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[purringfayestudio]

Faux Fur Sources

I sometimes get asked where I get my faux fur fabrics, so here's a list of sources, and a little about each. They are US based unless otherwise stated, and I have purchased from all of them.

BigZFabric

A great affordable place to get both realistic and solid faux fur. I use a lot of their animal and wolf furs, as well as their half-shag/beaver (1/2") and short shag (1"), but they have lots of cool things. As a company they're great about listening to the needs of their customers and several fur and minky lines are a direct result of community requests.

Howl Fabrics

My favorite place to get solids, which come in matching beaver (1/2"), teddy (1"), shag, and luxury fox. There are sometimes realistic furs in their fox section as well. They also recently started carrying minky. They're a great small company to support!

Mohair Bear Making Supplies

Where I go for realistic faux furs in small quantities, as you can buy anything from 1/16th all the way up to by the yard. You need an account to purchase, but it's super easy to sign up. Based in the UK.

FakeFurShop

A huge selection of faux fur, both solid and realistic, high quality or economical. Based in the Netherlands, so shipping to the US is painful, but worth getting what isn't available in the US. This is my most expensive source, aside from specialty things on Etsy.

Honorable Mentions:

FursuitSupplies: They have some good quality solids. I don't use them too often because they're so popular that the things I want are rarely in stock.

Fur Addiction: Based in Australia, they have some neat high quality stuff sometimes.

Etsy: There's a ton of faux fur and other fabrics available on Etsy, sometimes some really unique stuff. You just have to search for it.

Less Used

Mendel's: sometimes carries different things, but sadly with Shannon Fabrics discontinuing faux fur, their selection has fallen drastically.

Fabric Depot: Some weird niche stuff, but sometimes I get something interesting from there. Some of my old furs are from them before they shut down and then popped back up.

SY Fabrics: Some old stuff on there which is neat, but they keep messing up my orders and their return window is too small to matter. But may still be worth the gamble now and then.

Fabric Empire: lower quality furs, but much of what they have can be found on BigZFabric.

Joann: I have one locally that I've gotten a few things from. It's really hit or miss though.

Fabric.com: this site no longer exists, sadly. I list it only because it's where I got a great number of my furs over the years. It sounds like they may eventually be absorbed into the main Amazon site, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm not a fan of supporting Amazon anyway.

Don't forget to check your local small business fabric shops! As well as second hand stores for faux fur pillows and coats in good condition. Sometimes cheap blankets from discount stores work great as well.

I hope you find this useful! I'm also always happy to help someone hunt for a specific fur if you can't find what you're looking for, too.

Happy sewing!

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[purringfayestudio]

About how expensive by the yard is the fur you commonly use? Or at least a general guess? Thanks!

In general, the furs I use cost anywhere between $30 and $120 per yard after combined shipping. I also use minky (cuddle and luxe) which is more in the $20/yard range.

Simple, solid colors are cheaper, while thick, multi-colored realistic furs are much more expensive. Since my plush are meant to be petted, I prefer furs with a soft or realistic texture, so I don't use shags unless I'm doing something in funky colors or just can't find a suitable alternative.

A breakdown:

The cheapest faux fur I use, half-shag/beaver, is about $25 per yard before shipping, which starts at $15 (on BigZFabric, which is the cheapest site for shipping that I've seen) for a single yard, and goes up with every yard you add to your order. My most expensive fabric on the other hand is about $93 + $80 shipping (jumps up after every few yards) from FakeFurShop. (These are the current € to $USD exchange rate per Google for comparison purposes and subject to change.)

Of course I never buy just one yard if I can help it in order to maximize my shipping costs, because otherwise my range would be $40-$172/yard and we're not even taking taxes.

Most of my furs are in the $50-75/yard range if I had to guess. Which means a single fox with 20 different furs requires an upfront investment of over $1200, even if it uses less than a yard of actual materials to make. I've been collecting furs for 8 years, so that cost is greatly spread out, but it is something I take into account when pricing my plush.