The Historic Fabric Shoppe

Fabrics in wool, linen, silk and cotton, suitable for historic and other costumes. Also fancy fabrics for fancy dress and fantasy-wear. These are all roll ends and so of limited quantity and not repeatable. Available in the UK only.

Many more fabrics are available via this site: createthemood.vivit.com

Colours will vary according to your computer. If you need to match something you already have please note that samples are not usually available. However do not let that put you off making an enquiry as you can send a snippet of your own fabric to Create the Mood to match.

artificial silk, old gold colour with a silky sheen in bright light, a soft fabric delicately embroidered in silver/black metallic thread; Ł15 per metre	cotton fabric, rolls and rolls	cotton, brick-red with cream, heavy, solid fabric with raised cream design; Ł12 per metre
cotton, copy of an embroidered Elizabethan cushion cover. This is a printed fabric.	cotton, copy, (example 2) of an Elizabethan cushion cover	cotton, cream background with grid of brown dots, printed with vivid flowers; Ł6 per metre
heaps of fabric remnants, all sizes, all cheap	linen, printed with fleur de lis motifs on a dark cream background; Ł16 per metre	mixed fibres, large woven design useable either side, brick red with pale metallic gold, smooth finish (this section needs ironing), large design is typical of medieval patterns; Ł25 per metre
polyester smooth silky surface with machine embroidery, drapes well; Ł15 per metre	polyester, a dark red fabric machine embroidered in cream that drapes well and which rustles like real silk; Ł12.50 per metre	polyester, blue and black shot fabric that drapes well, metallic gold machine embroidery. This fabric rustles like real silk. Also matching plain fabric, enough to make a Victorian or 18th century dress; Ł15 per metre embroidered, Ł10 per metre plain
polyester, brown with medieval-style lettering, a floaty fabric; Ł4 per metre	polyester, dark brown shot with bronze threads embroidered in a range of pinks, has a lovely rustling sound; Ł15 per metre	polyester, pale greeny blue smooth silky surface with machine-embroidered sprays, drapes well; Ł12.50 per metre
polyester, shot dark maroon/yellow which combines to look like bronze with bronze machine embroidery with three-dimensional flower, drapes well; Ł15 per metre	rich velvets with metallic gold printing along both selvedges	silk brocade that is tightly-woven and stiffish to handle, can be used front or back; Ł16 per metre
silk, a weave of glowing rich colours, the main picture is the correct colour, narrow width; Ł12 per metre	silk, dark maroon and gold thread finely woven in a large carnation design, a light-floaty fabric; Ł30 per metre	silk, green and red check with thinner stipes in blue woven in slubby silk threads; Ł10 per metre
silk, slightly slubby, printed with a small fern design;	silk, woven with a very fine double strip in grey that is not noticeable at a distance, good for surface pleated decoration or lining; Ł5 per metre	wool and polyester mixed fabric with wool chain-stitch embroidery, falls into lovely soft folds, a dark-reddish colour as in the clcose-up that looks a though it has been dyed with plants; Ł10 per metre
wool and polyester mixed fabric with wool chain-stitch embroidery, falls into lovely soft folds, a difficult-to-describe colour, not purple, not red. This scrolling design has been popular throughout history; Ł10 per metre	wool and polyester mixed fabric with wool chain-stitch embroidery, falls into lovely soft folds, a pale peachy colour with cream wool embroidery; Ł10 per metre	wool fabric, bales and bales of lovely colours suitable for medieval and Victorian costumes; Ł5 - Ł10 per metre
wool, smooth woven check	wools in vegetable-looking dye colours, 100% wool and high wool content