It can be frustrating looking for great fabric in the UK but these online shops with their range of fabrics, trims, notions and patterns all help to increase my stash and make my life just that little bit better - take a look :)
Celtic Fusion Fabrics
Great stock of fabrics including Kokka, Lecien and much more- Gwen has a great eye for something different.
Wonderful for kits- everything printed on the fabric, no need for pattern pieces. Plus a great range of fabrics, trims, books and house goodies.
Daisy Chain Designs
I use this site for trims, especially jumbo cotton ric rac and East of India Goodies.
Dotty Dolly
I know the owners of 'Dotty Dolly', Debby and Joan, and they are both wonderfully helpful. They have shop in Wellington and run a range of course and workshops as well as stocking lots and lots of fabric.
Great for buying USA and Aus magazines and more. I buy Stitch from here and their customer service is excellent.
Comprehensive stockists of quilting supplies and a good range of fabric- Anna Maria Horner, Kaffe, Joel Dewberry etc. Worth having a good search through the website. Lots of precuts to chose from
Daisy Chain Designs
I use this site for trims, especially jumbo cotton ric rac and East of India Goodies.
Brighton based bricks and mortar and online shop, specialising in variety of good quality dress fabrics, jersey/knit, cottons including Michael Miller prints and a lot more. Great customer service!
Dotty Dolly
I know the owners of 'Dotty Dolly', Debby and Joan, and they are both wonderfully helpful. They have shop in Wellington and run a range of course and workshops as well as stocking lots and lots of fabric.
Anna has an excellent range of prints and offers from FQ upwards. There are bundles and themed monthly clubs to join. Eternal Maker has started stocking Yuwa prints including Suzuko Koseki and Kumiko Fujita as well as huge number of Aurifil threads and Lecien Cosmo Embroidery threads.
Traditional Japans fabrics, notions including flex frames.
Lovely selection of fabrics which is growing
Like Etsy but just for fabric and fabric related things- you can buy and sell on this UK site.
A great range and fast delivery. Bundles of different sizes and themes and extensive selection.
No website but a great facebook page with photos of stock and they will help you with enquiries, mail fabrics etc. Great selection, especially Liberty lawns.
Huge selction of modern Japanese designer fabrics and a whole lot more.
An excellent range of fabrics and notions and a well organised website with easy ways to search under different themes.
Extensive modern quilting selection, Amy Butler, Denyse Schmidt, Joel Dewberry and many more. fast and efficient. Julia has a great range of interfacing and fusible fleece.
Small range of fabrics- Moda, Amy Butler, Kaffe and good range of Amy Butler patterns.
M is for Make I think this has to be my favourite UK online shop. I love Kate's selction of hand picked fabrics and she has a great eye for prints and fabrics from the best designers. There are also Japanese and European pattern books and magazines and her prices are very fair.
Lady Sew and Sew
Lady Sew and Sew
Massive shop in Henley-on Thames and mail order/online service too. Huge range of fabrics, tools, Accuquilt,interfacings and much much more!
Comprehensive quilting fabrics and supplies.
I buy Insulbrite here as they sell it buy the metre. Good for Lecien basics.
I can always find a bargain here. Interesting price structure, the more you buy the more you save. Accuquilt stockists
I buy from this shop when they exhibit at my local quilt festival each year. Invalulable for daylight bulbs, cheaper rotary blades and all sorts of quilting/sewing tools and gadgets.
I love their FQ bundles!
Devon based so localish to me. Jo and Fran are friendly and helpful and offer a great swatch service and a good range of fabrics and patterns.
A little hard to navigate but a great selection of fabrics and trims.
Useful for range of Lecien fabrics but the online shop doesn't not show the full range that they have available and is not kept very up-to-date.
Comprehensive selection of Kona solids, I think you can order any Kona colour from Mandy and she is adding other fabrics lines all the time- love it!
Includes a bricks and mortar shop. Great range of solids and very pretty small floral prints. Website navigation is limited, no search facility.
The best bag and purse making supplies selection and Lisa has a very helpful blog full of tutorials and good advice.
Beautiful range of repro prints. New designs come up relating to the latest collections on display.
Great selection of fabric, dress making, quilting, knitting, crochet,tapestry and more on an easy to navigate website and great customer service.
