Croft Mill, issue #30

All about fabric

CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN PAGE 16

SUMMER FLOWERS - GOLD PAGE 15

TROPIC PURPLE PAGE 16

LINEN PAGE 7

HAND PRINTED BATIK PAGE 6

BOLEYN PAGE 3

COTTON POPLINS PAGE 11

BIRDSEYE AND BEYOND - BRONZE PAGE 3

PPP PAGE 13

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A ✿✿A LIKELY STORY For likely I suppose, you could read lacey. It must be the time of year, when a young man’s fancy turns to the flowing movement of lace fabrics.

It does depend of course, on what it is likely to wear with them; velvet jackets and breaches, knickerbocker breaches in fact. Any road up, here we have a little selection of laces. a) Ross - 135cm polyester lace in cream, a pale cream with an open knit pattern into which at 6cm intervals in a line of slight brushing; which is a little bit different and rather nice. You really can see floppy cloths, protruding from a velvet jacket in this one. £5.50 per metre b) Verity - Another cream lace, this time 145cm wide slightly heavier and more of a “grandma” lace than what has gone before it. This will do anything from a panel to light furnishing and has a slightly thicker feel; although I don’t think it has any more weight than the previous two. The pattern is in a series of stripes with the fancy lace pattern varying in the stripes and between them. Tea and biscuits, anyone? £5.50 per metre c) Elizabeth - 110cm wide polyester lace in a fairly vibrant shade of deep lime green, probably quite a delicate, but not to small floral knit pattern. £5.50 per metre Photo on back cover. d) Demelza - 130cm wide softer and slightly heavier “shawl” sort of polyester lace, which would be well at home in period productions or

something to throw around your shoulders when you are feeling sorry for yourself and lying in bed when not knowing what is that matter with you.

Snap out of it and get on with it. £6.00 per metre. Photo on back cover. e) Prudie - 130cm cotton polyester lace in oatmeal with a fair amount of slubbiness knitted into parts of the cloth which have a heavier concentration of yarn ie in a stripe pattern, the rest of the cloth is a fairly open knit affair. There is a nice soft but knobbly sort of feeling to it, the stripes are sensibly placed at 2 inch intervals with an inch wide band of heavier knit in between. £6.00 per metre REF: CM1227

WIDTH: AS STATED

£ as stated

✿✿A RIGHT GOING ON 160cm wide pure woollen flannel in dark grey. Not a flat grey, but a grey that has been besmirched with tiny wisps of a paler grey and in fact when you look on the reverse of the cloth; you can see that there are other colours that have made up this cloth. Not immediately apparent on the face, but it has given the cloth character. A beautifully made Yorkshire cloth.

REF: CM1231 WIDTH: 62”/160cm

£22.00 per metre

✿✿AB FAB PALE BLUE Rather splendid 148cm wide polyester crepe de chine in floral patterns.

Visually stunning. Perfect for a dress for the races.

REF: CM16670b WIDTH: 58”/147cm

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£5.00 per metre

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AB FAB - PALE BLUE

BOBBY

BIRDSEYE AND BEYOND - BRONZE

ANGELICA

BAYOU

BIRDSEYE AND BEYOND - GOLD

✿✿AND THE PRIZE GOES TO...

✿✿BIRDSEYE AND BEYOND

Top class winner all round, a rather splendid wool/mohair lightweight suiting in light navy blue.

REF: CM1230 WIDTH: 60”/154cm

£12.00 per metre

✿✿ANGELICA 150cm wide cotton seersucker in a subdued navy blue, turquoise, pale blue, white and beige stripe. The stripes are around half a centimetre wide, and some are bordered by the faintest of navy blue pinstripes. It has a very soft hand, and would therefore be very suitable for my delicate skin.

REF: CM1188 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

BARVENCE

£7.25 per metre

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150cm wide Yorkshire woollen suiting, made for men’s jackets, for a very larney organisation. These two cloths, both the same design, but in different colourways would have gone into jackets. The design is a birdseye check with a very faint over-check in pale blue. One colour-way is browner than the other, but they are both of a brown ilk. a) Has a tiny little bit of an orangey flavour to it. b) Has a lemony sort of flavour.

Simply because there are lemon yarns in one and orangey yarns in the other. Unbelievably soft, and very county.

REF: CM1227 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£22.00 per metre

✿✿BÊTE NOIR

✿✿ BARVENCE 150cm wide fine polyester georgette with a floral design in orange, cerise, vermillion and green on a green and turquoise large fern-like leaf pattern. So it is one design on top of another and the whole cloth is covered in design, and I suppose the most outstanding colours are green and vermillion. Perfect for floaty garments.

REF: CM1264 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£6.00 per metre

✿✿BAYOU 154cm wide fabulously woven, striped cotton twill trousering. I wouldn’t have to be a lot younger, to have a pair of shorts made out of this. In fact I know a man, who would make them for me. But by the time I get round to it, he would have bought it all, I am convinced. The stripes are in two shades of green, black, cerise, white and a colour described variously as honey and corn. The stripes are mostly different widths, and none more than narrow. So you would never have to worry about what to match it with, it would go with every colour you could think of. Cushions maybe?

REF: CM1194 WIDTH: 60”/154cm

£7.50 per metre

140cm wide black very fine 70% Cotton, 30% Silk. Which if it was cotton it would be a lawn. Supremely fine and the hand of an angel hair. It’s an age thing you know.

REF: CM1108 WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£6.50 per metre

✿✿BOBBY Superb Italian polyester soft satin dress fabric in black with a 1 inch ivory polka dot at regular intervals. Twirly skirts and Audrey Hepburn styling comes to mind.

REF: CM1231 WIDTH: 54”/136cm

£9.00 per metre

✿✿BOLEYN Having recently watched Wolf Hall and noted amongst other things, the heaving bosom of Ann Boleyn particularly, when she got her tucker up. This 150cm, almost, wide cotton shirting is in an abundant white chambray weave with faint darker pinstripe at very small intervals down the cloth. It also has a faint element of seersucker, in some ways it is fine and delicate, but in others it has a little bit of the gypsy about it. Which to me, gives it plenty of clothing options. Made for a famous British Designer. Picture on Front Cover.

REF: CM1189 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£7.25 per metre

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BRIGHT

CONVICTION

BY THE SEA

COTTON JERSEY – ONE SCOOP OR TWO WITH CARAMEL - SEE PAGE 12

✿✿BRIGHT

✿✿CORDUROY – DAMSON

Here we have a superb cloth. 150cm wide 50% pure virgin wool and 50% Rayon crepe fabric, almost a dress weight, but certainly lightweight suiting.

There is a tiny little pattern woven into the base cloth which from even quite near just looks like weave interest, but it is in fact a woven pattern.

REF: CM1232 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£9.00 per metre

✿✿BY THE SEA a) Landscapes 106cm wide soft cotton shirting in white, with an all over dark-ish blue print depicting things that you might find around the seaside ie windmills, boats, piers and cottages. Not so sure, that this isn’t a kitchen-y sort of fabric. b) Sea Shells, Sea Shell 106cm wide cotton poplin in white with a mid-navy blue vertical stripe in between which are things you might find on the sea-shore. Jelly fish, maybe sea shells, maybe a tiny little flower, or even a pattern where a sand worm has come up and made its mark.

