Calico Fabric

Calico Fabric is available from Fabric World at great low prices, Fabric World stock a wide range of Calico fabric including: Extra wide calico fabric, light weight calico fabric, medium weight calico fabric and much more. Calico fabric is a plain woven textile made from unbleached, not fully processed cotton. Calico cotton is one of the oldest types of cotton still in production. The plain weave and unprocessed properties of calico fabric give calico fabric its course, plain appearance. Traditionally calico fabric was used to print patterns on, for example flowers or wildlife and place on the wall. Today calico fabric is used for a variety of purposes ranging from quilting to homemaking crafts, aprons fabric bags and much more.

Calico fabric from Fabric World is a popular sample fabric, for instance dressmakers will sample their designs using Calico fabric, due to its basic natural form and that calico fabric is a very low priced fabric. It makes sense for a dressmaker to sample their product on calico fabric, before creating their final masterpiece. Calico fabric from Fabric World is also a popular fabric for aprons, where a pattern can be easily placed on the calico fabric and sold in bulk. Fabric bags are another popular item created using Calico fabric! Fabric bags are becoming more popular, especially with the rising demand to recycle and reduce our usage of plastic bags. Calico fabric bags make a good fashion accessory, especially when they have a sewn or printed design on for instance a picture of a shoe to indicate that the calico fabric bag is being used as a shopping bag.

Calico fabric from Fabric World is often used in patchwork quilting, creating a wonderful hand crafted quilt. Traditionally Calico fabric was only available in a light weight fabric, although as you can see Fabric World stock a wide range of Calico Fabrics to suit all requirements. Choose from Narrow calico fabric, medium weight calico fabric, heavy raw denim calico fabric and much more. Please contact the team at Fabric World for more information about any of our fabric ranges, we are always happy to help.