croft mill catalogue issue20

All about fabric

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Going To The Ball - REF: CM114

Wool Camel Coating - REF: CM130d

Malinky - REF: CM194

Vader - REF: CM215

Lockwood - REF: CM151b

Going To The Ball - REF: CM165

Bright and Beautiful - REF: CM200

Grey Suiting - Jaguar - REF: CM216

Oh I Say - REF: CM127i

Alternative Therapy - REF: CM197

Waterproofs – Lemonade CM186

Double Cord - Pale Rust - REF: JA1

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A✿✿ A FAltering Federer

Elsewhere we have Federer; a 60” wide 70% cotton 30% linen cloth in green which is probably made for shorts or trousers maybe for tennis players, as wonderful as Roger Federer is, sadly we have an odd 10mtrs which has got a rogue yarn in it. This yarn is about 12” in from one of the selvedges and isn’t constant, it’s picked up a bit of dye from somewhere it shouldn’t have done and it didn’t bleach out. So it’s marred so instead of £10.00mtr it’s only £3.50mtr.

REF: CM195 60” (152 cm) wide £3.50 per metre

✿✿ AlternAtive therApy56” or 140cm wide, 30% wool 70% viscose dress fabric, the base cloth is a dark brown with a hint of brown perhaps, upon which are printed little explosive star shapes, almost firework display like. Have you got the drift, when a rocket goes up it explodes into thousands of little bursty things, well it’s like that. It has a lovely soft hand and I suspect it is made as an alternative to viyella, Made in Italy and is very classy.


✿✿ Amber nectArWhilst I wouldn’t wish any cloth to remind anyone of beer this particular amber cloth I have to tell you about is perhaps a bit more of a Polynesian gold and I know you will be wondering how on earth does he know what that’s all about and I can only tell you it comes from one of the Technicolor films we have just been talking about. Coffee coloured might be the way that advertising people would describe it now if it was make-up, a glorious sultry, amber/gold. It is actually a film adhered to a thin black polyester jersey. Exactly what you would use it for I am unsure. Lightweight and pliable because it’s a knitted fabric, I am told it was used for blouses and dresses. The price is almost worth the colour alone.


✿✿ ArFACotton elastane needlecord shirting/trousering not unlike fabrics seen on the catwalk for designers like Burberry. This is really soft and if you are looking on the web, I know Caroline may struggle to get the photo to give an exact colour representation but this is a nice light beige/creamy colour, it will go with a lot of stuff.


✿✿ ArmAdANavy blue 60% wool, 40% polyester suiting with a superfine almost herringbone weave but it isn’t. In old fashioned money, probably a 7 to 8 oz cloth so it has substance without being too heavy.

REF: AP03 60” (152 cm) wide £10.00 per metre

B✿✿ Baumgartner

There is a certain element of boldness about the men who leap from somewhere around the moon and fall to earth making a soft landing or walk on wires over the Niagara Falls. I would say they must be part crackers. You don’t have to be part crackers to buy this very bold black and white check boucle jacketing. It is an approximately 2” square check and the chunky yarns are slightly proud of the cloth giving it a boucle appearance. It is a mixture of wool polyester and acrylic, has a reasonable weight.


✿✿ Bargain BundlesWe have 20 or so bundles, of around 10mtrs each, of a fair variety of short lengths cloths from half a metre to one and a half metres, some lightweight some heavyweight. There are no guarantees of what you will get, it is just a mixture of everything that has been in the catalogue, the cost of the cloths, anything from £3,00 to £15.00mtr. I have made these up, so am hoping that you can be persuaded to buy. However you have to have bought something else in order to have one of these, they are fairly rare and well worth having if you can use smaller lengths of cloth. They are £8.50 each as long as you have bought £25.00 worth of stuff (including the bundle). We can really only do 1 per order.

£8.50 each

Put big light on!We have reached the time of year when sadly we have to illuminate our houses. Here, in parts of the mill, we have to illuminate all the time, as there are no outside windows. It is from one of these rooms that I am speaking to you now; where in the far corner are the majority of my golf clubs and indeed most of my other golf accoutrements. This is in part a punishment for them not serving me as well as I wanted during the current golf season, the naughty corner. I am told by those around me that we

are due to have a bit of a heat wave in the coming week which puts me in a bit of a quandary as to where to start but as there has never been any rhyme nor reason to the way I have done these catalogues over the years why change now. In fact it doesn’t matter how I list things, other people change them behind my back, or when I’m not here. If it’s worse than it used to be it’s not my fault. So I hope you winter well and enjoy some of the fabrics I shall now tell you about.

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✿✿ BattlesHiPFinely woven polyester, with a synthetic rubber coating. It is completely waterproof. I can’t believe it’s entirely breathable; however it is in a fulsome battleship grey colour.

REF: OT14 60” (152 cm) wide £5.00 per metre

✿✿ BlusH

60” wide, polyester corduroy. Now I do understand that you can’t have polyester corduroy, but you can have a cloth that looks like cord, which is made from polyester, that’s what this is. A fairly chunky cord but soft, in a very light taupy brown. It drapes beautifully and has a very soft hand. It was made for lightweight jackets I understand, so maybe that’s what you would do, maybe cushions or teddies? It will wear and bounce back because it’s polyester. Cheap enough at £4.00mtr.


