Fabric databases, pattern and fit tools, weaving, dyeing, repair, standards, and production partners. Source-checked, candid about limitations, and free to search.
39 resources for choose materials
Fifty fabrics compared by fibre, weight, weave, stretch, handle, care, and the projects they suit.
Choosing fabric before you cut
A comparison guide, not a live stock list or substitute for ordering a swatch.
Convert fabric mass per unit area between g/m² and avoirdupois oz/yd² with an explicit unit-only decision boundary.
Translating the same fabric mass-per-area result between metric and U.S. customary listings
The result is a numerical unit conversion, not a new measurement or conformance decision; it does not establish sample or lot representativeness, significant digits, drape, warmth, opacity, thickness, stretch, strength, shrinkage, durability, sewability, end use, target, or tolerance.
Estimate yardage by garment type, size, width, and pattern direction.
Planning a fabric purchase
A planning estimate; use the pattern layout when one is available.
Supplier, product, equipment, and company directories across the technical-textile supply chain.
Technical and specialty textiles
Directory inclusion does not establish suitability, current capacity, or product certification.
A commercial fabric, trim, print, and garment-production marketplace with swatch ordering and global logistics support.
Sourcing swatches and low-MOQ fabric options
Marketplace claims and supplier fit still require sample review, documentation checks, and commercial due diligence.
A commercial B2B workflow for material briefs, supplier discovery, comparison, compliance data, and sourcing collaboration.
Structured material sourcing across teams
Built for professional sourcing teams; public pricing and full marketplace access are not provided on the main site.
A yarn-substitution database that compares gauge, fibre, texture, put-up, and construction.
Replacing a discontinued or unavailable yarn
A suggested match is a shortlist; swatch to confirm gauge, hand, color, and fabric behavior.
A community-maintained database for knitting and crochet patterns, yarns, projects, designers, and shops.
Broad pattern, yarn, and project research
Community and designer records vary; confirm purchase terms, errata, and current yarn availability at the source.
A searchable marketplace of Indian cotton, yarn, fabric, denim, home-textile, and made-up exporters maintained by the sector export council.
Finding export-oriented Indian cotton textile suppliers
Marketplace placement is paid by listed exporters; council membership and uploaded certificate claims do not establish current capacity, minimums, performance, or project fit.
The Taiwan Textile Federation's searchable registry of approved functional-textile products, companies, claimed functions, and certification numbers.
Finding Taiwan products certified for a named textile function
A listed approval applies to the identified product and function, not every output from the company; confirm scope, validity, test method, supply terms, and current certificate status.
A fillable request for comparing textile and trim suppliers against the same construction, performance, traceability, quantity, price, and sample requirements.
Requesting comparable fabric, trim, or component offers
The request does not set product-specific pass values, prove fitness or safety, validate claims, replace laboratory testing, or determine legal compliance.
A current exhibitor search for functional fabrics, garment makers, trims, labels, zippers, transfers, finishes, treatments, and related services.
Finding technical material and component specialists before a trade-show meeting
It represents current trade-show participants, not the whole market; a profile does not establish available capacity, minimums, certification, workmanship, or project fit.
A year-round product and company showroom for leather, synthetics, fabrics, accessories, components, services, and small metal parts.
Exploring leather and component suppliers for footwear, bags, apparel, and accessories
The showroom represents participating companies and supports discovery only; verify current collections, material claims, chemical requirements, origin, minimums, capacity, and commercial terms directly.
A specialist showroom for European and Mediterranean swimwear, underwear, and athleisure fabrics, prints, lace, embroidery, accessories, and design studios.
Finding specialist stretch fabrics, embroidery, lace, and components in the Euro-Mediterranean supply base
It is a curated specialty-show community rather than complete regional coverage; confirm current participation, production geography, technical fit, minimums, capacity, and terms directly.
A year-round professional sourcing platform for materials, components, supplier know-how, samples, appointments, stock service, and low-quantity options.
Comparing selected suppliers and finding low-quantity or stock-service options
Access requires a professional account and company details; the selected exhibitor pool, private catalogues, claims, price, stock, minimums, and delivery still require direct confirmation.
A source-reviewed regional field guide and fillable record for finding fabric, yarn, fibre, haberdashery, quilting, artisan, and professional material routes, then verifying listing models, seller identity, exact stock, buying units, rights, and current transaction terms.
Moving from a community map, association list, government catalogue, curated directory, or marketplace result to a current, comparable visit or purchase decision
The guide and record do not verify or endorse a seller, artisan, directory, product, service, price, claim, certification, rights position, labour practice, quality, accessibility, delivery, return eligibility, privacy practice, or project fit, and listings, stock, hours, terms, and ownership can change after review.
A community-maintained map of nearly 1,500 confirmed fabric shops, online sellers, reuse sources, chains, and other material stops across multiple countries.
Finding a physical or online fabric seller near a location
The map is a work in progress, lacks a fabric-type filter, and depends on volunteer corrections; confirm the shop, location, hours, stock type, online status, and terms directly.
