Wide fabric sources
 

Does anyone have good sources for wide fabric for backing please?

I’ve purchased wide backing from Thousands of Bolts. Here’s a link to Backside Fabrics. I haven’t purchased there but they seem to have a good selection.

https://www.backsidefabrics.com/

equilter.com, connectingthreads, hancocks of paducah

Connecting Threads have good prices, frequent sales. Not a very wide variety ... but good value! I'm in Canada, and shipping is very reasonable. Customer service is great.

Marshall's Dry Goods have their 108" wide backings on sale for $7.99 a yard.

There is a lady who sells beautiful 108" wide backings for $8 a yard. She's on SewItsForSale on Facebook. Her name is Marylyn L Boughan Jones. You can search for her posts in that group.
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I just bought some from Quilted Twins. https://www.quiltedtwins.com/backing It is beautiful and good quality and they have a good selection. You'll see the same backings on other sites for a lot more money. I also like Connecting Threads for backing, but the selection is not that good.

I order a lot of fabric (and occasional wide backs) from www.fabric.com.

I ordered recently from fabric.com and was very pleased. Color was as it appeared on my monitor and shipping was quicker than what was originally stated. I'll go there again.

Whittle's Fabrics

I have purchased backings from here. Nice material!

KeepsakeQuilting.com has several extra wide backing fabrics. I've also purchased some at Hobby Lobby. The woman at Hobby Lobby said they're going to begin stocking a wider variety of 108" wide cottons.

Fabric.com or Hancocks of Paducah if I shop online. In Illinois I love Boline’s in Bloomington..lots of choices for about $8 a yard.

I purchase 98% of my wide backing fabrics from fabric.com
they have a large selection, good prices and a free shipping price point I can always meet. I’ve been shopping with them for 20 years , their customer service has always been good, very few problems over the years (3-4 in 20 years) problems were always solved/ fixed/ handled quickly and cheerfully.

I usually get mine from Hobby Lobby. I can see actual color and feel it.

I get most from Amazon, which is usually Fabric.com or Hancock’s of Paducah.

I get all of my 108 inch from Marshalls the quality is good and I love the choices that are available and at $7.99 a yard you can't beat it.

I get mine from my one of the stores in Amish country, Shipshewanna, Indiana. No help for you but for me a hour drive 3 or 4 times a year is worth having a marvelous large selection of wide backing. One of my LQS also has a moderate sized selection that is growing as more of us request this fabric. You have so many web suggestions to investigate. Have fun making choices.

Alternatively, you can get a good quality cotton bedsheet in a suitable size from the usual sheet sources (department stores, websites etc.) - I wanted plain fabric for my backing, so that's what I did!

thanks everyone for your input. I did not realize there were so many choices

I Love this place. They even do free samples.

I also like Quilted Twins, service is good and quick. You can't beat their prices.

I've gotten from backsidefabrics.com and have had very good experience. They send free swatches, too. I usually get about 10 free swatches and then decide which I like best and order from them.

I have also ordered from Quilted Twins. Fabric & prices are good, shipping reasonable & good selection. They also have panels & 1/2 yd bundles at a good price.

I've bought from her (Marylyn Jones) for a few years... Great, great price, good selection & very quick delivery!!...

I purchase their wide fabrics, too. Sometimes they are Very reasonably priced. Then I buy more than I need. It will be used.

I'm lucky cause we have two local sources for wide backs here in town: Honey Bee Quilts and Over the Top Quilting Studio, but I've also done quite a bit of quilt backing with flat sheets that I've found at Ross and Marshalls. Big box stores are also a good source for flat sheets, I backed a quilt for a friend's son with a Batman flat sheet that she had leftover from a child's bed set.

I have had happy results from Missouri Star and Hancock's of Paducah.