Where to buy bargain priced fabrics
Sewing can be an expensive hobby, by the time you add up all the haberdashery supplies, the patterns and then the fabrics it can be a lot of money. However, there are many stores out there that have fabric at £6 a metre or less so we've picked out some of the best places to buy cheap fabric online. Grab yourself a bargain and get much more fabric for your money.
Pound Fabrics
Pound Fabrics is the UK's Number 1 Online Fabric Pound Store. Pound Fabrics stock a wide range of clearance dressmaking fabrics, including chiffon, polyester, viscose, georgette and even scuba! Many are priced at £1 per metre with other priced at £2 - £3. Minimum order of any fabric is 3 metres to keep prices low.
Visit https://poundfabrics.co.uk/
Calico Laine
Calico Laine are a great site/store for bargain fabrics for dressmaking with almost every type of fabric you can think of. Fabrics you can buy for under £6 a metre include calico, craft cottons, satin, some printed jerseys, fleece fabrics, gingham and more...
Pictured is a cotton poplin priced at £5.99 per metre.
View their fabrics here: www.calicolaine.co.uk
Remnant House
Remnant House have a big selection of bargain fabrics many for less than £6 a metre. We love this floral viscose designthat is priced at only £3.99 per metre!
You can browse their low cost fabrics here: www.remnanthousefabric.co.uk
Cheap Fabrics
Cheap Fabrics pride themselves in sourcing ‘only the best’ high quality fabrics, at the best prices. They have a wide variety of fabrics for dressmaking, sheers and cottons too plus this lovely burn-out fabric shown. Examples of fabrics at bargain prices are brushed poplin, crepes, brocades - you name it, they have it! Take a look here - https://www.cheapfabrics.co.uk/thestore/index.php
Minerva Crafts
Minerva Crafts have a large range of fabrics for less than £6 a metre, many of their dressmaking fabrics are around £4-£5 a metre or less including the cotton poplin pictured.
Some of their fabrics cost just £2.99 a metre. Choose the sort by price option once you are on their fabric section to view the cheapest first, which is a very useful feature. Visit: http://www.minervacrafts.com
Weaver Dee
Online fabric and haberdashery store Weaver Dee have many fabrics under £6 a metre.
They have a range of poly cottons, both prints and plains, priced at around £3 per metre!
View their fabrics here: http://weaverdee.com/
Plus use code DIRECTORY10 for an extra 10% off.
Abakhan Fabrics
If you are looking for bargain dressmaking fabrics then pop on over to Abakhan Fabrics. They have hundreds of dressmaking fabrics poplin, lawn fabrics, gingham, satins, silk taffeta, wool, jersey etc a large amount of which are priced at under £6 per metre - you can select the price range when you search.
This wool fabric is priced at only £4.99 per metre!
View the full range of their bargain fabrics at http://www.abakhan.co.uk or in their stores.
Fabrics at Fleetwood
Fabrics at Fleetwood have both craft fabrics and dressmaking fabrics at £6 a metre. You can also buy them as fat quarters for £1.50.
They have a good selection of colourful spotty fabrics, stars and stripes.
Visit their site: http://www.fabricsatfleetwood.com/
Fabric Godmother
The Fabric Godmother site specialises in dressmaking fabrics and some are priced around £6 a metre, including cotton ramie mix - a linen-like fabric - and some cottons and broderie anglaise.
You can search for fabrics by price but be aware that the prices shown are for HALF METRE cuts.
To visit the Fabric Godmother site go to: http://www.fabricgodmother.co.uk
Fabric UK
Fabric UK have many fabrics at around the £4 a metre mark including fleece, waterproof fabric and cotton fabrics. They also have a section of fabrics which cost just 99p a metre and one of fabrics priced at just £1.99 a metre.
There are also automatic discounts if you spend over £100.
View their fabrics here: http://www.fabricuk.com
Croft Mill
Croft Mill have a beautiful selection of craft fabrics, soft furnishing fabrics and dressmaking fabrics, both prints and plains. Some are as cheap as £3 a metre, and there are many for £5 - £7 a metre.
Do take a look at their product descriptions, they are great and some are really amusing. Much better than your standard manufacturer's blurb.
View their fabrics here: http://www.croftmill.co.uk
Fabric Land
Incredible range of fabrics offered at wholesale prices to everyone! You name it, they probably have it. These crushed velvets start at £1.69 per metre.
Visit https://www.fabricland.co.uk/
More bargains?
If you still have space for a little more bargain fabric why not check out our fabric sales page which has details of our customer's latest offers and discount codes plus direct links to their sales sections.
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