We carry an extensive assortment of fabrics in our well stocked linen cabinets. While we might not have every count in every color in stock, we are happy to special order most fabric if we don't have what you need. You can see what's available via our new searchable fabric catalog (see below).
In most cases our fabric is not pre-cut and we sell fabric in the following cuts. While fabric widths vary by vendor and type of fabric, these are the most common examples.
| Fabric Cut | Dimensions | 42" width | 54" width | 72" width |
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| 1/4 yard | 9" x fabric width | 9" x 42" | 9" x 54" | 9" x 72" |
| 1/3 yard | 12" x fabric width | 12" x 42" | 12" x 54" | 12" x 72" |
| 1/2 yard | 18" x fabric width | 18" x 42" | 18" x 54" | 18" x 72" |
| 3/4 yard | 27" x fabric width | 27" x 42" | 27" x 54" | 27" x 72" |
| 1 yard | 36" x fabric width | 36" x 42" | 36" x 54" | 36" x 72" |
| Stitcher's 1/8 | 18" x quarter the fabric width | 18" x 10.5" | 18" x 13.5" | 18" x 18" |
| Stitcher's 1/4 | 18" x half the fabric width | 18" x 21" | 18" x 27" | 18" x 36" |
| Stitcher's 1/3 | 24" x half the fabric width | 24" x 21" | 24" x 27" | 24" x 36" |
| Stitcher's 1/2 | 36" x half the fabric width | 36" x 21" | 36" x 27" | 36" x 36" |
| Stitcher's 3/4 | 54" x half the fabric width | 54" x 21" | 54" x 27" | 54" x 36" |
| Stitcher's yard | 72" x half the fabric width | 72" x 21" | 72" x 27" | 72" x 36" |
We have pre-cut pieces for some designs where the size is unusual (e.g. 54" long by 7" wide) and silk gauze mounted on mat board in small pieces. All fabric can be clean-finished free of charge on our serger so you are able to start stitching right away!
For your convenience, we've put together an Industry Fabric List of common
fabrics, their manufacturer, count and fiber content. It has been
updated in 2011, adding new fabrics and removing discontinued ones. If
you're looking for the fiber content of an older fabric we have
archived our 2002 Fabric List
and 2004 Fabric
List which contain some of the older fabrics. This is a reference
document you're welcome to pass on to friends.
If you're not sure how to calculate your fabric requirements for a project you might want to print the Fabric Calculation Guide, which gives you the math formulas for doing this yourself. If you're not sure what you need you can always let us know the stitch count for your project and we can do the math.
The documents above are in Adobe Acrobat® (PDF) format and you can either view them on the screen, or print them. If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your system, click on the button below to download it from the Adobe web site (we recommend version 4.0 or higher).
Terminology
The real meaning of "evenweave" is a fabric where the warp and weft are the same count. So any 28 count fabric, whether it's linen, cotton or something else is an even-weave as long as it's 28 count in both directions. There are almost no uneven-weaves on the marked in 2011 as they are no longer being produced. However, "evenweave" has generally come to mean fabrics like Lugana, Jobelan and others where the diameter of the fabric threads are consistent. In this case "even" is taken to mean "consistent".
Many of our embroidery linens (linen twill, ecclesiastical linen, batique, etc.) are not counted fabrics and are best used for techniques like embroidery, gold work, crewel work, shadow work, etc.
Linen & Linen blends
Many
customers
ask
about the differences between the various types of linen
on the market. Two of the most common linen manufacturers or
distributors are Zweigart and Wichelt Imports (Permin).
Zweigart linen has a soft hand and the fabric threads are
quite plump, making the fabric fairly opaque. Wichelt (Permin)
linen
tends
to be somewhat stiff and the fabric threads have more of a
thick/thin quality making its appearance more sheer. The exception to
this is Wichelt's Country French Linen collection which
is more similar to Zweigart linen. The colors between these two
lines are somewhat similar, although there are some colors that are
only
found in one or the other.
Northern Cross (Belgian linen) is a
slightly stiff linen with somewhat flat fabric threads and works fine
for dimensional projects (it can be used as a substitute for Brussels linen which we can no
longer obtain). Weeks Dye Works linen is hand-dyed Northern
Cross.
Lakeside Linens, Linens By Design (aka Birds of a Feather) Crossed-Wing Collection, Picture This Plus and Weeks Dye Works are all hand-dyed or hand-painted fabrics. These dyers use linen from one of the linen producers to dye - they do not make their own linens.
Legacy linen and Graziano (an Italian linen) both have a soft hand with very plump fabric threads and are excellent choices for table linens. 34 count Legacy linens comes 72" wide for some colors and is great for tablecloths.
Selecting a fabric will look these up in our
fabric database and show you what we normally stock. If we out of a
fabric we can reorder it, although in some cases, the vendor has
discontinued the fabric so we might need to find you a substitute. For
most Zweigart, Wichelt and Week's Dye Works fabrics we can
special
order in 2-4 weeks. Lakeside is
about
4-8
weeks. Linens By Design is about 8-12
weeks. We only order
a couple of times a year from Picture
This
Plus and Crossed-Wing
Collection and some other hand-dyed fabric vendors we
occasionally pick up at shows.
Evenweaves
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Evenweave fabrics (other than linen)
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