As I live on an island, it's sometimes hard to find what I need to satisfy my little head that's about to explode with all my increasingly creative ideas. You know the feeling, don't you?

There is this little fabric shop in Victoria, The Cloth Castle, which I love, but when it comes to real embroidered fabrics worthy of a Bollywood star, I often have to look on American sites.

This list of sites is not exhaustive but it is meant to help you if you are looking for new inspiration.

Here, the best places to buy embroidered fabric online in the USA:

• The Mood Fabrics

• B&J Fabrics

• Fabric.com 

• Decorative Fabrics Direct

• Mahone's 

• Denverfabrics.com 

• Wayfair.com 

• The Mood Fabrics Store in New York City and Los Angeles:

Mood Fabrics offers a wide selection of high-quality floral embroidered fabrics, mesh, tulle, and designer apparel fabrics. If you’ve ever watched Project Runway, you’ve seen the New York Mood store – that’s where the designers shop for most of their fabrics on the show! If you’re looking for high-end fabrics to bring all your crazy visions to life, Mood is the place to go!

• B&J Fabrics in New York:

You’ll find a lovely selection of apparel and home décor fabrics at B&J, including cotton pique and voile embroidery fabric. Their fabrics are luxurious – I mean, check out this embroidered silk dupioni – wouldn’t a dress made from this fabric be just stunning?

• fabric.com, based in Georgia:

A subsidiary of Amazon, fabric.com has a massive catalog of fabrics to choose from. Whatever project is on your mind, you’ll be able to find something at fabric.com to make it a reality. They offer some wonderful, embroidered organza, canvas, lace, woven voile, and more.

• Decorative Fabrics Direct in Georgia:

Need some fancy, embroidered drapes to make your home into a palace? Decorative Fabrics Direct has just what you need! You can find some awesome embroidered drapery fabrics for home decoration. From vintage-style floral embroidery to adorable blue fish, your home will be looking snazzy with some new drapes!

• Mahone’s in Virginia:

Need something a little more offbeat and fun? Mahone’s has a cool collection of fabrics with animal and geometric style embroidery. They even have some adorable lobster embroidery fabric – doesn’t everyone need lobster fabric? Most of their textiles are focused on home décor applications, so it’s a great source for drapery and upholstery fabrics.

• Denver fabrics in Missouri:

Denver fabrics, ironically based in St. Louis, Missouri, not Denver, is a great source if you’ve got something fancy in mind! They offer a wonderful selection of colorful, embroidered tulle fabrics – perfect for that nice holiday dress or maybe a unique, handmade wedding gown!

• Wayfair.com in Boston, Massachusetts:

Wayfair is a one-stop shop for home décor – both already made items and a wide collection of botanical inspired fabrics for home decor. If your vibe is a little boho chic and you love nature-themed textiles, you’ll find some great options at Wayfair. I mean, isn’t this embroidered leaf fabric just gorgeous?

• Blue Moon Fabrics in Los Angeles:

An awesome source for high-end fabrics at affordable prices, Blue Moon has a massive selection of garment fabrics to choose from! They’ve got some gorgeous, fancy, embroidered mesh fabrics – perfect for an ultra-chic gown or some flashy dancewear. 

• Fabrics & Fabrics in New York:

Looking for luxury fabrics to make all your sewing dreams come true? Fabrics & Fabrics has a great range of high-quality fabrics perfect for designers and ambitious home-sewers. I mean, just take a look at this floral-embroidered suiting fabric - talk about unique and unexpected, but gorgeous!

Ready to bring your fashionable creations to life with some awesome embroidered fabric?

Don’t forget that embroidery goes perfectly with fancy buttons!