Shopping Cart

Qty. :

Fabric Description Article : IL020 Content : 100% Linen Type : BASIC Thread size warp : 30 Thread size weft : 30 Thread count warp : 51 Thread count weft : 43 Color : BLEACHED Weight : 3.5 oz/yd. Width : 57 inch Price : $ 7.30 yard

Add to my favorite

Fabric care

Customer reviews

Top Quality Linen! Reviewer: Valerie When you combine top quality linen, great prices and excellent customer service, you have got a winner. I have been purchasing linen in the 3 oz and 5 oz weights from fabrics-store for 6 years and it´s consistently been a pleasure both in order process and after receipt.

Great for all but the sheerest garb Reviewer: Carla D. This linen is fairly slubby, but its bright white and light to medium in hand at a great price! It´s pretty soft on the skin once washed, it continues to get softer. It appears to be a chinese linen as it has a short fiber length, but the price is right!! I have used this for many an italian chemise, hats, linings, sleeves and more. At this price, its not too heavy but not heavy enough for breeches, but it would be ok, for braies (underwear) and any long wearing linen garment. I haven´t tried dying it just yet, be sure to get a \"reactive\" dye for plant fibers if you do.

Wonderful product Reviewer: Lisa I had never ordered from this company before so didn´t know what to expect. I trusted the reviews of my fellow reenactors and am glad I did. This linen is fabulous. Way better than any I have bought from my local fabric store. Plus, I can trust that it is 100% linen, unlike my local fabric store who is known for mislabeling linen blends as 100%. I am now an enthusiastic customer who plans to buy from this company again and again!! I´ve also recommended this store to some others I know who sew reenactment clothing.

Fabulous Linen!! Reviewer: Katharine I bought this linen to make an under-kamiz. It is really transparent, so this is definitely for under-garments. It came pretty stiff and a loose weave, but it softened a bit through the laundering process. I´m almost done hand-sewing the garment and it is a marvelous material to hand-sew. I am hooked on this type of linen and will be purchasing the thicker weight for other garments. The shipping of this fabric was incredibly quick and the price is great. I´ve been referring friends!

Happy in Australia Reviewer: Michelle I am unable to get this type of linen in Australia, so I have to buy via the internet. I have bought two lots of this linen so far and I am about to buy the 20 yard special. Even though it costs alot for postage, this fabric is worth it, it makes the most comfortable chemises. It just gets better with each wearing and washing. Very happy repeat customer.

Lovely Stuff Reviewer: Christine I could cuddle up to this all day! I´m using this for my latest Elizabethan smock (chemise)- the old one was cotton batiste, and this linen is so much better! I´ve never seen a better price for linen of this weight (when not purchased in bulk, at least), especially not locally.

WONDERFUL STUFF Reviewer: Teena This is just excellent linen at the price. Perfect for making reenactment shirts. I was a little scared when it first arrived because it was so stiff and the weave was loose. But don’t worry, the weave tightened with one washing and this linen just gets softer and softer every time you wash it.

REally beautiful stuff Reviewer: Amber I made nightgowns for myself and my daughter and I just wnat to live in them all day long. I adore this fabri. I wish they sold 20 yard discount bolts of this weight! It is a bit see through, but for underclothing and nightgowns, this is just perfect.

18th century Reviewer: Mary This was great for an 18th century man´s shirt. I will order more for more shirts and chemises.

Recommend for 18thC and 19thC chemises/shifts Reviewer: Barbara Ann I really like this for my summer 18thC shift, and plan to make my early 19thC shifts from it as well, as the linen breathes better than cotton. Great price on a lovely sheer linen. Excellent smooth selvedge, makes great caps too!

Very nice Reviewer: Laura A beautiful linen for Renaissance Faire chemises, though I think next time I would go one weight higher. This weight is *just* this side of see-through. :)

For those of you who are new to it ... Reviewer: Barbara IL020 is lightweight 100% linen. It is ideal for all of your sheer applications and is a see-through marvel. Regardless of its use, we are sure that this is by far the best priced lightweight 100% linen you will ever come across.

