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Cotton Slub

Best for relaxed shirts, dresses, cushions, curtains, craft

Fabric Size
$9.90
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158 GSM133 cm wide100% CottonSold by the metre
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Every design in PrintLab can be printed on Cotton Slub, or upload your own artwork. From 1m.

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Product Details
  • Width 133 cm
  • Weight 158 GSM
  • Composition 100% Cotton
  • Construction Plain weave, slub yarn
  • Stretch None
  • Best for Relaxed shirts, dresses, cushions, curtains, craft
  • Origin Milled in China
Care Information

Pre-wash before cutting, as untreated slub cotton can shrink more than smooth cotton, up to 5 to 10% on the first wash. Wash inside out to protect the raised texture.

  • Wash Cool, gentle cycle, inside out
  • Iron Cotton setting with a pressing cloth to avoid shine
  • 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 Slub is 158 GSM, 100% cotton and 133cm wide, woven from slub yarn spun with a deliberate thick and thin variation. The result is a soft, irregular surface with a linen look, but with cotton's easy care and handling. The texture is part of the yarn and will not press out. Buy it plain by the metre in white, or printed to order as the base for any PrintLab design.

What to sew with cotton slub

  • Relaxed shirts and tops
  • Summer dresses
  • Cushion covers and table linen
  • Tote bags
  • Children's clothes

Cotton slub, Signature Cotton or linen

Choose Signature Cotton (150 GSM) for a smooth surface that suits quilting. Choose Cotton Linen (175 GSM) for real linen in the blend. Cotton Slub gives a linen look in pure cotton.

Printed cotton slub

The texture shows through the print and gives it a handmade feel. Block prints, botanicals and simple geometrics suit it. Pick any design from the PrintLab catalogue, or upload your own artwork.

Cotton slub questions

What is slub cotton? Cotton woven from yarn with thicker and thinner sections, which gives an uneven, textured surface.

Is the texture a flaw? No. It is the point of the fabric.

Does it shrink? Expect some shrinkage on the first wash. Pre-wash before you cut.

Does it crease? Less than linen. It irons flat easily.

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

Fabric guides

Read our guides to the best fabric for a summer dress, cushion fabric and what GSM means.

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From our studios

Printed on Cotton Slub

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

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How Cotton Slub 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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