REF: CM1223 WIDTH: 41”/106cm

£6.50 per metre

C ✿✿CHAMBRAY Cotton chambray made up of different coloured yarns, woven on some of the best looms money can buy and a great cloth to wear. c) Pink - £6.95 per metre d) Blue - £7.95 per metre REF:CM376 WIDTH: 60”/152cm AS STATED

✿✿CONVICTION 134cm wide blue and white fine stripe linen, there are those who might decorate a kitchen with this, but that would be fool hardy. Glorious cloth.

REF: CM1228 WIDTH: 52”/134cm

COTTON JERSEYS

110cm wide 8 wale corduroy in damson. A bit old fashioned in the width, but everything else about it is now.

REF: CM1266 WIDTH: 43”/110cm

£6.50 per metre

✿✿COSI This is a fine brushed poly/cotton shirting with a wonderfully soft hand. a) aqua b) grey c) pale blue REF: CM169 WIDTH: 45”/114cm

£ 3.00 per metre

✿✿COTTON JERSEYS Maybe we should call this “Sign of the Times”? We have been out of stock of cotton jerseys for a while now, the trend has moved into viscose, the reason for this has been the price of cotton so it has not been easy to get hold of decent cotton jerseys. Here we have some nice quality jerseys all bought at more than before hence a price increase. Hopefully next time we will have managed to get them a little cheaper. Anyway, for those of you that need some now, here is what we have – Most are lightweight, apart from those indicated: 100% Cotton a) Black – medium weight. Width: 62”/160cm b) White – 66”/170cm c) Coral –62”/160cm d) Indigo –62”/160cm 98% Cotton, 2% Spandex e) Navy –62”/160cm f) Apple – 62”/160cm g) Mink – 62”/160cm h) Pink – 59”/150cm i) Port – 59”/150cm j) Sky – medium weight 59”/150cm REF: CM1228

£12.00 per metre

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£6.75 per metre

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CREPE - FRENCH NAVY

CREPE - ROSE PINK

DENIM SHIRTING

ETCHINGS

DYNASTY

FANDANGO

BALINESE

✿✿CREPE

✿✿DENIM SHIRTING

a) Rose Pink – A lovely lightweight polyester crepe in rose pink. Great draping qualities. Wash at 40°C. b) Pale Grey – A lightweight polyester grey dress crepe, not quite as good quality as the rest c) Mid-Grey – A lovely lightweight crepe in mid grey with a subtle check pattern within the weave. It is not obvious, but it is visible. d) French Navy – Super quality polyester crepe dress fabric.

REF: CM1105h WIDTH: 55”/142cm £6.00 per metre - pale grey is £4.00 per metre

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150cm lightweight cotton denim shirting / light weight trouser skirt fabric in not quite the traditional dark denim blue but nevertheless a denim blue constructed in a broken twill weave a hint of lycra, nice and soft, a great cloth. Made in Italy.

REF: CM1112 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

✿✿DYNASTY 150cm wide soft polyester twill cloth with 3% elastane in cream with a large, sprawling floral design in different shades of blue. I’ve seen similar cloth in jackets, in more than an odd television production. It is a beautiful looking cloth, and being made of what it is, it’s an easy care cloth too.

Wonderful draping qualities. We only have one roll of it.

REF: CM1255 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

✿✿DEMOCRACY 150cm wide wool, linen and silk suiting in black. Sorry I can’t be too specific about the actual percentages of each of the fibres; but the cloth does have a quite soft, silky feel to it – and I would suggest that the silk content is not more the 25% with the wool and the linen being split equally. A good weight and a cracking trouser cloth. Made in Yorkshire for another top British designer.

REF: CM1244 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£14.00 per metre

DELIVERY CHARGES Our standard P&P charge is £5.95. This excludes non-UK mainland postcodes which are: IV; HS; KA27-28; KW; PA20-49; PA60-78; PH17-26; PH30-44; PH49-50; ZE; BT; IM; TR21-25 For these areas the charge depends on weight. Surcharges may apply and vary from £0-£8 on top of the standard charge. Please place your order and we will confirm any extra charges the charge before we ship.

£9.90 per metre

£6.75 per metre

E ✿✿ETCHINGS 60% poly/ 40% cotton Italian made blouse cloth with an all over floral outline pink print which includes areas that have not received any print at all and looks as though it has been etched. This has brought about by a chemical process which actually makes the cloth a bit thinner in the areas where this occurs. Very clever and nice cloth. Made for a top maker.

REF: CM1102 WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£6.50 per metre

F ✿✿FANDANGO 106cm wide fine cotton poplin in cerise with an all over floral pattern in pink, red, lilac, yellow and shades of green. Fairly dramatic print on a fairly good cloth. Good for dresses and skirts REF: CM1262 WIDTH: 41”/106cm

£6.00 per metre

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✿✿FAR OUT

✿✿GREY DAY

You may recall that is a saying that a bit of a hero of mine, John Denver, used to say whenever he found something amazing or outside his grasp.

This cloth would have the same effect on him I’m sure. It is 150cm wide burnt orange, although some may have a disagreement about that, cotton dress velvet. In fact, you might just disregard that, it is almost a moleskin, because it has actually been raised than not chopped, but it has arrived here as a dress velvet. But if you wanted Rizzo moleskin trousers, say no more. Made in Germany.

REF: CM1252 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£6.75 per metre

150cm wide at least, cotton lycra, lightweight trousering in a pale-ish, medium warm grey; almost mink colour, with a lovely soft satin sheen finish. Lovely cloth.

REF: CM1229h WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£5.95 per metre

H ✿✿HAND PRINTED COTTON BATIKS 145cm wide beautiful quality hand printed cotton batik fabric. All of these batik cotton fabrics have a plethora of colours and each metre is unique.

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c) Green

✿✿GITANE 125cm wide lightweight cotton lycra canvas, in either a) white b) a light air-forcey sort of blue. It does stretch to be very accommodating, but not to be floppy.

REF: CM1225 WIDTH: 49”/125cm

£5.50 per metre

✿✿GIVE ME STRENGTH

e) Blue

f) Pink/Purple

g) Rose Pink

PLEASE NOTE: We apologise but due to the nature of the fabric, samples will be for quality only as it is impossible to show all the colours in the sample size. These have been tested at 30 degrees and they are colourfast.

REF: CM1671 WIDTH: 57”/145cm

£10.00 per metre

✿✿HEATHERY

150cm wide heavy cotton cloth with a ribbed, rope-like stripe at quarter inch intervals all down the cloth. It has been softened by a very light sanding; and so it is soft and it’s strong. I have a feeling that this could have been used as a lightweight furnishing, however you would never have had to sit on it. And certainly not in your overalls. But for a very outstanding summer jacket, this could be the one.

REF:CM1079 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

152cm wide pure new wool, heathery sort of tweed, quite light in weight, but not too dark in tone. It comprises of brown, beige, grey-black and yellow yarns; carefully interwoven but forming a small wiggly line check which is in black. A little bit of a vintage sort of cloth I suppose, but absolutely delightful.

REF: CM1175 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

£7.00 per metre

£24.00 per metre

I ✿✿INTO THE DEEP

OUR GUARANTEE As long as it has not been cut we will replace or make a refund for anything not to your liking within 14 days delivery of your fabrics.

After that we are reasonable too, so please just call us and we will do what we can.