A modern international map for quilt shops, guilds, events, retreats, longarm services, repair providers, and brands across a growing set of countries.
Finding quilt-material sellers and adjacent quilting services by country or map
Coverage is quilting-specific and uneven by country; businesses can pay for enhanced features, and community or owner updates do not verify inventory, service quality, hours, or availability.
A UK directory and marketplace for fabric shops, haberdasheries, yarn shops, independent makers, sewing suppliers, classes, events, and products.
Finding UK fabric, notions, yarn, sewing services, or classes by location
Listings can be owner-submitted or team-added, and affiliate or marketplace relationships are commercial influences; verify current stock, price, opening, delivery, returns, and service quality directly.
A United Kingdom guild map and regional list of local yarn shops, including online or phone ordering, groups, workshops, and member discounts where declared.
Finding a UK local yarn shop and the services it says it offers
The directory depends on participating shops and submitted updates, so it is not a complete retail census; confirm opening hours, access, stock, discounts, classes, and ordering options directly.
A global community directory of local yarn shops connected to yarn brands, shop pages, groups, and optional in-store pattern sales.
Finding yarn shops by location and checking which yarns a shop declares
Searching requires a free Ravelry account, records are shop-managed, and optional paid logo or text ads exist; confirm that a shop and its declared brands, stock, hours, and services are current.
A state-by-state United States local yarn shop database with a companion map, mobile shops, and a public route for additions, corrections, and removals.
Planning a local yarn shop visit or fibre-focused trip in the United States
The project accepts donations and visibly marks partner shops, while many non-partner records contain only a name and address; verify existence, hours, inventory, accessibility, and services before traveling.
An Australian guild directory of yarn shops, dyers, mills, fibre producers, fabric and craft retailers, equipment sellers, and workshop providers.
Finding Australian yarn, fibre, dyeing, spinning, weaving, and mixed craft sellers
It is a retail-member list maintained by a New South Wales guild rather than a national census or quality review; confirm location, shipping, inventory, claims, classes, and discount terms directly.
A New Zealand merchant directory for yarn, fleece, dyes, spinning, weaving, felting, embroidery, quilting fabric, tools, equipment, and fibre types.
Finding New Zealand fibre-art materials, equipment, and specialist sellers
The page covers participating merchants and some records or external links can age; confirm that the business, website, product range, location, shipping, hours, and equipment support remain current.
An accessibility-conscious directory of independent European Union yarn and spinning-fibre dyers, designers, tech editors, and accessory makers.
Finding independent EU yarn or fibre dyers with off-Ravelry purchase routes
It is one curator's intentionally selective, off-Ravelry-oriented database, inventories change, and paid supporters can receive rotating priority placement; verify availability, fibre claims, shipping, and terms directly.
The Canadian Quilters Association's public quilt-shop list, filterable by province or territory with location and individual business profiles.
Finding association-listed quilt shops and studios within Canada
It is an association list of participating businesses rather than a complete Canadian shop census; confirm the shop type, inventory, address, opening, online ordering, shipping, and service quality directly.
A Western Cape guild list of fabric, wool, thread, notions, quilting, sewing-machine, pattern, class, kit, and related craft suppliers.
Finding quilting and mixed craft suppliers in South Africa's Western Cape
It is a Western Cape guild list, not a South African retail census or quality assessment; some entries lack dates or current websites, so confirm existence, stock, hours, location, shipping, and service directly.
A South African guild vendor page covering quilting cotton, Ankara prints, hand-dyed fabric and yarn, thread, machines, notions, kits, classes, and longarm services.
Finding quilt, fibre, sewing, and machine suppliers around Gauteng and nearby South African regions
The guild actively markets participating vendors and the list is concentrated around Gauteng rather than national coverage; inclusion does not establish stock, pricing, accessibility, workmanship, or suitability, so verify directly.
A Japanese association directory filterable by sewing, knitting, weaving, quilting, embroidery, business model, member name, and other craft areas.
Discovering Japanese fabric, yarn, thread, notions, tools, retail, online, wholesale, and teaching organizations
The interface and most profiles are in Japanese, it covers association members rather than every Japanese seller, and results mix consumer retail with wholesale, manufacturing, publishing, and education; verify purchase access and location directly.
A Brazilian textile raw-material association page linking participating fabric, textile, import, and related supplier companies.
Finding an initial set of Brazilian textile raw-material and fabric supplier leads
This is a small association member set, not a Brazilian supplier census, retail guide, capability audit, or endorsement; member links and scopes vary, and buyers must confirm legal identity, materials, minimums, samples, claims, facilities, price, and delivery directly.
A Europe-wide value-chain directory for flax and hemp farmers, scutchers, spinners, knitters, weavers, traders, processors, technical-material producers, organizations, and certified companies.
