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Signature Viscose

Best for blouses, dresses, skirts, scarves, linings

Fabric Size
$18.15
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170 GSM145 cm wide82% Viscose 15.5% Nylon 2.5% LinenSold by the metre
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Every design in PrintLab can be printed on Signature Viscose, or upload your own artwork. From 1m.

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Product Details
  • Width 145 cm
  • Weight 170 GSM
  • Composition 82% Viscose / 15.5% Nylon / 2.5% Linen
  • Construction Plain weave, fluid
  • Stretch None
  • Best for Blouses, dresses, skirts, scarves, linings
  • Origin Milled in China
Care Information

Pre-wash gently before cutting. Viscose is weakest when wet, so avoid wringing or twisting, and never leave it soaking.

  • Wash Cool, gentle cycle, or hand wash
  • Iron Low heat, no steam directly on the fabric
  • Dry Line dry in shade, do not tumble
  • 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 Viscose is 170 GSM and 145cm wide, a blend of 82% viscose, 15.5% nylon and 2.5% linen. It falls and moves the way viscose should, soft and fluid against the skin. The nylon makes it stronger than viscose alone, so it holds up better at the seams and through washing. 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 Viscose

  • Wrap dresses and bias cut skirts
  • Blouses with gathers or soft sleeves
  • Wide leg trousers that swing
  • Kimono jackets and robes
  • Scarves and loose summer tops

Viscose, crepe de chine or lyocell linen

Choose Crepe de Chine (65 GSM) for lighter blouses and scarves with a silky finish. Choose Lyocell Linen (225 GSM) for drape with more structure, such as tailored trousers and jackets. Signature Viscose sits between them: fluid enough for a wrap dress, with enough weight to hang well.

Printed viscose

Viscose takes rich, saturated colour, and its drape suits all over florals, paisleys and larger motifs that move with the body. Pick any design from the PrintLab catalogue, or upload your own artwork.

Viscose questions

Is viscose good for summer dresses? Yes. It is breathable and cool to wear, and it drapes rather than standing away from the body.

Does viscose shrink? It can. Wash cool and dry flat or on a line, and pre-wash before you cut.

Is viscose easy to sew? Yes, with a little care. It moves more than cotton, so cut in a single layer with sharp pins or weights and use a fine, sharp needle.

Why is there nylon in it? Viscose on its own loses strength when wet and can wear at the seams. The nylon offsets that, so the fabric lasts longer through washing and wear.

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

Best fabric for a summer dress · Large scale print fabric

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From our studios

Printed on Signature Viscose

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

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How Signature Viscose 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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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.

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