GITANE - BLUE

GIVE ME STRENGTH

150 cm wide 70% wool 30% nylon gorgeous lightweight coating in a fabulous boucle weave in deep ocean colours - that is to say very dark blue bordering on black sort of kingfisher blue, turquoise blue and then into a pale blue all rippling together as the sunlight pierces the depths of the lagoon. How’s that for a story.

REF: CM1091 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£18.00 per metre

HEATHERY

JIGSAW - AQUA ABSTRACT

INTO THE DEEP

JIGSAW - BROWN FLORAL

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✿✿LINEN This is a little collection of Irish linen lightweight suiting/dress cloths in the following plain colours:

✿✿JIGSAW French made viscose jersey fabric made for the high street chain Jigsaw.

Wonderful comfy dresses and tops to go with floppy trousers and jeans.

The aqua has a little more body to it so may be better at covering lumps and bumps, the brown is lighter but will make great drapey tops. a) Aqua – Abstract (with 2% elastane) b) Brown Floral REF: CM1233 WIDTH: 60”/154cm

£8.95 per metre

REF: CM1229 WIDTH: 57”/144cm

✿✿JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE Just a little bit more for your buck. Only if you like them I suppose, but here we have some very nice quality poplin fabrics, all bar one are at least 146cm wide. Great for dressmaking and craft projects. a) Lily Star Blue – 60”/151 cm b) Lily Star Pink – 59”/150cm c) The Bright Whistle – 55”/140cm d) Going to Town – 57”/146cm e) Rascal – 57”/147cm f) Bertie Round – 57”/147cm g) Bertie Boxy – 57”/147cm h) Over the pond Green – 58”/148cm i) Over the pond Ivory – 58”/148cm j) Thea – 57”/146cm k) Moonlight Girl – 52”/142cm REF: CM1240

WIDTH: AS STATED

£5.95 per metre

✿✿KIAWAH 150cm wide cotton twill cloth, with a sort of cross between desert storm and traditional army camouflage pattern. That is to say it is a similar pattern to normal, but the colours are subdued. Not dissimilar the cloth from which the captain of the Kiawah Island rider cup team wore a few years ago. And although, the US won on that particular occasion. The man himself made a right fool from himself, particularly so, because he was small enough to be used as a mascot. Very sturdy cloth indeed.

REF: CM1233 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

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✿✿LADIES DAY AT THE RACES Yes we have had these for you before but at the moment, we have no combination like these in terms of pattern, type of cloth and price, plus they are very popular so here we present them to you again, beautiful crepe-de-chine fabrics. a) Lagoon b) Orvieto REF: CM395 WIDTH: 58”/147cm AT LEAST

£7.50 per metre

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£6.75 per metre

150cm wide ‘cupro’ cloth which is a chemically produced cloth I think it all used to be cuprammonium acetate or something - this is a derivative of that in that it certainly has some polyester in it. It’s a sueded fabric and has a sort of sheen and soft touch to the surface. Beautiful fabric. a) Black b) Olive c) Fawn REF: CM1126 WIDTH: 59”/152cm

£5.00 per metre

OPENING TIMES Sadly we are no longer open to the public but we are happy for you to come and see the fabrics, you just need to give us a ring first so we can arrange a time. Orders can also be picked up if preferred. For placing orders by phone we are open between 9.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday but you can order online at www.croftmill.co.uk at any time.

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JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE

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£7.00 per metre

✿✿MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

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a) Light brown b) Taupe c) Cornflower Blue d) Purpley-raspberry colour e) Palest Pink f) Black g) Marled Mauve – maybe a sample is needed for this one (The colour is gorgeous, please don’t get upset if you don’t think it is mauve).

All straight forward linen cloths with the usual slight slubbiness in the weave, and incidentally they are only 144cm wide.

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LADIES DAY AT THE RACES - ORVIETO

LINEN

LADIES DAY AT THE RACES - LAGOON

MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - FAWN

K

JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE

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✿✿MARIA

✿✿MY MUM MAKES

To paraphrase a song from West Side Story, this is the most beautifully fine cloth I have ever clapped eyes on. That isn’t to say the design is all that beautiful, the cloth is 70% cotton, 30% silk and incredibly fine. There must be 30 – 40 metres on this little bolt I’ve got in my hand and you can flick it about with a finger. It isn’t diaphanous but it’s fairly see-through. It’s a splodgy sort of floral print in shades of blue, brown and cream. I don’t think you can make a finer cloth than this.

REF: CM1246 WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£ 12.95 per metre

60” wide superb quality 97% cotton, 3% lycra printed medium/heavy weight jersey in the faintest of rib knits it comes in the following colours.

Shawn the Sheep – ( see what we did there?) Set on a blue base, these sheep admittedly look a little bit confused. I suppose that might be because some of them are upside down while others are just a bit slanted. Pyjama bottoms? a) blue Dino – Roar - the dinosaurs come in green, yellow and orange and all seem to be very friendly - none of those scary Jurassic Park ones here. b) blue – as red but with blue ground c) red

✿✿MAYPOLE 60” wide fairly heavy, very drapey, polyester crepe, not a cheap and nasty crepe, it’s a very expensive one, beautifully made and really will make up well.

REF: CM381 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

£9.95 per metre

Funky Pants – Fancy a pair of comfy funky pants or some colourful lounging around? three colours to choose from d) Royal Blue – white with blue star e) Pale Blue – white with blue star f) Black Pretty Pants – for the less adventurous, this is a very pretty tiny blue floral print. h) blue

✿✿MOTHER CARE Exactly that! 150cm wide brushed cotton, made for mother care. As brushed cotton goes, this is light on the brushing but it is still a soft and delicate cloth for the money.

REF: CM1044 WIDTH: 59”/150

£2.75 per metre

✿✿MOVING ON 150cm wide quite heavy woven polyester suiting with a highlighted, quite shiny fine “brocade” stripe at very fine intervals across the cloth. Very much a wedding sort of cloth, but having said that it is also because of the weight, quite drapey. Not something you see every day it has to be said. a) Ivory b) Black REF: CM1239 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£5.75 per metre

REF: CM1197 WIDTH: 55-56”/142-145cm

£5.50 per metre

N ✿✿NCIS 152cm wide very finely woven, but very densely woven cotton gabardine trousering/suiting in navy. There is an unbelievable amount of yarn in this very strong, and quite hefty fabric. Made in Italy for a top British designer.

REF: CM1248 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

£7.25 per metre

DELIVERY We aim to despatch your parcel within 3 days of receipt of your order. Due to the nature of the business and when the catalogue has newly been despatched this may be longer. From despatch parcels take between 1-3 days depending on the courier.

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MARIA

MOTHER CARE

MOVING ON

MY MUM MAKES - FUNKY PANTS

MY MUM MAKES - DINO RED

MY MUM MAKES - SHAWN THE SHEEP

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✿✿NEEDLECORD

✿✿NOT GOING OUT

110cm wide 16 whale cotton needlecord in either a) Pale Blue – 147cm wide outstanding fine cotton lycra needlecord shirting in pale blue. Width: 58”/147cm £5.00 per metre b) Kingfisher Green – Width: 110cm £7.00 per metre c) Cream – 150cm wide, £6.50 per metre

140cm wide black polyester burn-out chiffon, I’m not entirely sure that this is a burn-out or some other form of etching, but it is a very tiny black floral design with the petals by the removal of some of the body cloth, and leaving some in the middle with a dark to form the flower. It’s all together very pretty, very soft, and obviously see through. Not entirely so, but I would certainly see what you’ve got underneath. Beautiful. Would make a stunning dress, but I imagine some skill may be necessary to line the top.

