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Let's face it. Historical sewing can be an extremely expensive hobby. On top of that, online shopping for historical fabric can often prove overwhelming. While it is possible to keep an eye out for fabric sales, in this video I explain my method for how I save money on historical fabric. During the past 8 months, I have saved more than £1,000 on historical fabric, purely by creating a system of planning, preparation, and knowing which websites to look at and when.
I had to develop the skill of being thrifty as a teenager due to my life circumstances, and I truly do believe this is a skill that anyone can learn. It helps tremendously, however, to have resources and videos available to steer one in a positive direction. Whether you are looking for cotton, wool, silk, linen, or any other material, there are often more affordable options out there which can be discovered with a bit of digging.
In this video, I discuss a number of brands, and just out of sheer transparency I felt it was important to mention that I am in no way affiliated or sponsored by any of the companies mentioned. These are genuinely just the brands I shop from in order to make the most of their affordable prices, deals, and discounts.
Additionally, most of these brands don't exclusively sell materials for historical costuming and historical fashion, but I do often shop with them for my historical projects.
Whether you're just getting started with historical sewing, or if you're an advanced mantuamaker, who wouldn't want to save money whilst getting to make one's dream historical dresses?
Some of the companies mentioned in this video include:
Fancy Styles Fabric
Burnley & Trowbridge
AmoThreads
FabricMart
Nehelenia Patterns
Etsy
Facebook Destash Groups (mentioned in the video):
/ 1499130173689696
/ 148844175887490
Mostly UK: / 617888375076348
There are many others, these are just the ones I can think of.
Social Media:
Patreon: / vbirchwood
Instagram: / vasibirchwood
Facebook: / vbirchwoodhistorical
Business Inquiries: vbirchwood@helmtalentgroup.com
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Why I Learned to Be Thrifty & My Secret
2:41 My Planning Process for Buying Fabrics
3:25 Luxury Options - FancyStylesFabric
6:53 Sourcing Deadstock Fabric & Amo Threads
7:25 FabricMart
8:13 Facebook Marketplace & Destash Groups
9:22 Burnley & Trowbridge
9:52 Nehelenia Patterns
10:12 Etsy
10:48 Outro & The Tea Drinking Adventure
All music is from Epidemic Sound.
-All images used are with permission from the respective owner.
-Source of the 1920s shopping clip (CC0): archive.org/de...