics available.They will even custom dye a color for you if you don’t see what you’re looking for.
Thai Silks	Silks ready to dye, scarves for silk painting, huge variety of silks of all types.There’s even hand painted silks, and spoilers–they’re beautiful!

Tailoring and Menswear Fabrics

Also beautiful but in a different way. Sew something classy with help from these online fabric shops.

B Black & Sons	A very comprehensive collection of tailoring supplies and fabrics. If you want to learn to tailor, this place is a great spot to find all the gear!
British Fabrics	A fabulous Ebay store with British cashmere, worsted wool, tweed and mohair. Fabric is sold as pre-cut lengths so you can find enough for that suit you’ve got in mind. I’m drooling over the super 120s. I’d embarrass myself to admit how much I stalked this store when I was trying to source fabric for my husband’s 10th Doctor Suit.
Charles Zarit	Tailoring supplies at excellent prices. A colleague from Sew Much Talent recently recommended their hymo canvas.
Drapers Italy	Italian suiting fabrics with the quality you expect from made in Italy suiting fabrics!
English Suit Fabrics	This place seems to have very hands-on customer service with a swatching program and then a special follow up to make sure you’re happy with the suiting fabrics you order.
Joel & Son Fabrics	UK shop featuring haute couture fabrics including some pretty pick-your-jaw-off-the-floor suiting fabrics.

Online Fabric stores by country

Thus far in this list, I’ve noted countries in the descriptions if it fit, but the rest have been US shops. Here are some online fabric stores by country.

Australian and New Zealand Online Fabric Stores

A shout out to my friend Maria of Velosews and the Sew Organised Style Podcast for helping me with the research for this section!

A+R Fabrics	Curated natural fiber fabrics like tencel, ikat, cottons, linens, cotton twills
Darn Cheap Fabrics	Cool jacquards, special occasion fabrics, plus you gotta love a shop that has a section called, “unusual”!
Fibresmith	Nice collection of natural fiber fabrics, bag making supplies, Merchant & Mills oilskin. The cotton/linens are particularly nice!
House of Cloth	A lot of natural fiber designer fabrics + Bernina dealer.
Indie Stitches	Collection of indie patterns and notions
Jimmy Buttons	Laces, trims, hardware and of course buttons!
Kylie and the Machine	Woven labels for your sewing projects.
Little & Fox	Lovely upholstery and home fabrics in New Zealand.
Lush Fabrics	Wide collection of mostly knits in Perth. They also have faux leather and suede and elastic trims.
Maaidesign	Modern designer fabrics, large range of solid color high-quality fabrics aimed at helping you create a capsule wardrobe.
Minerva’s Bower	Designer fabrics, boiled wools, linens, merino wools, cotton chambrays, ponte knits.
Miss Maude	A New Zealand shop with curated color collections, fine fabrics and haberdashery.
Nerida Hansen	Lisa Congdon fabrics, linen cotton, cotton sateens, custom printing.
New Zealand Merino and Fabrics	New Zealand shop with extensive merino selection and wool knits
Pitt Trading	It calls itself “The designer store for beautiful fabrics.” I’m pretty impressed with their picot elastics and linens!
Potter and Co	Japanese wools, dyed yarn linens, rope dyed denim
Rathdowne Fabrics	Polar fleeces, cotton drill, voile, poplins, and linens. They were the supplier for Australia’s Project Runway!
Sew Active Fabrics	source for activewear fabrics in Australia. Definitely check out the selection of wicking compression spandex!
Sew By Night Studio	super cute visor hat kits.
Sewing Gem	Designer fabrics and haberdashery, Gertie patterns, Rossini Fabrics Australia.
Spotlight	The JoAnn of Australia, featuring Gertie fabrics.
The Drapery	Merchant & Mills notions, fine natural fiber fabrics.
The Fabric Store	Awesome selection of merino wools, silks, linens, Liberty of London.
Voodoo Rabbit	Bagmaking supplies and fabrics, sewing patterns and kits,
Zebra Fabrics	Specializing in stretch/knit fabrics.

Canadian Online Fabric Stores

I know it’s tough for Canadians to shop for fabric from the US what with the shipping. So here’s some good options in Canada itself.

Black Rabbit	Some really fun themed knit fabrics here! Also Kraft Tex fabrics which are a hybrid between paper and fabric that sews like leather–sounds really cool!
Club Tissus	Fabrics for fashion, kids, special occasion, activewear, swimwear, lingerie, and home decor.
Darrellthomas.com	Beautiful silk panels, wools, and other fine sewing fabrics.
Discovery Fabrics	extensive selection of Polartec including Power Wool, technical fabrics, flame retardant fabrics in British Columbia as well as dance, swim, outerwear, performance and natural fabrics.
Fabricville	Canadian chain fabric store and the largest Canadian online fabric store.
Flare Fabrics	Waxed canvas, printed cork fabric, quilting pre-cuts, and bagmaking supplies.
Fridaysoff	Curated modern fabrics. There are monthly subscription boxes of perfectly coordinated fabrics.
Iloveneedlework.com	Fun modern fabrics and workspace in Hamilton, Ontario.
L’Oiseau Fabrics	Some absolutely gorgeous knit fabric panels, eco-friendly and organic fabrics, super cute Alpine fleece and sweatshirt prints.
Mimi Fabrics	Bagmaking supplies, wide variety of fabric including softshell, double gauze, French terry, fleeces, plus a nice lookbook for inspiration!
Pins & Needles Fabrics	Fun novelty prints and designer quilting fabrics. There’s doll panels too!
Spool & Spindle	Natural fiber fabrics, patterns, and PDF printing.

UK Online Fabric Stores

If YouTube has convinced me of anything, it’s that it sure seems like there’s amazing fabric shops everywhere in the UK! Here’s some great ones.

Fabric Magpie	Outerwear fabric, denim, jersey, tencel, plus swatch service.
Guthrie & Ghani	Fabric and yarn shop from the lovely Lauren Guthrie of Great British Sewing Bee fame.
Higgs & Higgs	Wide variety of fabrics including a really nice collection of cable knit jerseys.
Liberty	The iconic London luxury fabric in those beautiful prints!
Pink Coat Club	Fun sewing themed gifts like enamel pins, necklaces, key chains and charms.
Raystitch	Modern dressmaking fabrics and some of the coolest buttons I’ve seen!
Sew Me Sunshine	Dressmaking fabrics, deadstock fabrics, happy labels for your sewing projects, and the ever adorable teacup pincushions that always seem to sell out!
Sew Over It	Curated dressmaking fabrics specially recommended for Sew Over It patterns.
Sewisfaction	Dressmaking fabrics, kits, indie patterns, and fun sewing themed gifts like a really cool giant thimble organizer.
Stitchybee	Nice collection of dressmaking fabrics for the modern sewist.
Stof and Stil	Huge selection of sewing fabrics. The water resistant beaver nylon caught my eye!
Truro Fabrics	Dressmaking and craft fabrics. Definitely check out the wool tweeds and plaids!

For sure I’ve missed any number of great fabric shops, but definitely I hope this is a good start for helping you find some good online fabric stores. I’ll be adding to this to just keep this growing as a resource for people.

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