REF: CM1229g WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£5.75 per metre

A bit old fashioned in the width, but everything else about it is now.

REF: CM1254

WIDTH: AS STATED

£ as stated

✿✿NIGHT OWL 147cm wide fine 98% cotton 2% lycra satin dress fabric, heavier than a lawn but lighter than a poplin, it drapes nicely. It comes in an all over abstract “floral” design on a dark green background. The colours in the design are all vibrant, primary colours and I think the bigger the garment the better, to show off this absolutely fabulous cloth.

REF: CM1226 WIDTH: 58”/147cm

£11.75 per metre

✿✿NO HIDING PLACE

✿✿NOT TO SMART, ALEC 134cm wide herringbone weave cotton suiting in navy blue. I’m sure this has been made for loose fitting jackets of some kind. Probably for someone that would like you to believe that they are the best design in the world and therefore sell you an untailored garment; very clever but they are probably right. This is the sort of cloth to make such a garment, certainly not to tight a weave and a nice soft hand.

REF: CM1232 WIDTH: 52”/134cm

£6.00 per metre

O ✿✿ODD JOB

150cm wide fine polyester crepe de chine in a turquoise and black sort of camouflage design. Not the army camouflage, another sort of camouflage; I’ve no idea what. But it is to be some sort of camouflage design. Very, very fine. Very summer.

REF: CM1081 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

130cm wide fine cotton gabardine with 2% elastane in a rather nice shade of a sandy colour. I think you can probably make tight fitting stuff as well as not so tight fitting stuff from this cloth. It’s a gem.

REF: CM1255 WIDTH: 51”/130cm

£5.50 per metre

£5.00 per metre

✿✿OLD AND NEW

✿✿NOT AN EEK 137cm wide polyester cheesecloth with a “creased” finish which is also given the cloth some stretch. The creasing is permanent and so therefore is the stretch it has. It reminds me of skirts that might be worn either with or without a garment and comes in an absolutely gorgeous shade of pale sea green.

REF: CM1255 WIDTH: 54”/137cm

£5.00 per metre

110cm wide cotton chino in red, with a very slight, soft sanded finish. All of this doesn’t really add up. The width of the cloth suggests that it is not young, but the sanding suggests that it’s quite new. It is a very fine twill weave, and a very good cloth and the colour is outstanding, and it has a sister cloth in pale baby pink. a) Red b) Pale Pink REF: CM1251 WIDTH: 43”/110cm

COTTON POPLIN FLOWER MYPOWER MUM MAKES - PRETTY PANTS

£ 4.75 per metre

NOT AN EEK

COMPLEAT

NIGHT OWL

NO HIDING PLACE

NOT GOING OUT

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✿✿PLAIN DYED COTTON POPLIN 100% cotton poplin in a) Red b) Purple e) Bright Yellow f) Iris i) Royal Blue j) Turquoise l) Pale Buttercup m) Sky

ld usually ho e w s ic r Fab

REF: OT86

✿✿BRODERIE ANGLAISE 45” (114cm) WIDE

£4.95 per metre - £3.95 roll

100% cotton unbleached but finished ‘bull denim’ fabric. A heavyweight twill in other words.

60” (152cm) WIDE

£6.75 per metre - £5.00 roll

REF: MY27

Spotty 100% cotton canvas, colours are printed onto a cream canvas base cloth. a) Pale green b) Sage green c) Navy d) Beige £7.95

WIDTH 44'' 114cm

c) White

d) Black

e) Purple

£2.75 per metre - £2.20 roll

57” (145cm) WIDE

✿✿SEERSUCKER As summery as you are going to get, this 100% cotton seersucker which is a bit of a rarity is a 1/8 of an inch check in a) Pink and White b) Blue and White Both would look ever so pretty in a tiny dress with puff sleeves.

REF: OT97

✿✿COTTON CANVAS

REF: CM1063

£5.70 per metre - £4.50 roll

45” (114cm) WIDE

100% polyester artificial silk in a) Red b) Blue

✿✿BULL DURHAM REF: CM011

d) Emerald h) Mid Pink

✿✿RACING SILK

Traditional 5 hole design Broderie Anglaise in a) White b) Cream REF: OT15

c) Claret g) Navy k) Cream

45” (114cm) WIDE

£5.50 per metre

✿✿SHINE ON – MIRROR LAME Gold or silver lame. For decoration, for dress, for furnishing even.

High gloss mirror finish. a) Gold b) Silver REF: CH29

£4.25 per metre - £3.70 roll

44” (112cm) WIDE

✿✿SUPERSONIC – SUPERIOR QUALITY LAWN A

B

C

D

Superfine white cotton lawn with a calended satin finish you hear of fabrics described as having two, three, four, five, six hundred thread count, I honestly don’t know what this is I’ve got a magnifying glass on it and I couldn’t begin to count them, there are thousands of yarns to the inch, incredible cloth. g) White h) Ivory v) Black REF: CM303

✿✿DAISY CHAIN Poly/cotton with a tiny little solid daisy like flower joined by swirls of single strand embroidery, obviously on the white it is white and on the cream it’s cream, it’s very pretty and just a little bit different from our usual broderie anglaise. Often the embroidery in broderie anglaise is shiny; in this the embroidery is matt. This is an expensive looking cloth. a) White REF: CM321a

45” (114cm) WIDE

£4.75 per metre

✿✿FINISHED OFF 150cm (59ins wide) fine gorgeous cotton poplin in cream, with a bit a bit of a slippery finish to it - extremely fine. Pre-shrunk, perfect for dying and printing onto. Like everything good quality is hard to come by and this is a job lot, if you want decent quantities call us for a bulk price.

REF: CMTBA

WIDTH TBA 150cm

£12.00 per metre - £9.00 roll

✿✿WHITE COTTON DRILL White cotton twill/drill fabric wide white, quite heavy, cotton twill/drill, much used in the making of chefish garments, hats and the like. Make him an apron for the barbeque season so he has something proper to wipe his hands on.

REF: CM438

60” (152 cm) WIDE

£6.00 per metre - £4.75 roll

✿✿WHITE COTTON LYCRA DRILL A 60” wide fine white cotton Lycra twill, lots and lots of very fine yarn in this so it doesn’t want to be wasted on pinnies.

REF: CM370

60” (152cm) WIDE

£8.75 per metre - £5.00 roll

£5.25

✿✿WHITE COTTON LAWN

✿✿GINGHAM

A good quality plain white cotton lawn.

1” (2.5cm) corded edged gingham, poly/cotton a) Emerald Green b) Pale Blue c) Dark Blue REF: OT50

54” (135cm) WIDE

45” (114cm) WIDE

d) Red

£3.50 per metre - £2.75 roll

60” (152cm) WIDE

£6.75 per metre - £3.50 roll

✿✿WHITE COTTON POPLIN - 2 QUALITIES We have 2 qualities of white cotton poplin.

