Fabric.com Alternative: Where Quilters Shop Now
For years, Fabric.com was many sewists' default online fabric source — until Amazon shut the site down in late 2022. If you landed here searching for a Fabric.com alternative, the answer depends on what you used it for. For the quilting side of that catalog — quilting cotton, wide backing, batting, interfacing, and thread — here's what Linda's Electric Quilters covers.
Short version: No single store replaced Fabric.com's everything-fabric catalog. But for quilters specifically, Linda's covers the categories that mattered most: quilting yardage, wideback, Cuddle minky, batting in every format, interfacing, and a deep thread program — backed by longarm expertise Fabric.com never had.
What You Bought at Fabric.com → What Linda's Covers
| What you bought there | At Linda's Electric Quilters |
|---|---|
| Quilting cotton yardage | Quilting cottons from established mills, plus 108" wideback for quilt backs |
| Minky & plush fabric | Shannon Cuddle — one of the deeper Cuddle selections online |
| Batting | Hobbs, Quilters Dream, Pellon, The Batting Company — packaged and rolls up to 124" |
| Interfacing & stabilizers | Pellon interfacing plus RNK embroidery batting and stabilizer sets |
| Thread | Superior, Glide, So Fine!, Omni, King Tut — spools to longarm cones |
| Apparel & home-dec fabric | Not our lane — our catalog is built around quilting |
Why Quilters Land Here After Fabric.com
Fabric.com's strength was breadth. Linda's strength is depth in the quilting categories: batting sold the way frequent quilters actually buy it (by the roll), thread cones matched to machine speeds, wideback that eliminates pieced quilt backs, and staff who longarm daily. If your Fabric.com cart was mostly quilting supplies, this is the specialized version of that store.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What happened to Fabric.com?
- Amazon, which owned Fabric.com, shut the site down in late 2022. Its catalog was not relaunched, which is why sewists and quilters have been redistributing their shopping across specialty retailers since.
- Is Linda's Electric Quilters a good Fabric.com replacement?
- For quilting categories, yes — quilting cotton, wideback, Cuddle minky, batting, interfacing, and thread. For apparel and home-dec fabric, a garment-focused retailer will serve you better.
- Does Linda's carry wide quilt backing?
- Yes — 108" wideback yardage that backs a queen quilt without piecing, one of our most popular categories.
- Does Linda's offer free shipping?
- Yes — free economy shipping on orders of $125 or more, with some exclusions for oversized items like batting rolls and machines.
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