Favorites

Since I first began sewing my own clothes and knitting wearable pieces, I have collected quite a list of favorite tools, notions and places to buy fabric and yarn! I thought it would be helpful to have them all in one place as a reference.

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Fabric

I have A LOT of favorite places to find fabric for sewing my own clothes! The top 5 that I regularly find amazing fabric from and frequently mention on my website are Lyrical Fabrics, Blackbird Fabrics, Stylemaker Fabrics, Matchy Matchy Sewing Club, *Fluid + Drape and *The Linen Lab.

wearing the v-neck button Laurence dress hack closeup

wearing the elastic waist skirt and looking down at the ground

*The Linen Lab is my go-to for unique types of linens and linen blends and they have a wide variety of unique, high quality linens. You can use the code BETHANYLYNNE_MAKES for 10% off. They also have a selection of fabric on Amazon (code doesn’t work there).

*Fluid + Drape has a wonderfully unique selection of fabric including cotton block prints designed by the owner herself! (shown in above right photo) You can use the code bethanylynnemakes for 15% off.

Yarn

Some of my most worn sweaters have been made using yarns from *Knit Picks like my Miles Shirt Jacket, Holiday Slipover and Seasons Cardigan.

*Simply Wool Worsted – I call this a “sheepy yarn” because it has a faint smell of raw wool (which I love!) and great squish factor. The colors are all natural shades without using any dyes or bleach.

*Wool of the Andes – I used Wool of the Andes for my Agnes Sweater Vest and love the variety in colors that is great for color work or granny square projects!

wearing a large knit scarf that's covering the face and a hand knit brown sweater

wearing a colorful crocheted granny square tote bag over the shoulder and facing away towards a white wall

Wooldreamers yarns have quickly become of favorite of mine! I’m thankful to have been able to work with almost every line they offer and if I could pick a favorite it would be Mota (shown in the brown sweater above). My granny square bag is made from leftover Wooldreamers yarn from projects I’ve made with it. You can find the projects that I’ve knit with Wooldreamers on my Ralvery page (blynner) or Instagram.

Tools & Notions

It can be overwhelming to search through all the tools and notions that are out there to figure out what you actually *need* for sewing or knitting. I like to keep things simple and would say that my personal collection of sewing/knitting tools is minimalistic – I get overwhelmed by all the selection too!

I’ve compiled all of the tools and notions for sewing and knitting that I’ve used (or have heard great reviews about from other sewists) on my *Amazon page.

jeans making supplies and tools needed laid out on a table

Kylie and the Machine make my favorite jeans hardware kits and I purchase them through Stylemaker Fabrics. You can read all about making jeans in my article, How To Sew Jeans.

three Edgewood Sling Bags in various fabrics hanging on a nail against the wall

For zippers, cotton webbing and bag hardware (like the ones used in some of my bag PDF sewing patterns) I head to Wawak for their quick shipping and variety of colors and sizes -especially zippers!

the quilted fabric cut out and laid on the pattern pieces for the quilt coat laying next to a package of batting

*Connecting Threads is a quilting website I order from when I need batting for quilts or quilt coats (like my Daphne Jacket, Rue Quilt Coat and Nine Patch Quilt) and other useful quilting notions.

neutral colored round patterns weights on top of a pattern and holding a skinny blue pattern weight

I use and love these lovely clay pattern weights that are handmade by Katie Armour – the skinny ones are great for small pattern pieces! The fabric shown above is a gorgeous linen cotton twill from The Linen Lab.

nine patch quilt in progress with several colors of linen fabric sewn together in squares

a queen sized nine patch quilt hanging on a clothesline in between two trees in a forest

Most of all, my favorite thing is making and wearing clothes to be lived in and cherishing handmade pieces that hold special memories (like my nine patch quilt made from linen ring slings). My hope is that sharing my makes and tutorials can inspire others in their own creative journeys!