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Crepe de Chine

Best for blouses, dresses, linings, scarves, eveningwear

Fabric Size
$8.80
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65 GSM145 cm wide100% PolyesterSold by the metre
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Every design in PrintLab can be printed on Crepe de Chine, or upload your own artwork. From 1m.

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Product Details
  • Width 145 cm
  • Weight 65 GSM
  • Composition 100% Polyester
  • Construction Plain weave, crepe yarn
  • Stretch None
  • Best for Blouses, dresses, linings, scarves, eveningwear
  • Origin Milled in China
Care Information

Crepe holds its texture well and resists wrinkling, so care is straightforward.

  • Wash Cool, delicate cycle
  • Iron Low heat with a pressing cloth, or steam from a distance
  • Dry Tumble low, or air dry to best preserve drape
  • 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

Crepe de Chine is 65 GSM, 100% polyester and 145cm wide. Its fine, pebbled surface comes from highly twisted yarns, so the texture is part of the weave and will not press out. It drapes like silk without clinging, resists creasing and goes in the washing machine. Buy it plain by the metre in white, or printed to order as the base for any PrintLab design.

What to sew with crepe de chine

  • Blouses and shirts with soft sleeves
  • Bias cut dresses and slip skirts
  • Scarves and neck ties
  • Linings for jackets and coats
  • Sleepwear

Crepe de chine, chiffon or viscose

Choose Chiffon (72 GSM) for a sheer layer. Choose Signature Viscose (170 GSM) for more weight and swing in a dress. Crepe de chine sits between them: light and fluid, but opaque in most prints.

Printed crepe de chine

Fine detail prints sharply on the smooth surface. Scarf prints, small florals and painterly designs work especially well. Pick any design from the PrintLab catalogue, or upload your own artwork.

Crepe de chine questions

Is crepe de chine silk? Ours is polyester. It has the drape of silk crepe de chine, with easier care.

Is it see-through? Not in most prints. Pale designs may show a little in bright light.

How do I sew it? It shifts as you cut. Use weights or fine pins, a fine sharp needle, and French seams.

How do I care for it? Cool, gentle wash. Line dry and iron on low.

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

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From our studios

Printed on Crepe de Chine

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

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How Crepe de Chine is printed

Polyester bases are printed by sublimation, the method made for polyester. Heat takes the dye into the fibre for bright, lasting colour. How we print each base.

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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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