The Fabric Store Online offers a curated range of quality fashion fabrics for the home-sewing community. The Online Store stock differs from what is available in our bricks & mortar stores and overall is a much smaller selection. We also have a selection of Online Only products that are not available in stores. All our fabrics online are sold in increments of 0.25m as shown on the product page. We always cut fabric in one continuous length where possible. At checkout and in transactional emails you may notice the quantities are shown as units which are units of 0.25m (4 units = 1 meter). Bias Binding, elastic & lace trims are sold in units of 1 metre and cut in in one continuous length where possible.
We have ranges of Exclsuive fabrics milled exclusively for us. The rest of the fabrics we offer online are predominantly sourced as deadstock, meaning they are end-of-line, mill overruns, cancelled orders or designer excess. You can read more about our supply chain here. This means these limited edition fabrics often won't be around for long! Contact us via our Live Chat to find a good alternative or sign up for the product waitlist here.
Sign up for an Online Store account to take advantage of order tracking, order history, and pre-filled forms during checkout on subsequent orders. When you create an account you'll automatically join our Online Loyalty Club too! Having trouble logging in? Contact us if you need to re-set your password or change your email address. Reactivate, or create your account here.
Sign up to our newsletter and get 15% off your first order!* Hear about our new arrivals, online specials and the latest blog posts too. Sign up here.
*Single use discount code will be emailed after sign up and must be entered manually at checkout for discount to apply. Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, on already discounted products or be applied to orders retrospectively. If you forget to use it for your first order, you are welcome to use on any future orders instead as this code has no expiry!
Earn points on purchases with our Online Loyalty Club! For every $1USD(or equalivalent) spent on products, you'll earn 1 point. Save these up and exchange them coupon codes. Sign up here and start earning straight away! Already a member? Click here to check your points balance. Click here backdate your balance if you shopped online before signing up.
The Online Loyalty Club is for online purchases only and cannot be transferred across to our in store Loyalty Card system. Our card & stamp system in stores cannot be used for online purchases.
Keep track of your favourites and share project ideas with friends with My Moodboard! Simply click the little heart button whilst browsing to save your liked products for later. Create a moodboard for your next make, compare your shortlist fabrics and add to cart at the click of a button!
Need help finding the right fabric, want to know more about one of our products or talk about a recent order? Our experienced team are here to help! Live Chat is available exclusively for our international customers through the speech bubble on the bottom right of your screen. Please note chat is only available during New Zealand working hours.
We will do our best to accurately describe our products, however if you are unsure about the color, weight, style, grain, behavior, hand feel or pattern of any of our fabrics we strongly recommend ordering a sample before purchasing.
Our samples are pre-cut ~15cm x 8cm (6"x 3 1/2") fabric pieces supplied on card with price, weight, width and composition details. Samples are available for every fabric we have online and can be purchased directly from the product page just by selecting 'order sample' underneath the 'add to cart' button (you may need to scroll down to view this button on your phone). We also offer Bulk Samples for our milled products, available here.
Read more about our sample service here.
Shopping for someone else but not sure what to give them? Give them the gift of choice with an Online Gift Card!
Gift Cards are delivered by email to the email address used at checkout and can then be forwarded onto to your friends or family. Gift Cards can be used for all products and shipping charges. All voucher amounts are issued in USD
Our Online Store is based in Auckland New Zealand. All our stock is held at The Fabric Store Headquarters where we cut, process and send our Online orders from. We do not use our retail stores to fulfil Online orders.
As we are based in New Zealand we operate during New Zealand working hours which are Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5pm. We have a small Online team working Saturdays too but please note customer service is limited over the weekend. You can contact us here.
We have two websites, an International site (the one you are on now) and a NZD website for our Australian and New Zealand based customers.
Both websites have the exact same products, priced to clear items and remnants. Orders from both sites are sent from the same place too. Our international website is tailored to our international customers with priority shipping, live chat and multi-currency payment options. Tax is not included in the prices shown whilst browsing on the International site.
If you are based in New Zealand or Australia we recommend you switch over to our NZD site instead. To shop in NZD simply click Go to NZD site which is situated in the top right-hand corner navigation next to the checkout link. If you are using your mobile, you’ll find ‘Go to International Site’ in the menu.
You may see a pop-up, be sure to click NZD site and you'll be taken to thefabricstoreonline.com (if you click international you'll be redirected back).
If you do not see a pop-up and the URL is weare.thefabricstoreonline.com you'll first need to clear your cache then click Go to NZD site again.
We invite our international customers to shop in US Dollars, British Pounds, Canadian Dollars and Euros! To change the currency you shop in simply scroll right to the bottom of the website (below the footer) and select your currency from the drop-down menu.
We accept payment online with Visa, Mastercard, Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Paypal. Our default base currency is USD, but if you have chosen to pay in another currency you will be charged in this currency instead.
If you enter your credit card details on our website (without the use of Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Paypal) our checkout will use 3D Secure technology. 3D Secure is an additional security layer for online credit and debit card transactions. It adds an authentication step for online payments by redirecting the user to the card issuer’s domain, then back to the online store's domain to complete payment. Please refer to Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Paypals websites for their security protocols.
We offer FREE Shipping on all orders over $150 USD!* When shopping on our international site you'll automatically get priority shipping! All orders are cut and sent from our New Zealand based HQ on a super-speedy DHL Express service. Typically you'll receive your order within the week, now that's quick!
We use DHL for all international deliveries (excluding sample purchases). If you are not at home during delivery, drivers have an ‘authority to leave’. Please also note – shipping time frame may vary depending on your local customs agency. Unfortunately this is something The Fabric Store nor DHL has control over.
Orders placed during a sale or promotional period may take up to 7 working days to be processed. If your order is time sensitive please email support@thefabricstoreonline.com and we will do our best to rush it through.
*Free shipping does not apply to wholesale orders or ROW countries not stated on this page.
All of our orders are shipped from our HQ in New Zealand, which means packages must be cleared by local customs as they enter your country. Read more about this here.
All purchases over your countries current tax threshold will be subject to local duties and taxes, and will be the sole responsibility of the purchaser. DHL will automatically pay money owed on a shipment on behalf of the receiver to Customs and they therefore charge a fee for the money they are lending and also the cost to collect the charge from the customer, this is called an Advance Payment Surcharge. DHL will contact you directly to collect any fees owing, you can read more about the fees here.
Please note, refusal to pay customs duties & taxes fees does not qualify orders for credits, exchanges or refunds as we are unable to retrieve these parcels.
