Fabrics - where do you get yours?

[Laranna]

I've been browsing Spotlight for various fabrics but they just never seem to have anything that stands out to me that I'd want to use. I couldn't even find any minky or nice fleece that I liked. Are there places other than Spotlight where I could buy fabric from? Any good online fabric shops?

Do you usually shop for fabric and then decide what to make with it or do you have a pattern in mind first and then go shopping for the fabric?

[Trillian]

I brought some from funkyfabrix the other day - they have gorgeous retro and oriental themed fabrics and I also got some from ijustlovethatfabric. All that I brought specifically for something, but I will buy fat quarters if I see some really nice prints and keep them for a rainy day.

[Mother Goose]

There is a great place in Melbourne (near Lygon St) if you are in Melb. DK Fabrics.

[luna moth]

Different Spotlight stores have different ranges. I have two within reach of this place, one is completely useless, and the other one takes my breath away every time.
I also buy fabrics from a bridal store in Hawthorn, they have a big remnants bin where everything is sold at 75% off. I've made quite a few things from that.
Sometimes I buy the pattern first, fabric second, but it's usually the other way round, because I pick up fabric at garage sales, op shops reverse garbage etc, then go and think aboout what I can do with it. I also draft a lot of patterns myself, usually after a fabric scavenge.
I have more project ideas than I could ever complete in my lifetime.

[fionas]

Just subscribing for when I finally get crafty!

[ss_storm]

Snugglybean I am the same...I have so much fabric stashed away, some I have ideas about what I want to do, but I'll probably be 90 years old and still have them sitting around as they are now..lol.

I have bought a little bit off ebay, but mostly from Spotlight. Ours had a sale for a while on quilting/patchwork fabrics where some of the rolls were discounted to less than $5/metre so I stocked up then (and probably spent way more money than I should have!). I rarely have a pattern then go looking for fabric...I usually see a fabric I really like and wonder what I can do with it..even if i don't know, if I really love it I'll get a couple of metres of it.

Is there an "I'm addicted to buying material I love but will probably never use" club??