where to Buy Fabric
 

When you cannot find the fabric you need at the quilt stores, which on line store do you favor. By the time you pay for shipping, the cost per yard can be very high.

I really like Fabric.com - they have sales from time to time where shipping is included, but it's not horrible. I also like Missouri Star Quilt Company and Thousand Bolts. When I am looking for something specific the price of the shipping can be less than the cost of gas. Plus the price of some fabric at the LQS can be a lot higher than the fabric online.

If you get on mailing lists, the companies will let you know about sales and free shipping times. Save up your purchases and get free shipping. I find the prices at Hancocks of Paducah are wonderful with a huge selection and even better when on sale. Their Kona Cotton is about $5.50 all the time. This company was highly recommended by another blogger who uses them often: https://www.whittlesfabrics.com/ The Fabric Shack in Ohio is a good internet company.

These are just three. Again, sign up for email and you will get notification of sales and other specials.

Connecting Threads and Keepsake Quilting are both great - quick service and wonderful fabric.

Go to http://www.quiltshops.com

it is a network of several hundred shops. sometimes several shops will have the fabric you are looking for, at varied prices. You get to comparison shop.

I just google the fabric name I'm looking for, to see who has it. I've discovered lots of wonderful on-line shops this way. In my experience, FabricShack has the lowest shipping price and the fastest service.

have you considered taking a look at the FabShopHop?

You look for "bunnies" on approx. 90 sites. There are many good deals to be found on their pages, and it also introduces you to ones that may become new favorites. I know I had no idea some of these existed, and now I have new ones I enjoy.
Just a thought :)

I second Redstilettos recommendation. FabShopHop is a great way to get to know the strengths of other fabric stores. Be sure to note which are good for what if you see one you like. The shops come and go on the hop but your favorites list is yours to keep.

Fabric Essentials had a big Blow-out sale going on last week. Not sure if it's still on, but good prices there & fast service. Nancy's Notions is having a sale on batiks for $6.97 a yard. Lots of beauties there! A bit slower (about 10 days to two weeks) to get things from her, but worth the wait!! Hope this helps...

Stitch Stash Diva on Etsy has a huge sale area, most of my fabric is from them, two day shipping, LOVE it. They do sales around holidays, i watch their Facebook page. I've done Fabric.com but twice they took longer than a week to ship my order and I've had a few undercut orders from them too so they're my last resort.

I love equilter.com. They have so many fabric choices, I always find what I'm looking for. They also donate part of their proceeds (from your order) to 1 of like 8 or so charities which you can choose from.

A great place is . marshallsdrygoods.com Lots of fabrics and name brands.

I have ordered from Hancock's of Paducah and have been happy.

I like eQuilter.com--I've always had good service and the prices are fair and I can find things there that are pretty unique. I also like Fabric Fanatics (in Texas)for batiks--they always have a larger choice in their sale bin too and it's possible to get a great choice for good prices. Mo. Star has THE best selection of pre-cuts ever and if you are looking for those I'd definitely check them first.

Missouri Star Quilt Co. is very good and shipping is only $5.00 unless you spend $100 then free. They have very good prices too. Missouri Star has a daily deal that I check out every day, never know what they will have but always a bargain. Another site I shop is Fabric.com. They have good prices, excellent selection, and the service is also outstanding. Another $5.00 shipping and free over $49.00.

I shop on line a lot, but very seldom pay shipping. Fabric.com is my go- to site, I've been purchasing from them for almost 20 years. I always get free shipping. Connecting Threads is another that offers free shipping and I've noticed more are starting to offer it on more reasonable amounts. If you have to spend $100 or more to get it I don't shop there.

Fabric.com and Hancock of Paducah.

Shopping at Hancock's of Paducah
 

Quote "I find the prices at Hancocks of Paducah are wonderful with a huge selection and even better when on sale. Their Kona Cotton is about $5.50 all the time."