✿✿ BOlOtteHow do they do that is a question that, sadly, I am unable to answer. This is a 60” (152 cm) wide black polyester dress fabric with a fine horizontal pin stripe design in white and then comes the clever bit. What they have done is to crease the cloth in a fairly random fashion so the fabric appears to have a deeper black, random fine embroidered, rope-like pattern. It’s a permanent feature of the cloth and it won’t come out and the effect is quite astonishing. It has a soft finish. Picture on the back page.


✿✿ BOuncing cHecksTwo absolutely wonderful 60” wide shirting cloths;a) A Time to Remember – Beautiful cotton Viyella type check cloth, variety in the weave as well as the colours, beautiful!b) Halcyon Days – Fine fabulous cotton check shirting from a long gone famous mill. Please have a look at the picture on the back.


✿✿ BrigHt and Beautiful

Following on from our extreme good fortune in getting hold of some good woollen fabrics this year here comes another. A bright cerise wool velour, I pause to let that sink in, both to me and to you because you don’t see cloths as beautiful as this, in this kind of colour. To say it is vibrant is an understatement, it’s gorgeous, having softness you couldn’t believe but it still has quite a bit of body. It isn’t much heavier than a fleece fabric It will make anything from wonderful dressing gowns to jackets and possibly a coat, but not winter weight, if there is such a thing these days. £20.00 mtr. I know that sounds a lot but you should have seen the original price tags for the wool fabrics.


✿✿ BrOcade

60” (152 cm) wide poly/viscose ‘brocade’ like cloth with an abstract design in grey and black. Good weight with a soft finish.


✿✿ BrOderie anglaiseTraditional 3 hole design Broderie Anglaise ina) White b) Cream


✿✿ BrOderie anglaise trimSee X23 in the basics section at the back.

✿✿ BwHna60“ (152 cm) wide fabulous herringbone weave, cotton trousering in a very dark navy blue. It has been very lightly gone over to give a wonderful hand and very good drape; another trousering from Gurteen.


a) A Time to Remember


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✿✿ BZZ60” wide polyester voile blouse fabric in black with 5mm wide white and gold horizontal stripes. Looks a little bit like an anaemic bee; perhaps more black than a bee but when you’re in a jam keep going. Wonderfully floaty. Picture on the back page.


C✿✿ cascade

A lovely soft drapey viscose in black with a riotous assembly of small colourful flowers in red white and green. Easy to sew, wash and wear.


✿✿ cagneY An extremely stretchy ruched fancy polyester lace. It stretches every which way and then some and it a quite loose but heavy open lace with a floral pattern joined with heavier bands of yarn and then criss-crossed with finer bands with smaller flowers within those. It comes in cream and carries the awful tag of being a designer fabric.


✿✿ cHamOisA very fine 60” (152 cm) wide dark brown cotton chamois fabric which as the name suggests is basically a cotton cloth that has been simulated to copy a chamois leather, it is similar to a moleskin in that it has a nap and has been brushed so it has the hand of a soft velvet.

REF: AP12b 60” (152 cm) wide £6.00 per metre

✿✿ cOalitiOnWell we’re getting along very nicely without money, aren’t we? Best to not go down that road, eh? This cloth is another 60” wide poly wool suiting in a medium to dark grey, light weight, summer weight even, in a very fine hopsack weave.


✿✿ cOrdurOYWe have a few colours left in these glorious 8 Wale all cotton corduroys. As you are probably aware not much is made in this country these days and generally not readily available. However these arrived here from a maker in a far of land, originally exported from here it was sent there to be made up but then he went bump the cloth was then brought back here. What a tangle web we weave. a) Deep plumb redc) A dark brown which has a silvery top to the raised portion of the corde) A pale gold

REF: JA1 all 60” wide and an aBsOlute triumPH £7.50 per metre

✿✿ cOsiThis is a fine brushed poly/cotton flannel shirting with a wonderfully soft hand in a) A lovely mint, (picture on the back page). b) Mid grey.


✿✿ cOttOn irOn On interfacing - greYSee X22 in the basics section at the back.

✿✿ cHristmas PrintsWe haven’t gone mad with these as the price has soared, we have a few of each of the designs below so if you are ordering please put a second choice if you would accept an alternative. We have some Plain Dyed Poplin on page 9 in Emerald and Claret and Red to match some of these too.


a) Flora Gold b) Green Tartan Fabric c) Hazel d) Holly on Cream

h) Sapphiree) Holly Rouge f) Jingle Bells g) Red and Gold Stripe



✿✿ crOucHing tigerImagine if you will hiding in the undergrowth waiting to frighten a tiger to death, you can see him he can’t see you. Why can’t he see you? Because you have made a cat suit from this incredible stretch velvet. The reason for its incredibility is that it has been dyed in a brown, almost tiny ocelot pattern, which has in it a very, very faint check. From where I am standing it looks like camouflage. Very light, it doesn’t behave just like any old velvet, this is special.

REF: CM 107 60” (152 cm) wide £7.50 per metre

D✿✿ darcY

This is a boucle made from wool polyester acrylic and a bit of a whispy shiny fiber, of whose origins I am uncertain. The overall appearance is of a grey tweed but the yarns used are grey, black, silver and white. Soft almost to the point of floppiness but there is plenty of body in the cloth. A cloth that goes in and out of fashion almost as often as the Tories make gaffs.


