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Cotton Poplin

Best for shirts, blouses, dresses, quilting

Fabric Size
$12.10
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115 GSM140 cm wide100% CottonSold by the metre
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Every design in PrintLab can be printed on Cotton Poplin, or upload your own artwork. From 1m.

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Product Details
  • Width 140 cm
  • Weight 115 GSM
  • Composition 100% Cotton
  • Construction Plain weave
  • Stretch None
  • Best for Shirts, blouses, dresses, quilting
  • Origin Milled in China
Care Information

Pre-wash before cutting, as this cotton shrinks 3 to 5% on its first wash.

  • Wash Warm, regular cycle
  • Iron Cotton setting with steam
  • Dry Tumble low, or line dry
  • Bleach No

Delivery & Shipping

Dispatched within 3 business days. In transit 10 to 18 days, tracked the whole way. Prices shown include tax where your destination requires it, and shipping and any duties are calculated at checkout and paid with your order, so there is no duty bill on delivery.

  • Dispatch Within 3 business days
  • Shipping 10-18 business days
  • Tracking Yes
  • Taxes Included in price
  • Duties Shown at checkout
  • Return Faulty items only

Description

Cotton poplin is 115 GSM, 100% cotton, woven in a tight plain weave and 140cm wide. It is the universal shirting weight: crisper than Cotton Lawn, with enough structure to hold a collar and take a sharp press. Buy it plain by the metre in natural white, or printed to order as the base for any PrintLab design.

What to sew with cotton poplin

  • Shirts and blouses, where a clean collar and crisp cuffs matter
  • Dresses and children's clothing
  • Quilting and patchwork
  • Toiles, to test a pattern before you cut the final fabric
  • Linings for bags and jackets

Poplin, lawn or twill

Choose Cotton Lawn (80 GSM) for a softer, finer hand and more drape in blouses and heirloom sewing. Choose poplin when the garment needs body and a crisp finish. Signature Cotton (150 GSM) adds a little more weight, and Cotton Twill (190 GSM) suits skirts, light jackets and bags.

Printed cotton poplin

Cotton poplin is the default base fabric on PrintLab. Pick any design from the PrintLab catalogue and have it printed on poplin by the metre, or upload your own artwork and print that instead. Sewing Christmas quilt blocks? See our Christmas fabric guide.

Cotton poplin questions

Does cotton poplin shrink? Expect 3 to 5% on the first wash. Pre-wash before you cut.

What does 115 GSM mean? GSM is grams per square metre, the standard measure of fabric weight. At 115 GSM this is a light weight, typical of shirting cotton.

Can I feel it before I order metres? Yes. Order a 25 x 25cm swatch from this page, or the Base Fabrics Pack to compare every print base side by side.

Fabric guides

Cotton lawn vs cotton poplin · Best fabric for a summer dress · Quilting fabric by the metre · Best fabric for pyjamas · Best fabric for kids' clothes · Reactive printing

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From our studios

Printed on Cotton Poplin

Original artwork, licensed from independent artists around the world and printed to order on Cotton Poplin, from 1m. A few that suit it:

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How Cotton Poplin is printed

Natural fibre bases are printed with reactive dyes, then steamed and washed, so the colour bonds with the fibre and the fabric stays soft and breathable. How reactive printing works.

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Choosing a base

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Compare every base for your project, or feel them side by side with the Base Fabric Pack.

Why The Yard

Twenty years of trade behind every order.

01 · TRADE

Built by textile people.

Twenty years inside the trade: the same goods, the same mills, the same QC we have supplied to garment makers, brands and wholesalers across Europe and Asia.

02 · QC

Hand-checked, every order.

Looked at before it goes out, for flaws, for shade, for the small things a machine misses. The same standard, large order or small.

03 · WORLDWIDE

Shipped worldwide. Tracked.

Made for makers, wherever they make. Shipped worldwide and tracked from dispatch, typically arriving in 10 to 18 business days.

Printed on demand

Print your designs on many of our base fabrics.

Pick a designer print or upload your own artwork. Printed by the metre, shipped worldwide.

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