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ANTIQUE WHITE 32 COUNT BELFAST LINEN FABRIC (ME32F) Belfast linen fabric is ideal for counted embroidery such as Blackwork and cross-stitch. The fabric has uneven threads giving the fabric a natural look and has 32 threads to the inch. I use the belfast linen fabric for my blackwork Chickadee kit and the blackwork Fuchsia kit. Antique White 32 Count Belfast Linen fabric is 55 inches (137 cm) wide. COST (MBLF) Yard of Antique White 32 Count Belfast Linen Fabric: $85.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MBLF½) ½ yard of Antique White 32 Count Belfast Linen Fabric: $43.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MBLF18) 1 x 18 inch by 18 inch (45 cm by 45 cm) of Antique White 32 Count Belfast Linen Fabric: $22.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MBLF½) 1 x 13.5 inch by 13.5 inch (33.75 cm by 33.75 cm) of Antique White 32 Count Belfast Linen Fabric: $9.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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LINEN FABRIC (MELF) COLOUR Antique White ODDS AND ENDS SALE (MMF1) 12 inch by 12 1/2 inch Piece of 25 Count Antique White Linen Fabric SALE PRICE: $2.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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32 COUNT ETAMIN COTTON FABRIC (ME32F) 32 cotton Etamin fabric (from Austria) is ideal for any type of counted embroidery such as Blackwork, cross-stitch and even pulled work. The fabric has even weave threads so it is easy to see the threads and holes to count the stitches on. This fabric has a lovely soft quality. There are 32 threads to the inch. I use the etamin fabric for my blackwork butterfly kit and the blackwork peacock kit. The Etamin fabric is 70 inches (175 cm) wide. COLOUR Antique White COST (ME32F) 1 yard of Etamin 32 Count Cotton Fabric: $45.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (ME32F½) ½ yard of Etamin 32 Count Cotton Fabric: $23.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (ME32F) 1 x 14 inch by 14 inch (35 cm by 35 cm) Piece of Etamin 32 Count Cotton Fabric: $5.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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HEATHERFIELD 16 COUNT COTTON FABRIC (ME32F) Heatherfield polyacrylic 16 count fabric makes a nice modern counted fabric ideal for Blackwork and cross-stitch. What makes this fabric particularly unique is the mixture of colours in the fabric to give it a natural look. The fabric is slightly on the grayish tone with flecks of dark grey, and brown (ochre) running randomly through it. The fabric has even weave threads so it is easy to see the threads and holes to count the stitches on. I have used the 16 count Heatherfield fabric for my Blackwork Horse embroideries. The Heatherfield fabric is 52 inches (130 cm) wide COLOUR White Birch COST (MH161F) 1 yard of Heatherfield White Birch 16 Count Fabric: $70.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MH161/2F) 1/2 yard of Heatherfield White Birch 16 Count Fabric: $36.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MH1613F) 13 inch by 13 inch (32.5 cm by 32.5 cm) of Heatherfield White Birch 16 Count Fabric: $8.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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KID LEATHER The kid leather can be used in Goldwork, Modern Jacobean and Applique and can be sewn down by hand or machine. You would like samples of the kid leather please visit my Metal Threads Samples webpage. SIZE AND COST You may order both any colour of the leather on the same order. i.e. Select gold and then click the button to add to cart and then select silver and click on the same button to add to cart. To check your order click on view cart below. (MKL4x4) Kid Leather 4 inch by 4 inch (10 cm by 10 cm): $5.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Gold Matte Gold Vatican Gold Silver Matte Silver Black Bronze Copper Head Pewter View Cart (MKL6x6) Kid Leather 6 inch by 6 inch (15 cm by 15 cm): $9.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Gold Silver View Cart (MKL1/4) 1/4 Skin Kid Leather Approx 12 inch by 12 inch (30 cm by 30cm) - Not Square: $45.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Gold Silver View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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TRADITIONAL JACOBEAN LINEN TWILL FABRIC (MLTF) The Jacobean Linen Twill fabric is the traditional fabric used for Jacobean crewel embroidery and is woven in Scotland. The Linen Twill fabric is naturally stiff and heavy traditionally used for drapes over windows and around beds to ward of the cold and can be used for pictures, fire screens and cushions . Before embroidery is begun the fabric should be washed by hand, in hand hot water, soaked for a while and then rinsed so that the stiffening is removed from the fabric. The fabric can be ironed dry on the wrong side of the fabric. This traditional Jacobean Linen Twill fabric has the characteristic diagonal weave on both sides of the fabric. The Jacobean Linen Twill fabric is 60 inches (150 cm) wide, and can ordered by the yard or 1/2 a yard. COLOUR Biscuit COST (MLTF1) 1 yard of Linen Twill Fabric: $88.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MLTF½) ½ a yard of Linen Twill Fabric: $44.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MLTF19.5) 20 inch by 20 inch (50 cm by 50 cm) Linen Twill Fabric: $16.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MLTF14.5) 15 inch by 20 inch (37.5 cm by 50 cm) Linen Twill Fabric: $15.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MLTF14.5) 15 inch by 15 inch (37.5 cm by 37.5 cm) Piece of Linen Twill Fabric: $14.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