✿✿ denimThe full blown proper cotton denim is almost as rare as hens teeth these days in that most of it is made in China and most of it gets made into garments in China so we have to look for alternatives and latterly we have found this little batch. There is not a lot of any of it but they are all 60” wide a) Black – This is in black, not completely black because it’s made up of black and cream yarns in fairly traditional denim weave. It is about half the weight of the heaviest of denims, which is usually 14¾ oz and needs a bucking bronco to break it in. It is made from cotton polyester and lycra and therefore will wear quite differently and it has a certain elegance to it.b) Golden – The same fabric except the weave is slightly different. Whilst it is described as gold on the label it’s actually made up of brown and pale orange yarn and whilst the orange only shows through in the background it certainly could be said to have a golden tinge to it.c) Bluish – Pretty much the same as the others but made from blue and very pale peachy beigeish yarns whose effect is to break down the surface slightly so that it doesn’t look all blue.


✿✿ dO YOu knOw wHat i mean?A term well used in our part of the world, along with ‘if you will’ in fact often only interspersed with a few other words, e by gum conversations can be hard going at times. Anyway this polyester fabric is a designer lining, no better quality than the other linings we have but never the less, if you have this with our coating fabric you may just look like you are wearing a Burberry coat. Do you know what I mean?


✿✿ dOuBle cOrdThis is a double cord in that it has one thick whale then one thin whale. Altogether there are 5 of these double whales to the inch, so it is chunkier. It comes in a) A Lovely Gold b) Pale Rust (picture on front cover)

REF: JA1 60” wide and an aBsOlute triumPH £7.50 per metre

F✿✿ federer

60” (152 cm) wide 80% cotton, 20% linen ivory fabric in a suiting weight with weave interest akin to that of a linen. This is not a soft fabric and has crisp feel to it. It would be good for structured clothing and could even be used for tablecloths.


✿✿ fOrsOOtHWe’ve got a little collection of tweeds, fine tweeds, woven on very old looms. I’d like to think that they were hand looms but I don’t think they are. The cloth is only 1mtr (39”) wide, in fact it’s not quite that wide. It has a little bit of a rough hand to it, not a lot, but it is not a silky cloth, in the way that a modern worsted wool cloth is. They are genuine tweeds woven with different coloured yarns. Some new colours sold out and some new added.a) Heather Blue b) Forrest c) Beige f) Leaf Green g) Natural Grey These are narrow and they have a bit of history and they are nicely made. £7.00 per metre, which if you double it up to £14.00 for a wider cloth you will not get a better cloth for anything like that kind of money, no matter where you go. Trust me I’m a cloth salesman.


G✿✿ gAnt

An absolutely wonderful brushed 100% cotton flannel check fabric, a super cloth. It would make wild shirts and some excellent pyjamas.

REF: OT48 54“ wide £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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✿✿ ginghAm (1”)1” (2.5 cm) corded edged gingham, poly/cottona) Emerald Green b) Pale Blue c) Dark Blue d) Red


✿✿ ginghAm (1/4”)Poly/cotton ¼” corded edged gingham ina) Red b) Green c) Lilac d) Yellow e) Dark Blue f) Black h) Pale Blue i) Pink

REF: OT49 45” wide £3.50 per metre

✿✿ gOing tO the bAll?Harvey MoonBlack polyester ball gown fabric with some built in stiffening and a very fine lurex thread to give it a lustre. Picture on the cover.


SabrinaIf you want to get noticed in a posh frock this winter at some fancy do then this may just do the job. Red polyester woven dress fabric in vivid red with a very fine gold lurex thread to make it lustre. Soft but not sloppy.


Red TaffetaGlorious claret red polyester taffeta. Picture on the cover.


✿✿ grey sUitingTwo fabulous silver grey suiting fabrics, not at all alike but they do go together of you fancy both. Jaguar A truly wonderful superfine 150’s worsted wool suiting, 60” wide, in light grey with a fine white pinstripe at 5mm intervals. There’s a small element of lycra to help with the drape but I’m blowed if it needs it. Picture on the cover.


Wool Flannel SuitingBeautifully soft silvery grey wool cashmere mix flannel, 65% wool/10% cashmere/20% viscose/ 5% nylon


H✿✿ HaVing a laugH

60” (152 cm) wide wool/poly/acrylic soft tweed fabric in brown with white and orange tweedie bits. Might do for a throw so you could make a suit, sit on the throw and play at spotting the idiot.


✿✿ Hi HO

60” (152cm) wide poly/cotton/lycra shirting in white with a fine shiny silver lurex stripe at one inch (2.54 cm) intervals.


I✿✿ i wandered lOnelY...

“I wandered lonely as a cloud” I think the poem goes, but I haven’t seen any lonely clouds this year, they are around in throngs, crowds, multitudes, providing us with the necessary water to keep us flooded, but to continue, I should have seen rows of daffodils but instead I have come across a field of tiny white flowers on a light burgundy cotton needle-cord. Very pretty, very soft, very expensive but it is nice.


✿✿ in all mY BOrn daYsEvery Preston Guild comes a cloth that you require an adjustment. Is it this way or that, day time, night time? Well it came from Paul Smith as a shirting but I think there’s much more to be had. Wonderful as it is in a shirt/blouse cloth. It will make fabulous lightweight trousers and glorious pajamas. 100% cotton of the absolute finest quality; it comes i a very pale blue satin stripe about 5 mm wide with a very fine cream alternate stripe. Love it to bits. Picture on the back page.


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. More details can be found on our website www.croftmill.co.uk



✿✿ italian Prints

A little collection of silky soft, fine cotton Italian lawns, light as a feather with lots of lovely colour.


