The 9 Best Online Quilt Shops of 2026

Missouri Star Quilt Company started in 2008 as a tiny shop in Hamilton, Missouri (population 1,800), when Jenny Doan and her family converted an old building on Main Street into a quilt store. Within a few years, Jenny's YouTube tutorials had drawn millions of viewers, and the company had transformed Hamilton from a fading farm town into "Quilt Town USA" — a destination quilt town with 15+ themed shops, restaurants, a retreat center, and the world's largest spool of thread out front.

Today Missouri Star is the largest pre-cut fabric retailer in the world, ships millions of orders annually from Hamilton, and runs the most-watched YouTube channel in quilting (10M+ views per month). Jenny Doan's tutorials introduced an entire generation of new quilters to the craft. The Hamilton shops include themed locations for fabric eras (1930s prints, Civil War repros, modern, batiks, holiday), notions, machines, longarms, and more.

Hancock's of Paducah is one of the oldest and largest quilting fabric retailers in the United States. Family-owned since 1948 and operating from Paducah, Kentucky (also home to AQS and the National Quilt Museum), Hancock's ships millions of yards of fabric annually and maintains an enormous physical store that's a major destination during AQS QuiltWeek.

The shop carries thousands of fabric lines from every major manufacturer (Moda, Riley Blake, Free Spirit, Robert Kaufman, Andover) and maintains one of the largest online inventories in the industry. The Paducah physical store is a 30,000+ square-foot warehouse that fills with quilters during AQS QuiltWeek each spring.

Stitchin' Heaven, family-owned since 1996, is the largest quilt shop in Texas — a 17,500-square-foot retail destination in Quitman, about two hours east of Dallas. The shop carries over 10,000 quilting fabrics, exclusive quilt kits, block-of-the-month programs, sewing machines, and one of the most active class programs in the United States. American Patchwork & Quilting has named Stitchin' Heaven one of its Top 10 Quilting Shops in North America.

The shop is unusual in the destination-shop world for its programming: 10+ quilting cruises every year (yes, actual cruise-ship retreats with classes and shopping aboard), a packed monthly class calendar, and regular author events. Quilters drive to Quitman from across Texas and surrounding states, often making it a weekend trip paired with the East Texas countryside.

The Stitchin' Post is a Sisters, Oregon institution. Founded in 1975 by Jean Wells, the shop launched the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in its first year (when Jean hung 12 quilts on her storefront for a summer Saturday). Today the show is the largest outdoor quilt event in the world, and the Stitchin' Post remains the spiritual center of it — a small mountain-town quilt shop that punches massively above its weight in influence.

The shop is known for its curated fabric selection (modern, art quilting, batik, low-volume), its design class program, and Jean's own books and patterns (she's one of the most prolific authors in the field). A pilgrimage to Sisters for the July outdoor show typically pairs with a visit to the Stitchin' Post.

Fat Quarter Shop, founded in 2003 by Kimberly Jolly (a longtime quilter) and based in Texas, has become one of the largest online quilt fabric retailers. Famous for fast shipping, an enormous inventory of designer fabric lines, and a steady stream of free quilt-alongs and patterns.

The Fat Quarter Shop YouTube channel is one of the most-watched quilt content destinations on the internet, with weekly project videos, fabric tours, and designer interviews. The shop's "Jolly Bar" pre-cut format (5"×10" rectangles) is now an industry-standard pre-cut size carried by other shops too.

eQuilter is one of the largest online quilt fabric retailers in the world, with one of the most extensive inventories in the industry — over 30,000 fabric prints in stock at any time. Founded in 1998 and based in Boulder, Colorado, eQuilter operates on a charity-giving model: 2% of every sale goes to charity, totaling millions of dollars donated over the company's history.

The shop is particularly known for hard-to-find fabric lines, comprehensive precut selections, and a strict "exact-match" policy that ships you the exact print you ordered (no substitutions without permission).

Keepsake Quilting, founded in 1988 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, was one of the first mail-order quilt fabric retailers in the United States. The Keepsake Quilting catalog was a fixture in American quilting households throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Today the company maintains both a robust online store and a physical retail location in Center Harbor.

Known for curated quilt kits (a complete pattern + all the fabric needed in a single bundle), seasonal collections, and a strong selection of cotton fabrics from major manufacturers.

Shabby Fabrics is a major online quilt retailer based in Idaho, known for curated fabric collections from Moda, Riley Blake, Andover, Henry Glass, and other major designers. The shop is particularly strong on quilt kits — complete pattern-plus-fabric bundles — and on embroidery patterns from designers like Crab-apple Hill and Buttermilk Basin.

The Shabby Fabrics YouTube channel is one of the most popular quilt-shop content channels, with weekly project videos and fabric tours.

Connecting Threads is a long-running quilt fabric retailer based in Vancouver, Washington, known for its own house-brand fabric (Connecting Threads Premium Cotton) sold at value pricing relative to designer lines. The shop runs ongoing block-of-the-month programs, free patterns, and an active blog and YouTube presence.

A strong choice for quilters who want quality cotton without designer-brand pricing, or who are building stash for charity and beginner quilts.

My Favorite Quilt Store is a popular online quilt fabric retailer offering fabrics, kits, and precut bundles from Moda, Free Spirit, and other major designers. Free shipping on orders over $100 makes it a popular choice for bulk fabric purchases and kit shopping.