Tailoring Guide 1-525
Tailoring is a useful profession to have but between buying your class skills, tailoring skills, and using a lot of cloth for your First Aid you might find yourself trying to farm mats. DON'T! Seriously, don't spend time farming cloth when you don't have to.
This Tailoring Leveling Guide is updated for the most recent patch and Cataclysm.
Here is an Apprentice to Illustrious Tailoring leveling guide (levels 1 to 525). Leveling Tailoring requires an amazingly large amount of mats to level up. Below are step by step instructions for leveling Tailoring using only basic recipes and materials.
Apprentice Tailoring Guide (Levels 1-75)
Leveling up Apprentice Tailoring requires a bunch of Linen Cloth and Coarse Thread. Linen can be easily obtained as you're leveling or you can go back to places like the Deadmines later to farm the linen you need.
Journeyman Tailoring Guide (Levels 75-125)
Journeyman Tailoring is the wool stage of Tailoring. You'll need at least 150 Wool Cloth to craft the 50 Bolts of Woolen Cloth you'll need for leveling from 105-125. For me, wool was cheap enough to just grab on the Auction House, the rest of the materials can be found at a tailoring or trade supplies vendor.
Expert Tailoring Guide (Levels 125-205)
You'll need at most (hopefully) 636 Silk Cloth to craft 159 Bolt of Silk Cloth for leveling off of silk items. The best place to get silk is either Scarlet Monastery or the Auction House, it's one of the most popular cloths so it typically is less expensive than Mageweave. Note that when you get to level 175 you'll stop to craft at least 10 Bolt of Mageweave to reach 185.
Artisan Tailoring Guide (Levels 205-300)
Since you have already crafted Bolts of Mageweave, you can continue until 250 making gear with it. At level 250 you will start using Runecloth. You will need about 35-40 stacks of Runecloth to reach level 300.
Master Tailoring Guide (Levels 300-350)
This part of the leveling guide will take you through 300-350. You will need between 35-40 stacks of Netherweave to reach level 350.
Grand Master Tailoring Guide (Levels 350-425)
Now it's time to craft items with Frostweave Cloth. It should be available on the auction house pretty cheap but you will need about 56 stacks so it might break your bank.
Illustrious Tailoring Guide (Levels 425-525)
Here is what you'll have to go through when leveling up your Illustrious Tailoring skills in Cataclysm. Expect to use almost 2,000 Embersilk Cloth before you get to 525.