✿✿GINGHAM (1/4”) Poly/cotton 1/4” corded edged gingham in a) Red b) Green c) Lilac d) Yellow e) Dark Blue f) Black h) Pale Blue i) Pink j) Royal Blue REF: OT49 45”(114cm) WIDE

REF: CM061

£3.50 per metre - £2.75 roll

a) Superb quality 59in wide made in Europe £7.00 per mtr and £5.00 roll (30mtr) b) Decent quality 58in wide cotton poplin made in the far east £5.25 per mtr £3.30 roll (60mtr) REF: CH26

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POPLIN PRINTS

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We have plain metre 10, just ask us e - £6.95 per Poplin on page ” (114cm) wid 45 N OW SH AS ES REFERENC

TINY ROSE NAVY REF: CM1063B

HARRIET - REF: CM1171

TEA DRESS - REF: PP45

TATUM - REF: CM1206 a) RED b) DUCK EGG BLUE 2

a) SILVER

CRAFTY SPOT REF: PP10 m) MINT l) SIENNA

VW CAMPERVAN REF: CM1170

STARS IN THEIR EYES REF: CM888

NALA DUO - REF: CM989 a) GREEN c) RED

THE CRAFTY SPOT - REF PP10 (Left to Right) - d) RED j) YELLOW k) TAUPE a) SAGE GREEN h) OLD GREEN f) DARK NAVY g) LIGHT NAVY b) PALE BLUE c) BABY PINK i) CERISE e) DUSKY PINK

SHERLOCK - REF: CM996

LILA - REF: CM1063

POLLY - REF: CM1679 a) TIFFANY BLUE b) PINK

b) PINK

c) NAVY

CATHERINE - BLUE REF: CM983A

SEWING ROOM REF: CM1273

MRS JUMBO - REF: CM887

JESSICA - REF: CM871

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS REF: PP3 b) BLACK a) GREEN

EDITH - REF: CM1674 a) IVORY b) MINT

b) BLUE

c) PINK

a) PINK b) BLUE

c) MULTI

a) IVORY b) DELPH

c) CORAL

WILLIAM MORRIS REF: CM1065

a) STRIPE

P. SMITH STRIPE REF: CM72

Y PRE TT Y POLL n / 35% cotto 7 65% poly cotton % PC 12/5/10/ 20 / ly po 11/6 80% Cotton PC WN ES AS SHO C EN REFER 5 per metre .2 ) WIDE - £3 45” (114cm

LONDON UNDERGROUND REF: CM1201

f) AQUA

BOTTIE WAT WAT REF: CM1198

CAROLINE REF: CM701

a) GREEN

OLIVIA REF: PP35

b) SKY GRACE REF: PP31

EVERYTHING'S ROSIE REF: PC4B

SUMMER ROSE - YELLOW REF: CM1203B

DITSY DAISY - BLUE REF: CM1199A

MEKKO - GREEN REF: CM1202B

EVERYTHING'S ROSIE REF: PC4

SUMMER ROSE - BLUE REF: CM1203A

DITSY DAISY - PINK REF: CM1199B

MEKKO - BLUE REF: CM1202A

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OLD SMOOTHIE

PALMS

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ONCE TWICE, THREE TIMES A LADY – ERIN

PEA FLOWER

✿✿OLD STRAWBERRY 120cm wide Japanese made 50% triacetate, 50% polyester dress fabric in what people refer to as strawberry pink. When was the last time you saw a pink strawberry? They are almost as red as beetroot these days, perhaps when they were grown proper they were pink. This is not a flat weave, a clever dobby weave which gives the surface of the cloth a wonderful texture. Nice weight suiting and done right this would look expensive. Photo on back page.

REF: CM1234 WIDTH:44”/115cm

£6.00 per metre

✿✿OLD SMOOTHIE

£7.50 per metre

✿✿ONCE TWICE, THREE TIMES A LADY – ERIN A Croft Mill favourite. This print makes me feel happy just looking at it.

It is just delightful and if you know how to handle your fine dress fabrics this is going to make beautiful things. A long maxi dress for me please.

REF: CM667a WIDTH: 56”/142cm

P ✿✿PALMS 147cm wide polyester georgette with a slight surface crinkle and an all over print, of fairly large fronds with sort of a leopard spot decoration adorning the fronds. It comes in all the colours of the jungle; from black through to yellow and in its own way is fairly elegant. Fairly delicate looking cloth. Nice pool/ beachwear.

REF: CM1263 WIDTH: 58”/147cm

£5.25 per metre

150cm wide at least, cotton twill fabric in cream with a woven light brown, horizontal fine stripe. A wonderful summer jacket, shorts or trouser weight cloth, with a fairly soft finish, but extremely hard wearing to boot.

REF: CM1236 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£ 6.00 per metre

✿✿PAISLEY CHANGEANT LININGS We have a new collection of paisley linings - presently we are offering it in six colours, a nice quality polyester lining. a) Blue b) purple c) Gold d) Black e) rust f) Grey REF: CM990c WIDTH: 58”/147cm

£5.50 per metre

£4.75 per metre

✿✿PEA FLOWER

✿✿ONE SCOOP OR TWO Two very nice cotton jerseys although not necessarily an exact match a) Vanilla – 150cm wide deliciously soft, creamy, off white, cotton lycra jersey; of a fairly substantial weight. And what appears to be of a very light sanded finish. Gorgeous. Slightly darker and creamier than the beige spot. b) With Caramel – Pretty nice quality cream jersey with small beige spots which are about 4mm in diameter and randomly spaced about an inch apart.

REF: CM667a WIDTH: 56”/142cm

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✿✿PAPILLON

150cm wide, fine cotton sateen in either emerald green, a bright golden yellow, or a darkish lime green. There is an inordinate amount of yarn in this cloth. And I do believe it could have been woven from satinized yarn rather than been treated and satinized after manufacture. It doesn’t get much better. a) Emerald Green b) Yellow c) Lime Green REF: CM1186 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

PIMA COTTON LAWNS

£5.50 per metre

150cm wide fine viscose lycra jersey in a deep-ish peach with an all over floral design which looks a bit like a peacock’s tail when open and in white, gorgeously soft and very feminine.

REF: CM1247 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£7.25 per metre

✿✿PIMA COTTON LAWNS Pima cotton is most closely comparable to Egyptian cotton in that it shares long-fibered tensile strength and an amazingly soft feel. Pima cotton was first produced in Peru, but has been named after the Pima tribe of Native

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PPP

PPN – PAISLEY

PRECIOUS

ROSIE - WHITE/RED BALINESE

Americans who began cultivation of the plant in the US. It is a beautiful fabric and almost feels like silk (I am just trying to get over to you how smooth and beautiful it is) It has a beautiful weight so it is fine without being see though. It is stunning to sew with and even better to wear. p) Powis q) Mannington r) Hadden s) Sandringham t) Osbourne u) David Austin REF: CM303 WIDTH: 58”/148cm

£12.95 per metre

✿✿PINK POP

SATSUMA

R ✿✿REFLECTIONS 150cm wide viscose lycra jersey in black, with an all over floral design in subdued tones of lilac, blue, green, purple, some white, lime green.

The overall effect is looking into a pond at night and seeing the reflection of the flowers that are surrounding it. A bit poetic like, but sometimes you’ve gotta do, what a man’s gotta do.

REF: CM1261 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

150cm wide Italian made, very fine cotton poplin in the palest of pale pinks and a soft silky finish. Made for Paul Smith.

