Where To Buy Fabric
Large Chain Stores
- Spotlight – Wide range of dress, quilting, and upholstery fabrics; great for beginners.
- Lincraft – Popular for craft and dressmaking fabrics, plus basic sewing supplies.
- Hobbysew – Sewing/fabric store with machines, notions, and classes.
Independent Fabric Stores
- The Fabric Store (AU/NZ, also ships internationally) – Designer deadstock and high-quality linens, silks, wools, and cottons.
- Tessuti Fabrics (Australia, online + Sydney & Melbourne) – Beautiful garment fabrics and indie sewing patterns.
- Kylie and the Machine (AU) – Known for fun woven labels but also stock fabrics and sewing notions.
Online Global Stores
- Mood Fabrics (US) – Has a huge range and ships internationally.
- Fabric.com (Amazon) – Big selection of affordable basics.
- Minerva (UK) – Wide variety of fabrics, with reviews and sewing community projects.
- Etsy – Great for unique fabrics, hand-dyed textiles, and vintage finds.
Sustainable & Secondhand Options
- Reverse Garbage / local recycling centres – Affordable, often unusual fabric offcuts.
- Op shops (thrift stores) – Curtains, sheets, tablecloths can be repurposed as fabric.
- Facebook Marketplace / Gumtree – People often sell leftover fabric bundles.
- Deadstock suppliers – Many indie stores sell designer offcuts that would otherwise go to waste.