But I am too scared to spend too much. I saw a stunning print of some floaty drapey fabric in a sewing magazine once, when to look how much it was and it was £23 a meter!!! I almost cried! It’s not a cheap hobby. But I want to make sure I don’t just make something purely coz I want to make it or it’s popular… looking at you puffy sleeves. The same way I tend to source my own clothes and clothes for my boys preloved, when and where it is possible. Not only for sustainably reasons but also it saves me money so I’d rather spend on experiences rather than things.
I am mainly getting fabrics on eBay as remnants from some one else’s project, or vintage stashed of their grand mother’s or destash from other makers… I can tell you that so far I only purchased new fabric was that pretty cotton from hobby craft for my Star Wars dress. And I purchased from lovely Fleur et Ours who is a small mum run business and also stocks fabrics with eco certification.
Actually vinted after you dig for ages is pretty good too!
I also managed to find some amazing vintage bed linens for some jazzy makes in charity shops. Same goes for like buttons and bits, a while back I found some one on eBay selling their relatives sewing boxes. Cute vintage tins went to my Etsy shop but the rest after checking and chucking into my haberdashery stash….
Of joys of vintage buttons and cool pattern fabrics. And this way it’s not as scary if I will mess up…. My mistake then didn’t cost £10 a meter or something!
So win win here, I still buy very little new, have unusual patterns… And this is why sometimes I do not have enough!
P.S. my African wax stash came from small female run business and supporting small makers. So I m cool with that too!
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