REF: CM1192 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£7.25 per metre

✿✿PPN 145cm wide very fine, in fact super fine, cotton needlecord shirting. With an all over print and an all over paisley print in lots of bold, vibrant reds, blues, pinks, greens, then a lemon. In fact I think, all the colours that you can think of in a fairly bold design too. Good and soft, so no problems next to the skin there.

REF: CM1258

REFLECTIONS

WIDTH: 57”/ 145cm

£12.00 per metre

✿✿PPP Gorgeous Italian made printed pretty poplins. 146cm wide, they have a gorgeous hand, excellent quality cotton poplin in two designs: a) A white background with an all over green and pink and red floral design b) Finer cloth than a) this is a navy/purply blue with an all over spray floral print in pink, turquoise, dark lilac with the odd spot of red.

REF: CM1230 WIDTH: 57”/146cm

£9.95 per metre

✿✿PRECIOUS 56” wide, stunning green black and royal blue silk floral fabric.

Beautifully fine REF: CM1674 WIDTH: 56”/142cm

£7.50 per metre

✿✿ROSIE This is a stunning John Kaldor fabric 98% cotton, 2% lycra. Brilliant quality with a red and pink rose design this would look beautiful made up into a 1950's style dress. It is a good weight trouser/dress fabric and ever so pretty. Superb cloth! a) White/Red b) Rosie Black/red - same print but on a black ground.

REF:CM1176 WIDTH: 56”/143cm

£12.50 per metre

S ✿✿SAFARI Another Marks & Spencer's suiting fabric. It is a polyester, viscose and lycra, lightweight summer trousering in a neutral colours; its tough but exceedingly soft fabric, quite creaseless and easy to look after cloth.

Wonderful for jackets and clothes for travelling in. a) Beige b) camel c) tan REF: CM310 WIDTH: 56”/142cm

£5.75 per metre

✿✿SATSUMA 150cm wide at least, very bright but slightly burnt orange lightweight satin crepe. That is a fair bit to get your head round, but if you like a bright orange and you want something light to make a sari out of, big wide legged, sloppy trousers, this is wonderful.

REF: CM1235 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£4.50 per metre

£18.00 per metre

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A

SHADOW OF A SMILE

SPANISH EYES

B D

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SOFT SATIN

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SOFT SATIN

✿✿SHADOW OF A SMILE - BIG

✿✿SOFT SATIN

A 57",polyester viscose, lightweight shirting in a cream and white woven shadow weave linen look check the weave of which almost has the effect of a seersucker, it floats it drapes and it doesn’t crease and is awfully feminine. This is not the same as the one we have had before, in that the checks are noticeably bigger. You should be able to see this in the photo, but if in any doubt, please request a sample.

REF: CM341 WIDTH: 57”/145cm

£4.25 per metre

✿✿SHER MAZING 152cm wide, ridiculously fine cotton shirting. Perhaps with a hint of lycra in the white. Probably made from something like two-fold 180s yarn and comes in an angel of the morning brilliant white. It’s not an optical white, just a very white white. Apart from anything else, if you could make sheets out of this; what a pleasure it would be to go to bed. The white is as good cotton you will ever buy, the cream a close second. a) White b) Cream REF: CM1075 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

£7.50 per metre

145cm wide super soft gorgeous beige teddy bear cuddle fleece. Perfect for anything that is going to keep you cosy. £8.95 per metre

✿✿SOMBRERO

a) Ice pink

b) nearly navy

c) aubergine

d) Tickles Your Fancy 150cm wide soft polyester satin in a wonderful shade of dark purpley blue. This is a bit of an “I want to be alone cloth” in that it has a very sensual appearance and handle and might cause heart problems in some quarters. Not only is it a satin it has a very fine ribbed weave on the reverse. I think you could use this the other way round and have the rib outside and the satin next to you. Say no more.

REF: CM1097 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£5.50 per metre

£6.00 per metre

e) Pusillanimous Japanese 150cm wide polyester satin Dupion in a rather delightful shade of puce. Satin backed polyester slubbed Dupoin of the finest dress quality. £6.50 per metre

f) Purple Reign Divided are we in the office about these satin fabrics, Jayne loves the colour of this one, a very dark purple. The quality is not quite as good as the others, although it is still a super cloth, it isn’t just as soft but nonetheless we think it would be great for bridesmaid dresses.

REF: CM1236 WIDTH: 57”/144cm

152cm wide 60% poly/38% wool 2% elastane light/medium nice quality suiting/dress fabrics in either a) black b) navy blue.

A lovely soft and swirly cloth.

REF: CM1253 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

Three very nice quality medium/heavy weight satin fabrics from a top maker. Very soft with an expensive finish and wonderful drape. They all have a tiny rib on the reverse and come in

REF: CM1099 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

✿✿SNUGGLE BEAR REF: CM1045b WIDTH: 57”/145cm

SUMMER FLOWERS - BLUE

£4.95 per metre

✿✿SPOTTY MULDOON 150cm wide silky, fine, lightweight polyester satin in a burgundy wine colour with an all over quite small gold spot pattern. A quite stunning cloth.

REF: CM1139 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

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SPOTTY MULDOON

SUMMERTIME - PRETTY IN PINK

SUMMER FLOWERS - GOLD

SUMMERTIME -BALINESE GOODNESS ME

✿✿SPANISH EYES 140cm wide French, ridged lace, with a sheen in the petals of the floral design. It is 52% Rayon, 48% nylon; there is an inherent stretch in the net, that the design has been knitted on to. Beautifully soft, quite a bit of weight; so it will drape beautifully. And it really is gorgeous. a) Black b) Navy c) Champaign d) Ivory e) Soft Dusky Pink - £9.00 per metre REF: CM1044 WIDTH: 56”/140cm

£16.00 unless otherwise stated

✿✿STAY LOOSE 62” wide super white polyester heavy “cheesecloth” probably white enough and good enough to make flowing garments that are worn in Saudi Arabia. And if looked after will keep this wonderful whiteness for years to come. Great for tablecloths too.

REF: CM1046 WIDTH: 62"/157cm

£4.00 per metre

THE DESCENDANTS

c) Goodness Me 60” wide beautifully made, cotton canvas in a big, bold, tablecloth like check in lovely pastel lemons, turquoise, green, pale blue, mixtures of these colours where the yarns cross. And then there is a bolder, deeper, lilac stripe running down the cloth; which is about 5cm wide, and the checks formed by all the other colours are at least that and some, half as big again. So it is a striking cloth, I can see fabulous shorts being made out of this; and even better jackets. It is finished with a beautiful soft hand, great cloth. Width: 60”/152cm £6.00 per metre REF: CM1256

WIDTH: AS STATED

This is an extremely pretty and whimsical cloth. A lightweight polyester satin dress fabric with a silky satin finish, the print is almost abstract, but decidedly floral. It has lovely hand and good drape; perfect for dresses and blouses. a) Gold b) Blue £6.50 per metre

✿✿SUMMERTIME

✿✿TEE-HEE 150cm wide fine cotton German made suiting in dark brown with the faintest of faint shadow stripes in white. Ideal suiting for one of Mr Big’s associates.

b) Pretty in Pink 147cm wide lightweight, soft, cotton trousering in pale pink with a fine variegated pinstripe in green, navy, yellow, deep pink, purple. It’s a woven stripe not printed, and is a very, very nice cloth indeed. Equally at home on big people as well as small. Width: 58”/147cm £ 5.00 per metre

£5.00 per metre

✿✿THE DARK SIDE 152cm wide, superb cotton suiting in a fairly plain but interesting weave; which is navy blue on one side and black on the other. I think it all started out as a dark navy suiting and somebody decided to be clever and dyed the other side black, which gives you reversible option. Now there’s a thought, what’s a reversible option? It’s an ex-Paul Smith suiting, so there is your answer perhaps.