Garments made from our fabrics

This fabric works up so nicely for period shirts. I've used it for 16th century & 18th century styles. This piece show is a Tudor smock with neck and wrist box pleats. Washing does indeed increase softness. See more photos at: http://www.dazeoflaur.com/blog/?p=1855 Posted by Laurie

I made these linen pantalets for my etsy store after many friends noticed mine and wanted copies.I used a personal pattern modeled after vintage bloomers. Posted by Regina

This lightweight linen is just the thing for an 18th century man's shirt. Even though the pattern is really big compared with modern shirts, the beautiful drape of the fabric made it hang just right. See more of my work at www.houseofninesdesign.com Posted by Tricia

This linen is perfect for 18th century shifts! It's barely transparent and drapes beautifully. See more of my work at www.houseofninesdesign.com Posted by Tricia

I made my ruff from this lovely fabric and there are 18 yards gathered up into my neckband. It handled like a dream, was perfect for rolled hems and stacked pleats. I would definitely recommend this fabric to the serious reenactor or seamstress who wants to make beautiful ruffs. Posted by Kimberley

I embroidered my daughter's coif with this lovely fabric, and also used it for the ruffs that I made for our participation in Kentwell's 1588 reenactment during the summer of 2008. I was very happy with how the ruffs held up and received many compliments on the linen garments that we wore. Our smocks were also of the same fabric, but of course you cannot see much of them. Posted by Kimberley

The close up detail is free motion machine stitching on the front band of the jacket. I lower the feed dogs on my sewing machine and use a darning foot and just move the fabric with my hands. It's like drawing with thread. This is what many quilters do on their quilts. Since I don't have batting like quilts have in the front band, (which prevents puckering), I put the part that I am sewing in an embroidery hoop to hold the fabric taught while I draw with thread. Posted by Glenda

Elizabethan Chemise I used the 5.3 oz. white linen to make the chemise for this field Elizabethan. It's a great weight for spring & fall. I buy it by the bolt for myself and my students, and I go through yards and yards of it for all sorts of things. Mistress Jeanmaire du Domremy Posted by Jeanmaire

This two tone dress is handmade exclusively by Kositas By Ixa using 100% white and yellow linen. It has embroidered accents and it can be made with a hairband and sandals. Visit our website www.kositasbyixa.com for inquiries and to see more pictures of it. Also you write me an email at: igrafals@kositasbyixa.com for more information. Posted by Ixaivia

Jenn recommended you all when I started getting into costuming and was a bit frightened of purchasing let alone cutting linen. Well your prices were so reasonable I didn't have a (complete) heartattack ordering or cutting into it once I got it. I have since ordered many times and LOVE everything I get. For me I used the 3.5 oz linen used for the gomlek (chemise) with the 5.3oz used for the blue chirka (coat)as well as the rust colored one underneath it. Great stuff and service! Thanks! Posted by Alexandra

Italian Renaissance - Chemise, Sleeves, Hat all made with white IL020 3.5 oz Posted by Carla D.

3.5 oz linen used for the gomlek (chemise) and salwar (pants), with the 5.3oz used for the chirka (coat). I LOVE this fabric :-) It washes beautifully and has an amazing drape. Posted by Jennifer

I've opted for fitted low-necked white 100% linen smock and the slashes in the under sleeves are stitched in place so it's not necessary to constantly be pulling them through. I believe they did this in period- if you look at her wrist closely in the portrait you can see the smock sleeve is narrow and fitted and the ruffle/cuff is wider and lightly gathered to fit the wrist, but the under sleeves are wider than the smock sleeve even at the wrist, suggesting that the under sleeve did have faux slashes. The neckline is accented with hand-done blanket stitching (Although hard to see in this size picture of the portrait, her chemise neckline is the same as Jane Seymour's below. The cuff was gathered to the smock and the cuff hem was finished by hand so as no machine stitching was visible. The smock itself was made based on instructions on Drea Leed's site, with dropped shoulders and underarm and hip gores. Posted by Noelle