Tracing European flax, linen, and hemp leads by fibre, country, activity, know-how, business sector, and chain position
The searchable company layer is a member subset and is being updated, while membership or a displayed mark does not prove that a specific quoted lot, mill, process, origin claim, certification scope, minimum, capacity, quality, labor condition, price, or delivery fits the project.
A source-reviewed working guide and fillable record for connecting a GSM or oz/yd² result to its material, test option, sampling, conditioning, product requirement, adjacent properties, trials, and purchase disposition.
Replacing universal light, mid, and heavyweight charts with comparable fabric evidence and product-specific decisions
The record does not provide universal fabric-weight classes, garment recommendations, test values, targets, tolerances, sampling counts, lot acceptance, drape or performance conclusions, compliance, or a substitute for representative swatches, product trials, and qualified textile, testing, product, quality, safety, sourcing, and compliance review.
A source-reviewed working guide and fillable record for preserving textile provenance, separating components and evidence questions, commissioning qualified analysis, and avoiding unsafe home burn-test conclusions.
Investigating an unknown textile without using flame, smoke, odor, or residue as composition, flammability, care, safety, or compliance proof
The record does not identify a submitted textile, provide a home burn procedure, turn an observation into a fibre or blend result, choose a laboratory method, establish flammability or market compliance, validate a care instruction, or replace qualified laboratory, textile, conservation, safety, compliance, and legal review.
A source-reviewed working guide and fillable record for moving from a Craft Yarn Council category or WPI screen to project-specific comparison of yarn identity, put-up, structure, gauge, fabric, care, quantity, lot, cost, and approval.
Comparing an original and candidate yarn without treating the 0-7 category system, a familiar retail name, ply count, or WPI result as proof of interchangeability
The record does not verify a yarn label, certify fibre or origin, provide a regional ply crosswalk, predict exact quantity or cost, approve care, establish allergy safety, or prove finished fit, wear, durability, availability, or project success.
A source-reviewed working guide and fillable record for verifying a complete textile, translating product needs into testable properties, comparing representative specimens, and evaluating environmental claims with equivalent function and life-cycle boundaries.
Comparing natural, manufactured, and blended textiles without treating fibre origin as proof of comfort, performance, care, biodegradation, circularity, environmental superiority, or project fit
The record does not identify a submitted textile, validate a label or claim, select a material, prescribe a test or pass value, conduct an LCA, establish performance, safety, compliance, biodegradation, circularity, or environmental superiority, or replace qualified laboratories and material, environmental, compliance, legal, and product experts.
The Korea Textile Trade Association's English-language company and material platform for Korean yarn, fabric, finishing, trading, product, and exhibition discovery.
Comparing Korean textile companies and material leads by chain stage, product use, location, claimed certification, and exhibition participation before direct evidence checks
Platform profiles, product specifications, certification fields, and exhibition participation are supplier or platform discovery signals, not independent proof. Contact tools require free registration. Confirm the legal entity, production site, material identity, claim scope, current certificate, availability, sample, minimums, price, quality, labor conditions, and order fit directly.
The China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Association's English member route for nonwoven, interlining, technical-material, machinery, and related organizations.
Building a mainland-China lead set for nonwoven and industrial-textile materials, converting, machinery, or technical organizations before product-specific qualification
This is a specialist association constituency, not a general Chinese fabric or garment directory, and entries can include universities, machinery businesses, and organizations outside mainland China. Membership does not prove product availability, factory control, capability, capacity, claims, certification, quality, labor conditions, current contacts, or order fit.
The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association's public member directory for fabric, spinning, weaving, processing, home-textile, apparel, and export-company leads.
Building a Pakistan textile-mill and material lead set before narrowing by process, product, facility, sample, and order requirements
Association membership and a profile are not a current product catalogue, certification check, factory-control record, or supplier assessment. Confirm legal identity, production site, process, fibre and construction, available capacity, minimums, price, sample evidence, claims, certification, labor conditions, delivery, and order fit directly.
The Textile Export Council's public member route for Egyptian spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, finishing, fibre, thread, nonwoven, and textile-product companies.
Finding Egyptian textile-chain member leads by named company and stated process before current mill, product, sample, and order verification
The route does not expose a clear freshness date for each profile, and membership is not a current operating-status, factory-control, product-availability, certification, labor, or quality record. Confirm identity, site, process, material specification, sample, capacity, minimums, price, claims, contact, delivery, and project fit directly.
Prepare a source-backed suggestion or correction for the public review queue.
Contribute evidence →01Every external listing points to an official source.
02Access, audience, region, and the last check are visible before you click.
03Source verification is never presented as a provider-quality audit.
04Every listing has a correction route and a written limitation.
05Checks and material changes stay visible in an append-only maintenance trail.
Complete three realistic tasks on your own device. The runner records an anonymous session code, task outcome, one friction category, and timing. It does not ask for your name, email, free-text notes, audio, video, or screen recording.
Self-guided sessions expose search and labeling problems but remain separate from the moderated validation target.