Are you planning your wedding? Helping a friend find the perfect wedding dress? Or are you simply following the current wedding season trends. Satin fabric is every wedding must have! Satin is a luxurious soft fabric, rich in colour and style, elegant in style. Satin fabric is naturally soft and sleek feeling fabulous against your skin, releasing a feeling of lustrous and beauty. Weddings are happy celebration events you want radiance and style to shine through, satin fabric will give you the confidence to relax and enjoy the day knowing that you look and feel fabulous.

Whether you are a dress maker searching for your latest wedding fabric inspiration, or a fashion student preparing for your project – Here at Calico Laine we stock everything you need to create the perfect satin fabric wedding dress. Satin fabric is this seasons wedding must have, this blog highlights the various types of satin fabrics and their properties available at incredibly low prices at Calico Laine.

Duchess Satin

Duchess Satin fabric is the Queen of all satins, its soft and sleek properties, shiny on the outside and matt on the inside fabric makes Duchess Satin a fantastic fabric to work with as it hangs well and can be cut easily. Duchess Satin was originally woven from silk, although with today’s advanced manufacturing methods Duchess Satin can be made from nylon or polyester. It is the Floats within the Duchess Satin fabrics which determine their sleek. Loose floats produce a very soft and sleek feel leaving you radiant beauty and style.

At Calico Laine we stock Duchess Satin in a wide range of colour and style. Choose from Aubergine Duchess Satin to Lustrous Apricot Duchess Satin and much more. Our Duchess Satin fabric is available at incredibly low prices; feel free to browse the Calico Laine website to discover our range of satin fabrics.

Economy Satin

Calico Laine stock a wide range of economy satin fabric, an alternative to the Duchess Satin range. Economy Satin is available in a wide range of colours and style from banana satin to black satin and much more. Economy satin is a soft and sleek fabric perfect for wedding dresses and gowns. A good material to work with, economy satin is the fabric for dress makers.

Satin fabric is such a versatile fabric, there is no need to stop at the wedding dress – Satin can be used to create elegant and soft lingerie, why should your lustrous feeling end after the wedding celebration, allow it to continue throughout the night with satin night wear and bed linen.

Feel free to browse through the Calico Laine website to learn more about our range of satin fabrics. Our Haberdashery department is fully stocked with various zips, scissors, sequins, diamantes and much more! Allow Calico Laine to be your one stop shop for all your wedding fabric and haberdashery needs.