J✿✿ JerseYs – cOttOn

In different weights, different widths, different colours, different texture but all beautifully made in cotton.Medium weights:b) Pale blue c) Forrest Green d) Dark dusky rosee) Mink f) Marine blueHeavy weight:g) Warm Grey

REF: OT64 at least 60” uP tO 68” wide (152–160cm) £5.25 per metre

✿✿ JerseYliciOusThis is a lovely white jersey fabric with a horizontal ruche in stripes. I think this will make expensive looking tops. The floaty type covering all that you need to. The fabric is 100% cotton but the detail has elastane to ruche it. You will like this.


K✿✿ kids canVas

OuchCotton canvas fabric with printed nursery design ina) Blue b) Pink.

REF: MY48 all 60” (152 cm) wide £5.00 per metre

L✿✿ lAce

Two red laces but altogether very differentRed Lace 56” (142 cm) wide, vividly red, rigid polyester lace. Rigid in that it doesn’t stretch, well it gives a little but it doesn’t stretch. It is in a small floral design. In the modern idiom ’it’s well good for Christmas’. It wouldn’t have done for Mary Portas but then again who makes their own knickers.


SaskiaMildly stretch lace fabric in red in a traditional floral pattern. This is a nice quality lace suitable for evening and party wear, very glamourous and on trend this season. Picture on back page.


✿✿ lOcKWOOd56” (142 cm) wide fancy polyester net ina) White b) BlackBoth have a satin ribbon and rose sewn-on design. Add a touch of gold and you have something special. Only a tiny amount of each.


M✿✿ malinkY

Malinky a floral satin dress fabric which is very soft, it comes in a fabulous multicoloured floral pattern it has quite a large repeat but there is enough going on for that not to matter. This will make a fabulous dress or even one of those slinky gowns in which you can pose over a chaise longue. In fact most of this fabric was bought by a lady who is making up such items for the Arab market.


d) Shuttlecock - Redb) Canopy a) Eruption

d) Black a) White

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✿✿ maureen O’HaraSadly I can remember the halcyon days of cinema when the female stars of the day were indeed glamorous and Technicolor had just become the medium to transport colour into our cinemas. Every colour was enhanced beyond all that is natural and we were all the more uplifted because of it. An uplifting character in lots of films was Maureen O’Hara, a flame haired beautiful woman who played anything from posh ladies to gypsies and the like. I have a 60” wide cloth before me which is one of the vivid colours that I imagine were the case when Technicolor was first invented, it’s a brilliant rich purply blue, a kind of soft taffeta made in polyester with a delightful very fine textured finish. If you can imagine blouses with big balloon sleeves, buttoned up to the neck covering what the film director wanted to tease you with, I digress. Beautiful cloth, fabulous colour.


✿✿ mOre waterPrOOfsVery fine lightweight polyester cloth was a breathable coating applied to one side making it a very pliable, soft cloth. We had a lot of these but all that remains are:b) Red c) Black d) Airforce BlueIt you want to cover a sleeping bag or repair an old down jacket and you want it to be waterproof, then this is the cloth to do it with.


✿✿ mOuflOn cOatingBlack 60” (152 cm) wide whole wool mouflon coating with cashmere and as the title suggests, jet black and an absolutely fabulous cloth for lighter weight overcoats, jackets and the like. Again on the expensive side at £20.00mtr but it doesn’t come along everyday.


✿✿ mustiQueA super quality chiffon with a lovely meduim sized floral in oranges, purples, black and green on a cream ground. A beautiful polyester chiffon fabric.

REF: CM152 58” (147cm) wide £6.00 per metre

N✿✿ naVY stretcH needlecOrd

This is a lovely cotton velvet needlecord in a good navy; it has some lycra and is a great weight for skirts and trousers.


✿✿ naVY VOile60” (152 cm) wide navy blue poly/cotton voile with a slightly crinkled finish. Quite a bit of body but not heavy.


✿✿ needlecOrdTwo super quality cotton needlecords.Black Needlecord – Soft black needlecord from Germany.

REF: JA1a 60” wide £7.50 per metre

Royal Blue – Lovely soft royal blue needlecord.

REF: CH6a 45” wide £6.00 per metre

✿✿ nOBBledThis 60” wide cloth, from afar looks fairly bland and uninteresting, a closer examination reveals that one, it is all cotton, which I didn’t expect and secondly it has a slightly nobbley textured appearance due to a nobble in the warp yarn. It comes in white, not a brilliant white, slightly off white. A good 7oz cloth, which puts it in the same bracket as something like a chino, it’s got a bit of density to it. We haven’t got a lot, it will make nice summery things or perhaps even a throw.


O✿✿ One cOat canVas

60” wide, heavy-duty polyester canvas, coated with white waterproof polyurethane. In old-fashioned money this would have been described as 4oz nylon so it’s the sort of stuff you make bags and sailcloth from, although these days sails tend to be extremely light. It comes in unblemished white and is £3.00mtr.


✿✿ O’ HaraExtremely fine cotton lawn fabric in black with the absolute finest of dobby pattern in the weave in Black.

REF: MY40b 60” (152 cm) wide £4.50 per metre

P✿✿ Permanence

Fine polyester cheesecloth in dark cream with a crease/pleated finish. Lovely hand and drapes well.


✿✿ Plain dYed POPlin100% superior quality cotton poplin in a) Red b) Purple c) Claret d) Emerald




✿✿ PlatOOn60” wide very superior cotton canvas in olive green. There must be an army somewhere that dresses in this colour, but who would wish for a cloth as tough and yet as soft as this is for a uniform. You will make outstanding beautiful items from this cloth.


