Kusuriya (kk7hut)

Anyone have recommendations for buying fabric online? All my local places have died and it's being a pain in the ass to make gear.

#MYOG #sewing #fabric

Mar 6 at 3:28pmWeb
Show threadLes OrchardMar 6

@kusuriya Not sure if these folks have the sort of stuff you're looking for, but we live close to both these stores and have made a bunch of neat stuff from their fabric

https://shop.moderndomesticpdx.com/fabric/
https://shop.boltfabricboutique.com/collections/all-fabric

Fabric

Modern Domestic
Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Mar 6

@kusuriya

Where are you located?

ETA: Continent suffices. I would have one shop recommendation in Europe.

Show threadKusuriya (kk7hut)Mar 6
@proscience the greater Seattle Washington USA area
Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Mar 6

@kusuriya

Sorry, that's outside my area of expertise.

Maybe ask in the American sewing forum PatternReview?

https://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/sewingclasses/board.pl?today=1&misc=1

Registration is free, and there are plenty of Americans from all over the US who will be happy to chime in. Focus of the forum is garment sewing but IIRC I saw also people sewing raingear.

HTH

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Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 6

@kusuriya In the US? What kind of "gear" are you making? What kind of fabrics are you looking for?

@swachter might know.

Show threadKusuriya (kk7hut)Mar 6
@artcollisions @swachter Im mostly making bags and pouches. So im looking for canvas, cordura, and similar fabrics.
Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 6
@kusuriya @swachter do you know about sailrite.com?
Show threadKusuriya (kk7hut)Mar 6
@artcollisions @swachter didnt, thanks
Show threadswachterMar 6
@kusuriya @artcollisions I buy most of my solid colored canvas from fabricwholesaledirect.com and have been happy with their prices and quality!
Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 6

@kusuriya @swachter I have not ordered from them, but I have heard good things.

I'm very lucky to live near www.artisticartifacts.com and I get most of fabrics from them these days, but they do mail order too. They have some really beautiful canvas.

Show threadMimMar 6
@kusuriya I'm in the UK and like Minerva, Croft Mill and Fabworks.
Show threadrwhitworthMar 6
@kusuriya If you're making anything hiking/camping adjacent I suggest https://ripstopbytheroll.com/ - amazing customer service and the products are high quality
Fabrics and Materials to Make Your Own Gear or Grow Your Business.

As DIYers, we were tired of settling for generic fabrics while big companies had access to all the good stuff. So we launched Ripstop by the Roll - an online community for makers to find the world's best materials - plus the knowledge on how to use them - to successfully make their own gear or grow their business.

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Show threadEllenInEdmonton Mar 6
@kusuriya
Options can differ wildly, depending on where you live and what you want to sew. There are many businesses these days that sell deadstock and/or repurposed fabric. In Western Canada, we have
https://oursocialfabric.ca/
https://www.blenderzgarmentrecyclers.com/
Thankfully, we also have many brick-and-mortar stores, as well as a charity group that has a massive sale every April of deadstock, estates, and donated fabrics. That keeps me in projects for most of the year.
Our Social Fabric deadstock fabric store

Canadian non-profit fabric store, tackling textile waste by selling donated deadstock fabric online and in-person. Based in Vancouver and shipping across Canada. We've been keeping fabric out of landfill since 2009.

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Show threadBart Teeuwisse ❄️🇺🇦Mar 6
@kusuriya Besides RipstopByTheRoll.com, https://learnmyog.com/fabrics.html and https://myogtutorials.com/myog-suppliers/ are great resources for finding suppliers.
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