REF: CM1250 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

a) Millie club 147cm wide, lightweight cotton drill trouser/skirt fabric. Ideally suited to smaller person’s garments I would think, in a quite fine variegated stripe in red, pink, lilac, and white. It is pretty much all colour, there is not a lot of any one predominant and it is very pretty. It’s a quite refreshing and pretty fabric. Width: 58”/147cm £5.00 Per metre

£ as stated

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REF: CM1238 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

✿✿SUMMER FLOWERS

REF: CM1195 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

SUMMERTIME - MILLIE CLUB

£5.75 per metre

✿✿THE DESCENDANTS Super quality cotton poplin fabric that may even transform your husband into George Clooney who looked marvellous in his array of Hawaiian shirts in The Descendants, it is possibly a fabric that could cheer up your day. a) Aqua b) Ivory REF: CM1237 WIDTH: 57”/144cm

£9.00 per metre

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✿✿THE HILLS ARE ALIVE…

✿✿TRENCH

...With the sounds of people who are wishing they had never gone up in the first place. This is a 160cm wide cotton, very fine, grey toned weave shirting in either pale blue or pink with the absolute finest of white horizontal stripe weaves. Almost a chambray but heavier. I can remember this sort of stuff being woven on Lancashire looms a hundred years ago bit of exaggeration there, to make a point. And it used to have hundreds of faults in it because the weave was so fine and the yarn kept breaking.

Which in turn made it expensive, because somebody had to pay for all the faults. None such here, fabulous cloth. Sadly now made in Italy. a) Pink b) Blue REF: CM1191 WIDTH: 160cm

£7.25 per metre

✿✿THE UNKINDEST CUT

REF: CM1237 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£4.00 per metre

✿✿THE WORLD’S FINEST

REF: CM1217 WIDTH: 61”/156cm

£6.50 per metre

✿✿THINK PINK 140 cm wide boiled wool coating in pink. Not something you can readily get hold of these days but this cloth has a wonderful tight texture and if it had a pattern it would be that of a very flat boucle and this is brought about by the process that brings about the “boiled wool” Then there’s the colour - a fabulous you might call it a peachy pink but not for the fairies this one. Fabulous cloth.

REF: CM1090 WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£7.50 per metre

✿✿TROPIC – PURPLE 144 cm wide black and purple abstract floral dress fabric. Superb quality and Italian made, the abstract pattern is large and abstract enough to avoid worries with patterrn matching, well we think so but have a look through the images £8.00 per metre

✿✿TUBULAR BELLS 98cm wide tubular 60% cotton, 40% polyester brushback tracksuiting in navy, royal or emerald green. So by the time you have cut down one of the edges you’ve got an almost 2 metre wide cloth. A very cosy and practical alternative leisurewear cloth. a) Navy b) Royal Blue c) Emerald Green REF: CM1239 WIDTH: 77”/196cm

These cotton shirtings really are the finest the world can offer, again made in Italy; excellent quality, superb birdseye pattern. Picture on front cover.

Captain my Captain f) Pink g) Blue h) Aqua

TROPIC – PURPLE

REF: CM1238 WIDTH: 62”/160cm

REF: CM1163c WIDTH: 57”/144cm

150cm wide plain polyester twill in a very pale grey. You might think that ought to be the end of it, but it’s not. It’s not any old polyester twill; this is rather special, rather nice and beautifully finished with softest hand imaginable. It represents the best development in this type of cloth, for many a long day. Made as a dress cloth, but it has many uses.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE…

It is summertime so maybe an ivory trench coat is on your agenda. This is a 160cm wide cotton fine gabardine which is full waterproof. It has actually been sold as having polyester in it but we cannot detect any in our tests. Fabulous clobber!

£6.00 per metre

V ✿✿VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS Here we have a lovely collection of viscose lawn dress fabrics. All of them are soft to the touch and drape wonderfully. a) Seacole – Blue b) Seacole – Black. Picture on Back Cover e) Beverly J – Green c) The Golden Age - Pink g) Where Wild Berries Grow - Black h) Loretta – Blue i) Loretta – Black l) Crazy Daisy Navy m) Crazy Daisy Aqua REF: CM1210 WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£6.00 per metre

£15.00 per metre

TUBULAR BELLS - EMERALD GREEN

A BLAST FROM THE PAST - BLUE

VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS BEVERLY J – GREEN

VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS CRAZY DAISY AQUA AND NAVY

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VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS LORETTA – BLUE

WATERLOO

beautiful fabrics delivered to your door d) Green Canvas - A strong, green, coated waterproof polyester canvas.

Best to have the coated side as the face. 60”/152cm £6 per metre

✿✿VISCOSE JERSEY Viscose jersey drapes very well and is nice and soft. They are all super quality and are medium weight jerseys. These are ‘flat’ so no texture in the weave as those above a) Peach Twist b) Light Pale Coral d) Black e) Ice blue f) Orangey-red g) Ivory REF: CM979 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

£5.50 per metre

Notes – different supplier, more but nice.

I) Khaki k) Claret m) A Good Red REF: CM727 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

f) Royal Blue Canvas - 60'' wide washables, breathable polyester weave coated canvas- made for one of the big names in the outdoor sector. £7 per metre h) Red Waterproof Breathable Ripstop - Strong lightweight breathable ripstop fabric. This is a pillar box red ripstop fabric with a silver membrane on the reverse. 56”/145cm £7.00 per metre REF: CM1152

£ as stated

WIDTH: AS STATED

n) Navy

£6.50 per metre

✿✿WHAT LIGHT THROUGH YONDER WINDOW… 150cm wide, very fine polyester shirting in a pale blue with a fine double line check in white, and a fine navy blue pinstripe on top of that. Lovely light, crease-free summer fabric.

W ✿✿WAFFLE

REF: CM1265 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

60” wide heavy cotton waffle fabric, widely used at one time in the best places to stay where dressing gowns and slippers were made of the same. We have it in… a) White b) Cream REF: CM156 WIDTH: 60”/152cm

£10.00 per metre

✿✿WATERLOO Somebody must have been clutching at straws when they thought of that name, because as we know, Waterloo is in Belgium and this cloth is Italian. Made in what I believe to be cotton, viscose and silk in an abstract palm-fromed sort of design in a pale mushroom with darker mushroom markings. I am as sure as I can be that this is a furnishing cloth, but would certainly make beautiful shawls and wraps, and that sort of things. It has come from a factory that does in fact make both fashion and furnishings. It has a lovely soft and would look equally well on a wall or on at a window.

REF: CM1063 WIDTH: 53”/134cm

£4.50 per metre

✿✿WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS? 140cm wide suiting, in a quite wild assortment of fibres including cotton, acrylic, polyester, viscose and a dash of silk. It says on the tin that it is a lemon boucle, there is not a lot of need to expand on that, except to say there are not only lemon yarns in it, there are white, pale blue and silver.

Also, there is plenty of character in the yarn, but the overall cloth is quite soft. A going to the races fabric if ever I saw one.