✿✿ POPlin Prints - reducedYou may be able to see the pictures in the last catalogue, we have some cotton poplin prints in a patchwork design which are slightly faulty in that they are bowed, if it wasn’t for the pattern it wouldn’t matter really but because the fabric is bowed the lines of the patchwork are not straight (only one way from selvedge to selvedge). If this does not matter to you, you can have these for £4.00 per metre.a) Patch – Pinks and ivory with little red and pink flowers.b) Patch – Pale Blues and ivory with little red and pink flowers.c) Patch – Black, Greys and ivory with little red and pink flowers.d) Patch – Navy, Royal Blue and ivory with little red and pink flowers.

REF: PP12 45” (112 cm) wide £4.00 per metre

✿✿ POPlin – wHitePure and simple 60” wide 100% white cotton poplin in brilliant white and nearly of a quality produced in this mill umpteen years ago. We will endeavour to get more of this cloth expensive though it is as is in the future it is likely to be made in China and the quality will not be as good by any stretch of the imagination.

REF: CH26 60” (152 cm) wide £5.25 per metre

✿✿ Ps. i lOVe YOu60” wide black horizontally pleated satin, the sort of stuff when used ‘tother’ way up, longitudinally, makes skirts that both cling and swirl and could almost be a one size fits all situation. Having said that don’t scrimp, otherwise the pleats the pleats won’t be pleats will they. It could almost be something for those “ I want to be alone” moments with a fag, a cup of tea and Coronation Street.


✿✿ Put tHe kettle On

45” (114 cm) wide polycotton prints.


✿✿ Pure wHite miscHief Beautifully made fine cotton crépe in pure white. Soft as the proverbial. Gorgeous. Exactly the same fabric as we had before except this is pure white.


Q✿✿ QUilted FUr

60” wide faux fur coating fabric in which has been quilted to a polyester peach skin finished backcloth. The backcloth has then been embroidered and embellished with rows of tiny shiny sequins. Described as being reversible, who knows, you would probably want to wear the fur on the outside all the time but if you didn’t you would have something that had an evening appearance. Very different and special.a) Chocolate brown b) Grey


✿✿ QUilted FleeceThese really are quite unusual fabrics and quite special too, this is a checked fleece fabric with a plain polyester fabric attached to the reverse. The fleece has been stitched into plain cloth giving a wonderful pattern on the plain side. Think it may best be described by looking at the picture on the back page but it will make super gilets. It comes in two patterns.a) Twirl - Navy back with fleece check (picture on the back)b) Stars - Black back with fleece check


R✿✿ racing silk

100% polyester artificial silk ina) Red b) Blue c) White

REF: MY27 57” (145 cm) wide £2.75 per metre

✿✿ red is tHe cOlOurThis red cotton drill has been given a flame-retardant backing. It doesn’t do anything special apart from not burning. It doesn’t make a great deal of difference to how the fabric behaves except, perhaps, to make it a tad stiffer than it otherwise would be. It is still quite malleable though but being cotton and a drill it is obviously very strong.


✿✿ rusH Of BlOOdPeach finish woven polyester dress fabric in a fairly manic gamut of colour in an abstract design. Colours involved are purple black, soft orange, cerise and white. Picture on back.

REF: CM126 62” (157cm) wide £5.00 per metre

d) Black a) Pink e) Ditsy Cream


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✿✿ POPlin Prints new designs added

All these poplins are beautifully woven and a lovely hand.

Tammy - Cream REF: PP17

50’s Polka - Cotton Pale Blue REF: PP9a

Flora - Sage REF: PP25

Rosas - Black REF: PP38

Wimbledon - Navy REF: PP22

The Flag REF: PP36

Mama’s & Papa’s REF: PP8

Pretty Polka - Blue REF: PP4b

Jane and Ronnie REF: PP27

After the Rain REF: PP28

Strawberries & Cream REF: PP7

English Rose - Pink REF: PP20a

The Crafty Spot - Baby Pink - REF: PP10c

The Crafty Spot - Dark Navy - REF: PP10f

The Crafty Spot - Red REF: PP10d

The Crafty Spot - Pale Blue - REF: PP10b

The Crafty Spot - Dusky Pink - REF: PP10e

The Crafty Spot - Navy REF: PP10g

Bella - White REF: PP37

Angelina REF: PP29

Tulip REF: PP32

Gaga REF: PP33

Grace - Ivory REF: PP31a

Grace - Blue REF: PP31b

The Crafty Spot - Sage REF: PP10a

The Crafty Spot Old Green REF: CM042

Ellen - Black REF: PP11a

Say it with flowers - Slate - REF: PP3a

Austen - Grey REF: PP24

Say it with flowers - Black - REF: PP3b

Nelly REF: PP30

Zandra REF: PP39

Tiny Rose - Yellow REF: PP30a

Oklahoma REF: PP34

Olivia - Green REF: PP35a

Olivia - Blue REF: PP35b

Pollyanna - White REF: PP13b

Duchess - Grey REF: PP23c

Pollyanna - Black REF: PP13a

Wat Spot - Red REF: PP9b

Duchess - Cream REF: PP23b

Wat Spot - Pale Blue REF: PP9c

REFERENCES AS ABOVE 45” (114 cm) wide £6.95 per metre

✿✿ PrettY POllYHalf decent poly/cotton cloth with the following prints:

REFERENCES AS ABOVE 45” (114 cm) wide £4.00 per metre

Bobby - Turquoise REF: PC2b

Bobby - Orange REF: PC2d

Daisy Boo - Yellow REF: PC3b



S✿✿ scOttisH widOw

You will remember when the original Scottish widow ads were shown you barely got a glimpse of who was wearing the cloak, there was every reason to believe she couldn’t move her head as the cape was too heavy. How times change. We have a very lightweight poly/lycra suiting which is incredibly fine, whisper light and yet extremely dense due to the volume and fineness of the yarns involved. It is virtually uncreaseable, and drapes beautifully. The colour is a very dark black and will make anything from every day articles to evening attire.