I used to love shopping from Paducah's catalog and loved their e-mail sale notifications. Now, no matter how often I sign up, I never get their catalog or their e-mail notifications. Anyone else have this problem?

If I'm looking for more of a particular fabric, I google the name and see what comes up. I have ordered from as big as Hancocks of Paducah to little quilt shops with online presence. Never had a bad experience. Sometimes the smaller shops have older inventory which has been a huge help.

I love equilter.com - great choice of fabrics.

I love Whittles. They normally ship the same day you order

Fabric.com and keepsake.com have good fabric. The trick is to catch them on a sale. I have purchased a lot of fabric on etsy and on ebay. I usually only get a yard as my focus fabric and read very carefully the info on the seller and the fabric. Recently I had a customer request 'real looking strawberries'. I found 2 fabrics that looked like you could have eaten the fruit right off the cloth! I got a half yard each and it costs $4 each. More than I usually pay, but I paired it with very inexpensive solids and have enough left for a second item. And I got a great new customer with wonderful reviews - win, win. I have not yet had a bad buy. Since I sell most of my products, I need a deal and I need to have a good product.

I recently ordered a bunch of Kaffe Fassett prints that were being sold by fabric.com on Amazon. At the time, they were actually cheaper on Amazon than on fabric.com's own site. Also, the shipping was free on Amazon without having to buy a certain dollar amount, so I will always check Amazon in addition to the regular quilting sites.

In addition to what the others said, I use www.fatquartershop.com . Plus www.batiksplus.com. www.Hancocks-Paducah.com

I love Connecting threads & Missouri Star Quilt. They are both great companies. Fast shipping, great fabrics, & wonderful customer service.

I've used Fabric.com for years and only twice did they make a mistake. Once they sent the wrong fabric and once they cut a panel crooked. I immediately emailed them and they quickly sent the right thing and they told me to keep what they originally sent. Now I understand Amazon has bought them and the pricing has changed.

I love WEBFABRICS.net..........they ship worldwide, and her prices, as well as fabric quality, is GREAT!!

Missouri Star Quilt Co. is the best! (www.missouriquiltco.com) Not only do they have great quality fabric, but flat shipping rate of $5.00 unless you purchase $100, then it's free. Also "Daily Deals" that are great. They also have excellent tutorials--a new one each week--using precuts. I love precuts 'cause I don't like cutting (I'm too impatient--I'd rather be sewing or quilting!)

Thousandsofbolts.com Hancocksofpaducah.com (sale pages) Missouriquiltcompany.com (sp??....$5 shipping) fivebucksayard.com some of connectingthreads.com are reasonable, but they also carry full price fabrics, and I never pay full price. Their own brand are cheaper, but I never like them.

I just checked fatquartershop.......WOW!! They have more 1800's prints than I have ever seen! And they showed a preview of many to come in April. I may have to break my rule of never paying full price.....hahahaha

I order from them and have been so happy with the beautiful fabrics I have from them. I have been happy with Keepsake Quilting, Connecting Threads and Nancy's Notions.

I like Thousands of Bolts.

In addition to the others mentioned, I like Over The Rainbow fabrics (overrainbow.com )

l only buy online. Gas, time, and limited availability of many fabrics in a collection at the local LQS, closing LQS's, and high prices have made me an constant on-line shopper. The only downside is the bombardment of daily e-mails from these on-line sites. The up-side is they tell me when the sales are and I can pick and choose the sales and sale prices.

Online stores I go to Hancock of Paducah, Fabric.com, Marshalls Dry Goods and of course Connecting Threads. I normally buy enough to get their free shipping.

In addition to those mentioned, I've used Quilt Fabric Closeouts. https://quiltfabriccloseouts.com/

Marshalls dry goods has some very good buys and shipping is reasonable.

Thousands of Bolts. Missouri Star Quilt Co. Craftsy.

Webfabrics.net is my first go-to online quilt shop! Their customer service is fantastic!

I like Marshalls Dry Goods (very fast shipping) and Connecting Threads