REF:CM1245 WIDTH: 55”/140cm

£7.00 per metre

✿✿WOODSTOCK There is more design in this cloth than you can shake a stick at. Floral, paisley, geometric, abstract, and a bit of architecture to boot. This is a printed denim 97%, 3% lycra. Perfect for wow skirts and jackets.

REF: CM1166 WIDTH: 59”/150cm

£6.75 per metre

£12.95 per metre

✿✿A BLAST FROM THE PAST

✿✿WATERPROOFS a) Fluorescent orange - This is a very strong polyester PU coated waterproof canvas fabric. It is a very bright fluorescent orange.

61”/156cm £5.50 per metre b) Royal Blue - A superb lightweight royal blue polyester coated ripstop fabric. £5.50 per metre

VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS SEACOLE – ROYAL

VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS WHERE WILD BERRIES GROW - BLACK

144cm wide fine cotton lawn in white with some slub weave in the weft at one inch intervals across the cloth, on to which has then been printed a fairly large abstract floral pattern. Some of the flowers are solid some are outline. A very light, soft cloth. It comes in: b) blue REF: CM1150 WIDTH: 56”/144cm

WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS

£6.00 per metre

WOODSTOCK

SAMPLES If ordering by post, please send us the reference number and name of the fabric you want plus the following depending on your requirements. Where there are a number of items under a reference please specify your preference; a, b, c, etc.

VISCOSE DRESS FABRICS THE GOLDEN AGE – PINK

WHAT LIGHT THROUGH YONDER WINDOW

1-5 samples: please post your request and include a SAE 6-10 samples £2.50 (non-refundable) 11-25 samples £5.00 (non-refundable) You can also view all our fabrics and order samples at www.croftmill.co.uk

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THE BASICS X1 BLACKOUT CURTAIN LINING

X14 STITCH RIPPERS

60” (152 cm) wide standard blackout curtain lining: Blackout Curtain Lining

£6.00 per metre £4.75 roll

Very good quality 60 in (152 cm) wide unbleached medium weight cotton calico. Unfortunately the price of cotton has soared so this is now.

Calico

Trouser hooks and bars, 3 pairs per pack: b) Black £5.00 per metre £4.00 bolt/roll

X3 CURTAIN LINING 56” (142 cm) wide sol proof cotton satin, curtain lining in ecru. Will probably last as long as your curtains:

£6.50 per metre

X4 ELASTIC a) 5 mm wide, white: b) 7 mm wide, white: c) 7 mm wide, black: d) 10 mm wide, white: e) 20 mm (1” wide), white: f) 30 mm (1.25” wide), white: g) 30 mm (1.25” wide), black: h) 40mm wide, white:

10p per metre 15p per metre 15p per metre 20p per metr 26p per metre 30p per metre 33p per metre 40p per metre

£1.20 per pack

X16 TAPE MEASURES Best Quality Fiberglass tape measures in metric/imperial one side, imperial only on the other:

£1.50 each

X17 THREAD - REELS 450 metre reels of good quality sewing thread.

Lots of colours; we can match it for you if you like.

£1.00 each

X18 THREAD - CONES 5000 metre cones of 120’s polyester thread. a) Black b) White c) Cream

£3.00 each

X19 HOOK AND LOOP a) 25 mm wide black touch and close

All £1.00 metre

X20 WADDING

X5 INTERFACING - IRON ON 36” wide white iron on interfacing. a) Medium weight (Vilene type): b) Light weight (Vilene type): c) Lightweight Voile Cotton Interfacing: d) New Heavyweight:

£2.00 per metre £1.80 per metre £6.75 per metre

X6 INTERFACING - TRADITIONAL Cotton/Viscose/Horsehair/Polyester substantial woven suiting interfacing 32” (81 cm) wide:

£5.00 per metre

X7 HAND SEWING NEEDLES Pack of 12 assorted hand sewing needles.

£2.00 per pack

54” wide (2 oz in old money) polyester wadding, the quilter’s favourite weight it would appear:

£3.50 per metre

X21 ZIPPADEDODAH This is a list of zips that have arrived as a job lot, most of them concealed zips and in a fair old variety of colours. All nylon all YKK and they are as follows; Concealed 23cm long (9”). c) White d) Cream e) Dark Red f) Cerise g) Purple h) Coral j) Jade Non-concealed (ie the ordinary) 20 cm (8”) long l) Navy m) Dark Navy Big choice in this one! All one price 50p each, and that’s cheap.

X22 22” CONCEALED ZIPS

X8 HEMMING WEB 4 metre cards of hemming web:

70p each

X9 DRESS LININGS - SUPERIOR QUALITY We have good quality polyester linings to match nearly everything: 1) White, 2) Ivory, 3) Biscuit, 4) Dark Beige, 5) Light Brown, 6) Dark Chocolate, 7) Pale Grey, 8) Grey, 9) Battleship, 10) Dark Grey, 11) Black, 12) Pale Mint, 13) Mint, 14) Apple, 15) Pale Sage, 16) Moss, 17) Bottle Green, 18) Baby Pink, 19) Dusty Pink, 20) Magenta, 21) Dark Red, 22) Cerise, 23) Amethyst, 24) Dark Amethyst, 25) Lilac, 26) Pale Blue, 27) Turquoise, 28) Pale Aqua, 29) Royal Blue, 30) Navy Blue, 31) Lemon If you are not sure which colour you may need we are obviously more than happy to match or contrast the lining, just give us the instruction and we can pick one for you. 60” (152 cm) wide; £2.75 per metre

X11 ZIPS - SKIRT 40p each e) Ivory

d) Beige i) Green m) Burgundy

X12 ZIPS - DRESS 22” (56 cm) long good quality dress zips: £1.00 each a) Black b) White c) Ivory d) Beige e) Navy f) Cream g) Grey h) Brown

X13 SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES - ASSORTED Pack of Assorted Sewing Machine Needles:

£1.20 each

X15 TROUSER HOOK AND BARS

X2 CALICO

7” (18 cm) long good quality skirt zips: a) Black b) White c) Cream f) Brown g) Grey h) Pale Pink j) Navy Blue k) Pale Blue l) Red n) Claret o) Dark Grey p) Jade

Large Stitch rippers:

£2.00 per pack

22” long good quality concealed dress zips a) Black b) Dark Navy c) Pale Pink f) Puce g) Wine h) Cerise i) Light Stone j) Pale Blue k) Red m) Purple n) Ivory o) Bottle Green

£1.75 each d) Beige l) Pink

X23 DRESS MAKING ELASTIC d) Drawstring elastic, white e) Drawstring elastic, black f) Round cord elastic, 4mm wide, white

£1.25 per metre £1.25 per metre 70p per metre

X25 White cotton bunting crafting and sewing tape ¾”(19mm) wide a) 25p per metre or b) £8.00 per 50 meter roll.

X26 PINS Perfect box of pins for helping to hold you fabric together while you make up your creations.

2.5cm £2.00 per box

X27 BIAS BINDING 19mm bias binding 70p per metre a) Cotton – This comes in the following colours: Royal blue, grey, baby pink, yellow, black, dusky pink, turquoise, red, emerald green, lilac, pale blue, ivory, white. b) Satin – This comes in the following colours: Red, white, pale blue, beige, pink, ivory

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NOT GOING OUT - BLACK PAGE 9

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A LIKELY STORY – ELIZABETH PAGE 2

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