✿✿ seersuckerAs summery as you are going to get, this 100% cotton seersucker which is a bit of a rarity is an 1/8 of an inch check ina) Pink and white b) Pale blue and whiteBoth would look ever so pretty in a tiny dress with puff sleeves.


✿✿ sHine OnGold or silver lame. For decoration, for dress, for furnishing even. High gloss mirror finish.a) Gold b) Silver


✿✿ sPOil YOurself!A selection of beautiful Irish suiting cloths, linen, silk and wool mixes. d) Paleface – Wool/poly mix suiting fabric in the palest of pale duck egg blue.e) Jackal 2 – Wool/silk suiting fabric in tones/shades of beige with a fine line overcheck in dark brown.f) McCamish – Plaid check woollen lightweight trousering/shirting fabric. i) Oh I say – Picture on the cover.

REF: CM127 all 60” (152 cm) wide £9.50 per metre

✿✿ start as YOu mean tO gO On65% viscose/20% polyester/15% linen dress fabric in black, which has a random all over permanent creasing. It doesn’t look creased in the sense that it has all been scrunched up, these are designer creases and in its way it is attractive. A dress weight cloth with a little bit of open weave so there is a bit of a see through element about it so a liberty bodice wouldn’t go amiss. Rather nice. Picture on the back page.


✿✿ stretcH VelVet60” wide, 98% cotton with 2% Lycra velveteen dress fabric in a) Black b) Dark chocolate brownReasonable weight even though it is quite fine, perfect for trousers skirts and jackets with the Lycra to give it the extra comfort.


✿✿ suPer fleece60” wide polyester fleece with a difference in that it isn’t an all over fleece, it looks as though it’s embossed i.e. the back cloth is flat and there are raised starfish, sea anemones, and other sorts of floaty things that suggest looking into water. The thing that dispels that myth is the fact that the back cloth is cream and all the shapes are in blues, oranges, rusts, lemon, navy blue, pale blue, grey and green. Perhaps it is a bit like looking in a coral sea. Not cheap but it is different.


T✿✿ taHiti

60” (152 cm) wide polyester crepe de chine in a gloriously colourful floral design. Picture on the back page. Very soft and drapey. A good hiding cloth.


✿✿ tHe Big sPOtPretty standard quality white poly/cotton fabric with a 1” (2.5 cm) spacious (a lot of white ground) polka dot print in:a) Black b) Bright Cerise c) Bright Lime Green d) Royal Blue

REF: MY30 45” (114 cm) wide £2.50 per metre

✿✿ tHe sPice Of lifeA plain weave, the checks are in shades and tones of cream, green and mustard with fine line over-checks in all these colours plus a pale blue. A poly/wool fabric made entirely in Yorkshire, with a lovely silky soft but still firm hand.

REF: OT116a 60” (152 cm) wide £10.00 per metre

✿✿ tHe wOrker60” (152 cm) wide polyester/wool suiting in a lightly marled dark grey, beautifully made utility cloth.


f) McCamish e) Jackal 2

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 of delivery of your fabrics.


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✿✿ tHree men in a BOat We have finally begun to persuade you about this fabric but we still have some left. A 40% poly/60% wool gabardine in a stripe design and in three colourways. Someone wanted to buy 58 metres of this as a cheap stripe for a show only to dispose of it afterwards which is sacrilege for a British woven wool gabardine. My heart sank but fortunately we didn’t have enough left as I don’t think I could have brought myself to that. Someone must have a better use that that? Curtains, anything?a) In blue/grey/beige.b) In slate/dark turquoise/green.c) In sand/browny beige/pinky beige.The stripes are about 1” (2.5 cm) wide, interspersed with border stripes in contrasting but complementary colours.


✿✿ tOwelling 60” wide, excellent quality white cotton terry towelling with a very nice silky soft finish. This does shrink so wash before you sew. We now sell cotton tape which you can use as edging if you are making towels.


✿✿ trOPical60” (152 cm) wide 60% wool, 40% polyester in a very fine hopsack weave, the sort of weight that those who used to go on the Grand Tour would have had when they reached warmer climes. Virtually crease proof, drapes absolutely beautifully and in a delicious shade of a tanny brown.

REF: AP22 60” (152 cm) wide £7.00 per metre

✿✿ trY meA 60” (152 cm) wide polyester ‘denim ‘look fabric made up of blue and white yarns. It is a twill weave but it is obviously not denim as this has a shiny silky look to it just to add to the confusion. It is an expensive looking fabric and it doesn’t crease, so could make perfect slouchy elegant looking pants for your hols. Last little bit.


✿✿ twO Of a kind56” (142 cm) wide cotton furnishings, you could even make some nice pinnys out of this superb quality cotton furnishing. a) Shilton – A broad strip design with flowers.b) Fullbrook – A diamond criss-cross design.Both in pale turquoise/rust/green.


