cheap fabric

[vass]

Does anyone know where to find genuinely cheap fabric? Especially in Australia would be good, but I'm willing to pay postage if it's otherwise cheap and good. In particular, things I'm looking for: black or gothic patterned flannelette for my upcoming winter pyjama project, and something cool and either solid-coloured or subtly patterned, in a dark colour (preferably black, navy, or wine-coloured) for a dress.

I haven't done any sewing in a while, but I think it's time to pick it up again. Particularly since big people's clothes are expensive, and I'm not getting any smaller.

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[hivesofactivity]

We've got a market near me that is the cheapest place to go for new material, and I've occasionally bought cheap sheets and throws from primark (rock-bottom cheap clothing and homewares shop), and used the material from that. However, really cheap fabric is often not good quality (and the production methods probably aren't all that ethical, either), so you end up spending a lot of time sewing an item which won't last that long or feel very nice. I think if I were looking for winter pyjama material I'd look for thick flannel sheets in the charity shops and use that, and dye it the colour I want. (I've also occasionally had good results with buying clothes in charity shops and using material salvaged from that - I can generally get much more interesting fabric of a much higher quality that way than I can by buying it by the yard in the market.)