MOUNTMELLICK FABRIC The Mountmellick fabric that supply is the traditional cotton satin jean Mountmellick fabric used for Mountmellick embroidery. The fabric is a tightly woven, 100% cotton satin, the shiny side of the fabric is embroidered upon with the matt Mountmellick Thread, giving Mountmellick its characteristic contrast. The Mountmellick fabric is 55 inches (137 cm) wide. COLOUR White COST (MMF1) Piece of Mountmellick Fabric: $15.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Select Size: 22 inch by 23 inch View Cart (MMF1) Piece of Mountmellick Fabric: $10.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Select Size: 18 inch by 18 inch View Cart (MMF13.5) Piece of Mountmellick Fabric: $8.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Select Size: 13 inch by 19inch View Cart (MMF13.5) Piece of Mountmellick Fabric: $7.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Select Size: 14 inch by 15 inch 12 inch by 18 inch 11 inch by 18 inch View Cart (MMF13.5) Piece of Mountmellick Fabric: $6.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Select Size: 11 inch by 15 inch 13.5 inch by 13.5 inch View Cart (MMF13.5) Piece of Mountmellick Fabric: $5.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Select Size: 13 inch by 13 inch 11 inch by 14 inch 10 inch by 18 inch 8 inch by 18 inch View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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MUSLIN FABRIC (MF) Southern Belle Muslin fabric (Calico in European terms) is a 100% cotton fabric. This wonderful fine quality muslin fabric has a 220  thread count (regular muslin fabric thread count starts at 70) and makes an ideal ground fabric for Needle Painting and is the only muslin cotton fabric that I have found that I can recommend for needle painting. The warp and weft threads are closely woven allowing for very precise stitching. The fabric is soft to the feel, has no brown specks as in some muslins and has a very consistent weave unlike some broad cloths. The muslin fabric can be also used as a supporting fabric for the Goldwork and silk fabrics embroidery projects. A one yard length of the muslin fabric is 44 inches (110 cm ) wide. The fabric does not come washed. COLOUR Off white, speckless. SIZE AND COSTS (MMF1) 1 yard of Muslin Fabric: $7.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MMF1/2) 1/2 yard of Muslin Fabric: $3.75 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MMF20) Muslin Fabric, 20 inch by 20 inch (50 cm by 50 cm) Piece: $2.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MMF14.5) Muslin Fabric, 14 ½ inch by 14 ½ inch (36 cm by 36 cm) Piece: $1.50 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MMF11) Muslin Fabric, 11 inch by 11 inch (27 ½ cm by 27 ½ cm) Piece: $1.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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SHADOW WORK LINEN (MSF) The shadow work linen fabric is used for fine white work embroidery, shadow work embroidery, and shadow work applique. There is approximately 50 threads to the inch. The fabric is fine and slightly see through. I use the shadow work linen in my Fine White Work kits. The shadow work linen fabric is 72 inches (180 cm) wide. COLOUR White ODDS AND ENDS SALE  (MSF1/2) 12 inch by 10 inch Piece of Shadow Work Linen Fabric: $2.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart REGULAR COST (MSF) 1 yard of Shadow Work Linen Fabric: $110.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart (MSF1/2) 1/2 yard of Shadow Work Linen Fabric: $55.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

Dark Silk Noil Off White Silk Noil     Black Silk Matka   Red/Brown Silk Matka Click on images for enlargements

SILK FABRICS Off White and Blue silk Noil are raw silk fabric with fine warp and weft threads and a bobbly suface ideal for doing goldwork embroidery on. Brown/Green, Green and Red/Brown silk Matka are rustic silk fabrics with larger warp and weft threads that have a range of tones in the colour of the fabric. It is recommended that the silk fabrics are backed with a muslin fabric (calico in European terms) for added strength. The silk fabrics can be tacked onto the muslin fabric and then placed into an embroidery frame so that both fabrics are equally tight and neither fabrics are puckering. I offer five shades of silk ground fabrics for use in Goldwork or other embroidery projects. The Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Techniques book uses Silk fabrics as the ground fabric for the Goldwork Projects . You can order the book from this website and the fabric, padding and metal threads required to work the projects in the Royal School of Needlework Book. COLOUR Off White Silk Noil is very close to DMC floss No. 712 Black Silk Noil Green Silk Matka is very close to DMC floss No. 3051 Red/Brown Silk Matka is very close to DMC floss No. 632 Dark Blue Silk Matka is very close to DMC floss No. 823 Black Silk Matka SIZES AND COSTS (MSN1) Silk Noil, 11 inch by 11 inch (27 ½ cm by 27 ½ cm) Piece: $4.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Off White Black View Cart (MSN2) Silk Noil, 11 inch by 16 inch (27 ½ cm by 40 cm) Piece: $5.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Off White Black View Cart (MSN3) Silk Noil, 14 inch by 14 inch (35 cm by 35 cm) Piece: $5.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Off White Black View Cart (MSN4) Silk Noil, 20 inch by 20 inch (50 cm by 50 cm) Piece: $6.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Off White Black View Cart (MSN4) Silk Noil, 1 Yard: 36 inch by 44 inch ( 90 cm by 110 cm) Piece: $13.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Off White Black View Cart (MSM) Silk Matka, 11 inch by 16 inch (27 ½ cm by 40 cm) Piece: $8.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Black Red Brown View Cart (MSM) Silk Matka, 14 inch by 14 inch (35 cm by 35 cm) Piece: $8.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: Colour: Black Red Brown View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.