V✿✿ Van winkle

60” (152 cm) wide 70% cotton 30% polyester fine cotton twill made to go into nightshirts and blue willy winkie caps to be sold as Christmas gifts in USA. A lovely soft hand and fairly substantial. Picture on back page.


✿✿ Vader This reversible poly/viscose “melton” cloth, jacket/light coating weight which is black on one side and black with a fairly subdued check in burgundy on the other side. The check is made up of broad bands and fine lines which meld well into the black background but not so well that you can’t see it. It will be an excellent wearing cloth and fairly warm because of the brushed finish that it has. A very smart and cosy fabric. Picture on the cover.


✿✿ Vegas45” wide, brushed cotton flannel in lots of vibrant colours. 100% cotton, decent quality.


✿✿ VelVet cOrdRidiculously fine cotton cord, with a velvet finish, similar to a shirting weight ina) Pale beige b) Brown

REF: OT128 60” (152 cm) wide All are £5.25 per metre

✿✿ ViscOse JerseYsViscose Jersey has become very popular as it drapes very well and is nice and soft. These all have Lycra and therefore tend to have a little shine to them. We have some plain and some not, some old and some new.Plainsb) Teal c) Brown d) Marl Grey – mid to dark greye) Pink – pretty bright – bluey – not peachy pink. f) Black


W✿✿ WAFFle

Waffle weave cotton rich poly/cotton shirting in white. Heavy enough, because of the weave, to make shorts or perhaps trousers from a blast from the past.


b) Fullbrook a) Shilton



✿✿ WAFFle ii60” wide heavy cotton waffle fabric in white, widely used at one time in the best places to stay where dressing gowns and slippers were made of the same. Perfect for curtains and bedding too.


✿✿ WAistcOAt & WAt nOtWe have had these for some time under many different guises; the names can confuse us as much as you but the last was a duplicated name so caused no end of bother, hence a new name. These 60” (152cm) wide cloths did arrive from a maker of fine gentlemen’s suitings and because they aren’t suitings I assumed they were linings. Not necessarily. Some were used for waistcoats, others for the backs of waistcoats and – wait for it – travelling dressing gowns and of course exceptional linings. They would make the perfect linings for the wool coatings above to make an exceptionally expensive looking coat.b) Plain black taffeta with a dark brown reverse. This is made from black and brown yarns, not piece dyed. It is also quite substantial.d) Black and brown fine stripe in dull satine) French Navy with a textured weave patternf) Black Satin Stripe, not even stripes, small then big to create an optical effect.g) Beautiful silvery beige with stripes at 4.5 cm repeat.


✿✿ WAterprOOFsHere is a little selection of so called waterproof fabrics, apparently we are not able to call anything waterproof any more, since once you sew it you might alter the structure of the thing if the coating becomes impaired. Notwithstanding all else these are as near to waterproof as you will get and do repel water. All are 60” (152cm) widea) Lemonade – This is rather different to anything we have sold before. A very pale lime green polyester, lightweight canvas with a synthetic rubber backing. We only have 20mtrs. Will make wonderful kiddies rainwear, although it was, according to the place it came from, used for ladies rain-capes. Picture on front page.b) Hasslehoff – A pale olive/khaki extremely strong breathable treated polyester with an almost Barber like finish.c) Kit – A smooth backed polyester fabric in navy with a water repellent treatment to the other side. d) Knight Rider – Another softly sanded polyester canvas with a lightweight breathable water repellent coating to the reverse. This is a deep olive green.e) Revoyce – A densely woven but lightweight polyester in beige one side and a lovely rich but fairly pale gold on the other. There is also some black yarn used in this, on reflection I think it’s a membrane which will help with the windproofing and water repellency. Picture on backf) I will never forget Whatisname – A rare beast, a knitted polyester jersey with a woven polyester twill on the reverse in beige. This again appears to have a membrane between the two layers. A more substantial cloth than any of the others. All these have featured in a major, exclusive, expensive, brand of jackets costing well over £100.


✿✿ WOOl cOAting

I think it’s fair to say that there will not be a repeat as these cloths have been made in this country. What comes from abroad now I am not certain of but I do know that these mills are no longer in existence. So if you want to preserve a bit of history, do your bit. a) Black Watch – A 60” (152 cm) wide two-sided woollen coating. One the one hand it is plain navy; on the other side it is navy and green ‘Black Watch’ tartan plaid weave.b) Bright Spell – A 60” (152 cm) wide flannel wool coatings in a melange of many greens, producing a dark lime colour. Is this a cause for excitement or what? Beautiful cloth. Picture on cover.c) Orange Flannel – the same cloth as above but in bright Orange.d) Camel – A 60” (152 cm) wide, absolutely fabulous camel wool/nylon/cashmere coating. No certain of the exact percentages but they are likely to be 80% wool, 10% nylon and 10% cashmere. I know people tend not to go for overcoats these days, but people who want to be dressed nicely for their daily sojourn wears suits and in winter they wear an overcoat and you will not do better than this cloth wherever you go for the rest of your life. As the title suggests it is in a camel colour. £20.00 per metre. Now don’t fall over – the wholesale price is almost twice that.e) Dandy – 60” (152cm) wide, Suitably recovered I move on to a brown wool cloth coating weight which is in a herringbone weave on one side (a faint but wide herringbone weave) and on the reverse a plain but beautifully marl finished brown with other tones mixed in. This is in fact two cloths woven together. As clever as it comes and beautifully soft and just as expensive as the others. Picture on back page.f) Grey Flannel – A 60” (152 cm) wide pure new wool, medium weight flannel, definitely a coating weight but of a completely different character to the previous cloths just described. Another drop dead gorgeous cloth. Picture on back page.g) Brown Flannel – As above but in a dark, heathery infused brown.h) Navy Flannel – And as above but in navy bluei) Chequers – This is the last cloth for the moment in this particular conversation. A light fawn and camel oblong check on the one side with a brushed camel plain finish on the other. It has all been too much for me. Fabulous cloth.


