Resources
Fabrics and Supplies
Mansfield, Huge shop of haberdashery and fabrics in the town centre. Sewing machine supplier with regular demo days and discounts. Also servicing of machines. Classes are taught here in the upstairs room. Sewing surgery is the first Saturday of the month there are regular overlocker classes and pattern alteration classes too.
Holmewood, Chesterfield. - Great range of inexpensive fabrics, good for practising and making a toile. Ribbon is as cheap as chips!
Fred's Haberdashery
Chesterfield, Superb shop with every kind of haberdashery!
Fabulous range of fabrics and haberdashery, sample service.
Based in Dewsbury if you fancy a run out, great for woollens and scuba as well as range of shirting. Sample service provided.
Jaycotts
patterns and haberdashery
Annie's Abbeydale Rd Sheffield. This is a fabulous shop with the best choice of jersey fabrics, unparalleled in the area. Parking outside too.
Useful Resources
The fold line
- has an amazing pattern database from independent designers, as well as lots of great tutorials.
The curvy sewing collective
- extensive list of pattern designers that cater for our curves!
PDF pattern suppliers
- there's a great choice in PDF patterns theses days and these are some of my favourites, I hate the sticking together business so I usually send them to a printers to be printed on A0, then just read the instructions on my laptop, no need to print anything.
I usually use:
Flamingo prints - good service, inexpensive,
most patterns are 2 sheets, sometimes 3.
The Foldline
also sells and prints PDF patterns, so a one -stop shop
Ellie & Mac
have loads of patterns, up to size 5XL, mainly for jersey fabrics, often on sale for a few dollars, love theirs -my link gets you 10% off too.
Twig and Tale
- love their men's breeze shirt. lots of unusual patterns on here.
I found lots of recommendations on the Facebook group -Sewing for my not pregnant belly