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Signature Cotton

Best for dresses, skirts, tote bags, quilting, craft

Fabric Size
$14.85
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150 GSM135 cm wide100% CottonSold by the metre
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Every design in PrintLab can be printed on Signature Cotton, or upload your own artwork. From 1m.

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Product Details
  • Width 135 cm
  • Weight 150 GSM
  • Composition 100% Cotton
  • Construction Plain weave, medium
  • Stretch None
  • Best for Dresses, skirts, tote bags, quilting, craft
  • 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

Signature Cotton is 150 GSM, 100% cotton and 135cm wide, a medium weight plain weave and the all-rounder of our cotton range. It has enough body for bags and homewares, stays soft enough for skirts and dresses, and presses flat with a crisp seam, which makes it our first choice for quilting. Buy it plain by the metre in natural white, or printed to order as the base for any PrintLab design.

What to sew with Signature Cotton

  • Quilts, table runners and patchwork
  • Skirts, simple dresses and children's clothes
  • Tote bags, pouches and zip cases
  • Cushion covers and light homewares
  • Craft projects and bunting

Signature Cotton, poplin or canvas

Choose Cotton Poplin (115 GSM) for shirts and lighter garments that need a crisp collar. Choose Cotton Canvas (330 GSM) when a bag or cushion has to hold its shape on its own. Signature Cotton sits in the middle, which is why it covers the widest range of projects. For a textured look at a similar weight, see Cotton Slub.

Printed Signature Cotton

Medium weight cotton takes colour evenly and holds fine detail, so every kind of print works: florals, novelty prints, blenders and geometrics. Pick any design from the PrintLab catalogue, or upload your own artwork. Planning a Christmas quilt? See our Christmas fabric guide.

Signature Cotton questions

Is Signature Cotton good for quilting? Yes. At 150 GSM it sits in the usual weight range for quilting cotton, presses flat and holds a scant quarter inch seam.

Does it shrink? Expect 3 to 5% on the first wash. Pre-wash before you cut, especially if you are mixing it with other fabrics in one quilt.

Is it good for clothing? Yes, for structured pieces: skirts, simple dresses and children's clothes. For flowing shapes, choose a lighter or drapier base.

What does 150 GSM mean? GSM is grams per square metre. 150 GSM is a medium weight, between a shirting cotton and a canvas.

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

Quilting fabric by the metre · Best fabric for tote bags · Best fabric for pyjamas · Best fabric for kids' clothes · Large scale print fabric

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From our studios

Printed on Signature Cotton

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

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How Signature Cotton 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

Compare similar bases

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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