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NEXT PREORDER CLOSES 25TH OCTOBER 8PM

NZ's Best Online Fabric Store, Dreamed up at 3am

Welcome to New Zealand's best (in our opinion, anyway) online fabric store — quality knit and woven fabrics, sourced from talented designers and printed just for you.

Find your fabric

Preorder

Stack of colourful printed fabrics folded on a white table, linking to the preorder category of the site

Ready to Send

Single piece of folded fabric in a dark green and cloud like pattern with gold stars, on a white marble background, linking to the ready to send category page

Print Your Own

a baby romper made from a green and gold leaf print fabric on a white sheet with a pair of brown sandals and wooden teething toy, linking to the print your own category

Every 2 months, we add a new selection of preorder fabrics to our collection of 400+ prints

Our limited range of in stock and ready to send fabric -  shop from our online fabric store, ready to ship from NZ.

Designs you choose, brought to life on our fabrics in your choice of fabric base

Next Preorder Drop:
Closes October 25th

Minimalist

We're swinging in the complete opposite direction for the next preorder theme - from big, bold and colourful prints, to dainty neutral minimalist fabrics. 

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Closing 25th October

Shop the designs
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Other Products

Solids

a stack of solid coloured fabrics including pinks, browns, and neutral beiges folded on a white table, linking to the Solids category

Iron on Transfers

A mockup of an iron on transfer (a small tree house in a jar with decorative leaves) on a blue jumper

Digital Products

Digital planner mockup on an ipad that is on a table surrounded by a stylus, scissors and fabric, linking to the digital products page

Preorder your choice of solid fabric colours or grab some from our range of ready to send options.

Take your sews to the next level with a matching iron on transfer or just upgrade an existing garment - ready to send to you today.

Downloadable digital and printable products for your creative projects, available instantly after purchase.

NZ Artist Prints

  • Feathered Friends Fabric print from Wirihana Designs, feauturing NZ birds on a light blue background

    Feathered Friends - Wirihana Design

    Support the talented creatives in our own backyard - all these prints are designed by New Zealand Artists, who are paid a commission per metre sold. 

    Meet our NZ Artists
  • Flora fabric print by Ebozza Studio, featuring Tui and NZ fauna on a navy background

    Flora - Ebozza Design

    Bold and bright or soft and subtle, our NZ artist prints span every style — there's something for every project.

    Meet our NZ Artists
  • Kiwi stars and moons fabric print from Sassy Kea Designs, a cream print with small motifs of kiwi sitting on crescent moons

    Kiwi Moons and Stars - Sassy Kea Designs

    Choosing a NZ artist print means your fabric purchase directly supports someone's creative small business.- we call that a win win!

    Meet our NZ Artists

Old Souls, New Threads

Our story starts with a love of sewing, two mums on the hunt for fabric prints our kids would actually love, and a soft spot for what people might call "Nana hobbies." We just reckoned they deserved a lot more whimsy and fun!

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So we set out to blend the playful, colourful aesthetic our kids love, with the quality fabric we both needed for our own small sewing businesses. Throw in a lot of very late-night messages (courtesy of babies who wouldn't sleep), some pivoting to make sure we had the adults covered with cool prints too and 3am Threads was born.

 

 

Now, with hundreds of prints to choose from, there's something here for everyone — and we definitely won't be judging you if you're browsing at 3am!

Latest from the Blog

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