Im in France but even when I pop over to the uk im shocked at the price of fabric. I almost exclusively use online shops in the US.
Fabricshack is great and Amanda's doing half price shipping so we get 8/9 yards for about 7$ shipped. I have bought from hancocks but they charge 20$ shipping... Missouri quilt co I've just bought from and it turns out that if you email them and only want a priority envelope sent, they'll refund you the difference between what their site quotes 30$ and the priority envelope price (14$)..
Fat quarter shop are good...most of the us stores will ship here with the exception of Jo Anns... and batting is difficult to get shipped cos of the size...but you've got cotton patch or creative grids I think isn't bad.
Hope this helps :O)
Pippa