I've posted this before, but for anyone new who
sews... and please feel free to give ME any good mailorder leads for fabric
too!
www.seattlefabrics.com has shiny
nylon lycra in LOTS of colors, and a few colors in supplex lycra
(looks/feels like cotton-lycra but tougher, and wicking), stretch
Polartec, and Spandura (Cordura-spandex if you really need TOUGH
tights). Solid colors only, no prints. Also cotton lycra but who
wants to wear that soggy stuff anymore. They also carry Suitability
patterns (riding tights, among other riding wear) and Green Pepper patterns
(neato diagonally striped tights pattern).
www.justmakeit.com has all of the
above patterns and fabrics as well, plus a few prints.
Karen Bratcher in Athol, ID, who just got a couple yards of eye-searing hot
pink snakeskin print lycra on sale locally for $3 a yard and is wondering what
to do with it :-D It'll make some wicked side stripes!