h) Navyg) Brown d) Camel

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We offer 5 samples free of charge. 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.a) 1-5 samples; please post your request and include a SAE b) 6-10 samples £2.50 (non-refundable) c) 11-25 samples £5.00 (non-refundable)You can also view all our fabrics at www.croftmill.co.uk


All about fabric

THe BASICSX1 BlackOut curtain lining

60” (152 cm) wide standard blackout curtain lining: £6.00 per metre

X2 calicOVery good quality 60 in (152 cm) wide unbleached medium weight cotton calico. Unfortunately the price of cotton has soared so this is now. £5.00 per metre

X3 curtain lining56” (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, wHite a) 5 mm wide: 10p per metre b) 10mm wide: 20p per metre c) 30 mm (1.5 inch wide): 30p per metre

d) 7 mm wide: 15p per metre

X5 interfacing - irOn On36” wide white iron on interfacing. a) Medium weight: £2.00 per metre b) Light weight: £1.80 per metre

X6 interfacing - traditiOnalCotton/Viscose/Horsehair/Polyester substantial woven suiting interfacing 32” (81 cm) wide: £5.00 per metre

X7 Hand sewing needlesPack of 12 assorted hand sewing needles. £2.00 per pack

X8 Hemming weB4 metre cards of hemming web: 70p each

X9 dress linings - suPeriOr QualitYWe have good quality polyester linings to match nearly everything: White, ivory, biscuit, khaki, light brown, dark chocolate, pale grey, grey, battleship, dark grey, black, pale mint, mint, apple, pale sage, moss, bottle green, baby pink, pink, dusky pink, magenta, dark red, cerise, amethyst, dark amethyst, lilac, pale blue, royal blue, navy blue, turquoise.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 - skirt7” (18 cm) long good quality skirt zips: 40p each

a) Black b) White c) Cream d) Beige e) Ivory f) Brown g) Grey h) Pale Pink i) Green j) Navy Blue k) Pale Blue l) Red m) Burgundy

X12 ZiPs - dress22” (56 cm) long good quality dress zips: £1.00 each

a) Black b) White c) Ivory d) Beige e) Navy f) Cream g) Grey

X13 sewing macHine needles - assOrted Pack of Assorted Sewing Machine Needles: £2.00 per pack

X14 stitcH riPPersLarge Stitch rippers: £1.20 each

X15 trOuser HOOk and BarsTrouser hooks and bars, 3 pairs per pack: a) Bright metal b) Black £1.20 per pack

X16 taPe measuresBest Quality Fiberglass tape measures in metric/imperial one side, imperial only on the other: £1.50 each

X17 tHread - reels450 metre reels of good quality sewing thread. Lots of colours; we can match it for you if you like. £1.00 each

X18 tHread - cOnes5000 metre cones of 120’s polyester thread. a) Black b) White c) Cream £3.00 each

X19 VelcrOa) 25 mm wide black touch and close b) 20 mm wide brown touch and close c) 20 mm black touch and close All £1.00 metre

X20 wadding 54” wide (2 oz in old money) polyester wadding, the quilter’s favourite weight it would appear: £3.50 per metre

X21 ZiPPadedOdaHThis 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”).b) Very Dark Navy c) White d) Off White e) Red f) Cerise g) Purple h) Coral i) Sage j) JadeNon-concealed (ie the ordinary) 20 cm (8”) long l) Navy m) Dark NavyBig choice in this one! All one price 50p each, and that’s cheap.

X22 cOttOn interfacingOne metre (39”) wide iron-on cotton interfacing in grey to be used where you need something of substance to stiffen the sinews: £3.00 per metre

X23 BrOderie anglaise trima) 85mm white poly/cotton 65%/35% Broderie Anglaise Trim woven in Indonesia, in a 5 hole design with a scalloped edge. 75p per metre

b) 50mm Ivory Broderie Anglaise Trim poly cotton woven in Austria. The finest broderie anglaise is woven in Switzerland and Austria. This is very pretty with a shell motif. 55p per metre

X24 lace trim

35mm White polyester lace trim in a pretty floral design 25p per metre

X25White cotton bunting, craft and sewing tape .¾” (19 mm) wide 25p per metre or £8.00 per 50mtr roll.

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Quilted Fleece - REF: CM209a

Tahiti - REF: CM133

In All My Born Days - REF: CM130

Bolotte - REF: CM007

Start As You Mean To Go On - REF: CM211

Cosi Mint - REF: CM169a

Halcyon Days - REF: CM199b

Saskia - REF: CM160

Rush of Blood - Peach - REF: CM126

Bzz - REF: CM110

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Amber Nectar - REF: CM197

Wool Coating Dandy - REF: CM130e

Van Winkle - REF: CM147

Water Repellent - Revoyce - REF: CM186e

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