150+ Online Shop Guide for the Makers - Part 1

I am often asked where I source my fabrics and bag making supplies from. Before Covid, I used to shop mostly local with occasional online purchases for hard to find items. Now that I've been buying strictly online for over a year now, my list has expanded including yarn shops and other independent businesses which I am happy to share with you. The list is rather long so it will be divided into several posts.

Today's list is all about sewing and knitting. Your support means everything to small independent shops and pattern designers so feel free to share this post to anyone who may find it useful.

Kindly,

SEWING

CANADA - updated

• The Workroom @_theworkroom @make_something

- A great selection of fabrics & notions for bag making, quilting, & apparel making

- Stellar customer service

- Bernina dealer

- Website is always up to date and user friendly

• Simplififabric @simplififabric 

• Blackbird Fabrics @blackbirdfabrics - a great fabric selection for apparels

• Dailylike Canada @dailylikecanada - cotton, apparel, bedding, knit fabrics from Korea

• Thread Theory - lots of men's apparel patterns

• Pure Linen Envy @purelinenenvy

• Thread Count Fabrics @threadcountfabrics

• Fabrications Ottawa @fabricationsott

• Fabric Spark @fabricspark

• Dear Gemini @dear_gemini_  - yarns, fabrics, notions, kits

• Spool & Spindle @spoolandspindle - pattern printing service

• Weave and Woven @weaveandwoven

• Needle Crafts + Studio @needlecraftsandstudio

• Riverside Textiles @riversidetextiles

• The Cotton Box @the.cotton.box

• Eweknit @eweknitto

• Needlework @needelwork_hamilton

• The Make Den @themakeden

• Lindley General Store @lindleygeneralstorequiltshop

• My Sewing Room @mysewingroom.ca

USA

• Fancy Tiger Crafts @fancytigercrafts

• Purl Soho @purlsoho

• Spoonflower @spoonflower - on-demand digital fabric printing

• Stitch Sew Shop @stitchsewshop - Indigobird paper pattern stockist

• French General @frenchgeneral

• Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics @stonemountainfabric

• Midlife Quilter @midlife_quilter

• Stash Charlotte @stashcharlotte

• Forest & Sea @forest_and_sea - handprinted fabric designs

• Picking Daisies @pickingdaisiesinslo

• M & J Trimming @mjtrimming - ribbons, trims, buttons...

• Oak Fabrics @oakfabrics

• Little Fabric Shop @littlefabricshop

• Fat Quarter Shop @fatquartershop

• Maker's Fabric @makersfabric

• B & J Fabrics @bandjfabrics

• Fabric Store @fabricsstorecom

• Bijou Lovely @bijoulovely

• Fabric Funhouse @fabricfunhouse

UK

• Merchant and Mills @merchantandmills - fabrics, notions, patterns

• Beyond Measure @beyond_measure_uk - tools and gifts for makers

France

• Atelier Brunette @atelierbrunette - a French fabric brand with exclusive prints

• Sajou @maisonsajouofficiel - quality haberdashery made in France

Italy

• Patchwork Victim @patchworkvictim

Japan

• Miss Matatabi @missmatatabifabric - family owned online fabric store specializing in modern Japanese fabrics

• Nani Iro @itoitonao @atelier_to_naniiro_textile - be inspired by Naomi Ito's fabric collection

Australia/ New Zealand

• The Fabric Store @wearethefabricstore - a curated range of designer ends, mill overruns, & exclusive fabrics for the creative community

• Cutting Cloth @cuttingcloth - fabric & yarn

BAG MAKING SUPPLIES-

• Emmaline Bags @emmalinebags (Canada)

• Sewing Supply Depot (Canada)

• Tandy Leather (Canada)

• Tandy Leather @tandyleather (USA)

• Zakka Workshop @zakkaworkhop (USA)

• Noodlehead @Noodlehead531 (USA)

• Klum House Workshop @klumhouse (USA)

• Buckle Guy @buckleguycom (USA)

• Big Duck Canvas @bigduckcanvas (USA)

• Rural Kind @ruralkind (USA)

• Zipit (USA)

• U-Handbag @uhandbag (UK)

BAG PATTERN DESIGNERS

Bag Pattern Designers

• Indigobird @indigobird_design

• Noodlehead @noodlehead531

• Sotak Handmade @sotakhandmade

• Comfort Stitching @aneelahoey

• Minki's Work Table @zeriano

• In Color Order @jenib320

• Sew Sweetness @sewsweetness

• Tinkinstitches @tinkerellen

• Rosie Taylor Crafts @rosie.taylor.crafts

• Klum House Workshop @klumhouse

• By Annie @patternsbyannie

• Patterns by Kanako @kanakofukatami

APPAREL PATTERN DESIGNERS

• Victory Patterns @victorypatterns

• Helen's Closet @helens__closet

• Sew Liberated @sewliberated

• Alabama Chanin @alabamachanin

• Seamwork @seamwork

• True Bias @truebias

• Grainline Studio @grainlinestudio

• Cashmerette @cashmerette

• Closet Core Patterns @closertcorepatterns

• The Assembly Line @theassemblylineshop

• Paper Theory @paper_theory

• Style Arc @stylearc

• By Hand London @byhandlondon

• Dear and Doe @deer_and_doe_patterns - sewing patterns for the modern sewist

• Elizabeth Suzann Studio

QUILT & FABRIC DESIGNERS -

• 3rd Story Workshop @3rdstoryworkshop

• Happy Sew Lucky @happysewlucky

• Working Cloth @working_cloth

• Carolyn Friedlander @carolynfriedlander

• Suzy Quilts @suzyquilts

• Sharon Holland @sharonhollanddesigns

• Jen Hewett @jenhewett

• Cotton & Flax @cottonandflax

• Nana Company @amysinibaldi

• Alison Glass @alisonglass

KNITTING

CANADA

• The Knit Cafe @theknitcafe

• Espace Tricot @espacetricot

• Romni Wools @romniwools

• The Knitting Loft @theknittingloft

• Spin Me a Yarn @spinmeayarnstore

• Yarns Untangled @yarnsuntangled

• Lichen and Lace @lichenandlace

• Knit-o-matic @knitomaticyarns

• Bleu Poussière @bleupoussiere

• Joeria Knits @joeriaknits

USA

• Twig & Horn @twigandhorn

• Purlsoho @purlsoho

• Knit Picks @knit_picks

• Brookly Tweed @brooklyntweed

• Shibui Knits @shibuiknits

• Coco Knits @cocoknits - knit patterns & craft tools

• A Verb for Keeping Warm @avfkw

• Dotpebbles Knits