Building up my Stock of Remnant Fabric

I'm trying to find ways to quickly build up my fabric remnant stock (in preparation for a few textiles courses I've booked).

I've been bidding on eBay and picked up these great bits and pieces from Debby:

Remnant fabrics picked up on eBay

And the lovely Sally (who generously threw in an extra bit!):

More remnant fabrics picked up on eBay

It's a great feeling to see items on a screen and then be unpacking them at home. They are real!

And these wonderful silk ribbons and sari silk waste from YarnYarn.

Sari silk

Not to mention various multicolour embroidery threads.

Then recently I popped into John Lewis on Oxford Street to pootle around their upholstery fabric department. Result! Their remnant bin was full of ex-display mini-curtains at £10 a pop. I ended up with about £2000 of fabric for £190.

Fantastic variety of fabrics

Fabric length with matching waxed tablecloth

This one has beautiful silver motifs block printed onto it

The ones that came as mini-curtains had lining which I unpicked. Looking forward to incorporating the printed numbers in the things I make

It's a good idea to have a look in places like John Lewis or Peter Jones or Selfridges etc. just after the change of season stock.

Well, I'm all set.

I'd love to hear about where you get your fabric stocks from.