As soon as there’s a chill in the air we start thinking about all the snuggly warm winter garments we can sew. Soft fleeces, warm coats, snuggly jumpers and more. Below are some of our favourite places for buying winter fabrics for your winter dressmaking projects.
Dots N Stripes
Dots N Stripes specialise in knit fabrics with a big range of jersey fabrics including those suitable for sweatshirts, t-shirts and jumpers. We like these quilted fleece back coat fabrics shown above. They also have lots of great child friendly prints too.
Shop their range at: http://www.dotsnstripes.co.uk/
Little Legs Fabrics
If soft and cuddly is what you are looking for Little Legs Fabrics have just the materials for you. They stock Sherpa fleece, toweling fabric, velour, French Terry and cuddle fleece among other snuggly fabrics.
Find their online store here: https://www.littlelegsfabrics.co.uk/
Pound Fabrics
Pound Fabrics have a great selection of bargain priced winter fabrics including fleece, chunky cable knit fabrics, wool fabrics, sweatshirting and more.
The speckled wool fabric shown is just £3.50 per metre! But hurry, they don’t stick around for long at those prices! https://poundfabrics.co.uk/
Sew Me Sunshine
Sew Me Sunshine have some gorgeous cable knit jersey fabrics (shown above) which are ideal for making jumpers. They also sell coating fabrics, jumbo corduroy and wool fabrics.
Shop their range at https://sewmesunshine.co.uk/
Fabric Godmother
You can’t get much warmer than this denim and shearling quilted fabric shown above, it would make a lovely winter jacket. Fabric Godmother have a few different quilted fabrics along with waterproof coat fabrics, strokeable velvet and fleece backed soft shell fabric. Perfect for making new additions to your winter wardrobe.
Choose your favourites on their website: https://www.fabricgodmother.co.uk/
Fabrics Galore
Find wool fabrics, sweatshirt fabric, quilted fabrics, brushed cotton, fleece, jumbo cord, coating fabric and more at Fabrics Galore. We love their cute brushed cottons like the one shown above for warm winter pjs.
Shop their extensive range at https://www.fabricsgalore.co.uk/
Make Fabric Boutique
Not only do they have over 50 great sweatshirt fabrics including the speckled ones pictured above but Make Fabric Boutique have lots of ribbing too for the collars and cuffs of your sweatshirts. They also sell quilted fabrics for extra warmth, and corduroy and twill fabrics for winter trousers, dresses and skirts.
Shop online here.
Craftswoman Fabrics
Craftswoman Fabrics have a whole section devoted to winter fabrics – here you will find wools and coatings – suitable for outer garments to keep you warm. See the winter section here.
Just Sew
Find a selection of boiled wools, wool blends, corduroys and other heavier weight dressmaking fabrics. See the selection and shop here.
Don’t forget we have a free project for a stretch velvet skirt which would look great with tights.
