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Make your own bespoke curtains with our cut length fabric

Have you always dreamed of making your own bespoke curtains? Or upholstering your own chair in that perfect fabric you’ve seen? Then you will certainly want to head over to our website to see our wide range of  cut length fabric, meaning you can order as many metres as you wish and then make as much as you’d like. You could even design and sew your own handbag or fashion item out of the fabrics.

There is so much you can possibly do with fabric that the list would be too long to include here. I’m sure that if you are already looking for your fabric you’ll have at least a vague idea on what you are planning to produce.

Arkara Fabric Collection
Arkara Fabric Collection

We offer hundreds of different cut length fabrics in a variety of fabric, colours and designs, you could be there for hours, maybe even days searching for the perfect one.

The cut length fabrics we offer on our website are only a handful of the 500+ which we have here in our showroom therefore if you don’t see what you’re looking for on our website then do not hesitate to call us on 01706220020 and we will be happy to send out some samples of fabrics which you are looking for but aren’t currently on our website.

We also welcome customers into our showroom which is based in Haslingden, Lancashire; therefore if you aren’t too far away it may be worth popping in to browse through our fabrics.

Visit http://www.victorialinen.co.uk/acatalog/Curtain-Fabrics.html to see our extent range on our website.

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Which fabric would you choose for your curtains?

When it comes to choosing the perfect fabric for your new curtains there are so many types of fabric to actually choose from. Most people would tend to go for cotton or a cotton blend however if the words jacquard and chenille are mentioned how would you react? Like someone’s just spoke in a different language? Not to worry, you’re not alone; read on and all will be revealed.

The most common choices for curtain fabrics are cotton,  polyester and cotton blends; but these are only a few from the many which are on offer. Voile, heavy weight, jacquard and chenille are 4 others which are very common however the technical names aren’t as well known.

Jacquard Fabric
Jacquard Fabric

Jacquard fabric is a decorative woven or knitted pattern manufactured by using the jacquard attachment on the loom. This attachment has a punch card like a piano so it offers better design versatility and fabric control. the word itself, jacquard, comes from a French inventor, Joseph Marie Jacquard, who invented aforementioned loom in 1801.

Chenille fabric is quite a thick, soft and fuzzy kind of fabric. The word chenille is the French word for caterpillar, which is why it adopted it’s name due to its fuzziness and the lengths of it do look, in fact, like a caterpillar. Depending on the type of fabric used to Create chenille, as well as the tonality of the colour, chenille can have a lovely iridescent look to it without using iridescent fabric.

Chenille Fabric
Chenille Fabric

Now you know a little more about the different types of curtain fabric which is available, the next time you’re on the hunt you will think about all of this more.

We have a massive range of fabrics available for curtains which we make to measure here in our UK based factory all hand finished. To see a selection of our collections available take a look on our website.

If you know there are certain fabric colours or patterns which you would like then contact us and we will choose a selection of fabrics and send out some samples to you.

www.victorialinen.co.uk/acatalog/Made-to-Measure-Curtains.html

 

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Roald Dahl fabrics have arrived!

Roald Dahl Day falls on the 13th September each year, Roald Dahl’s birthday. This year it coincides with Friday 13th; therefore it is the perfect excuse to splash out and purchase some of our brand new Roald Dahl fabrics including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Matilda Fabric
Matilda Fabric

Roald Dahl is the best selling children’s author of classic books which include The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many more. He was born in Wales to Norwegian parents on September 13th 1916.

His fist book was published in 1943 named The Gremlins, this was a picture book adapted from a script written for Disney. Roald then put a halt on writing children’s novels and carried on with his short stories for adults with devilish twists in the tale until 1960 when he began writing children’s novels again with James and the Giant Peach.

Here at Victoria Linen we have a selection of Roald Dahl fabric

which are available to purchase by the metre allowing you to do whatever you wish with the fabric. We can also make some items up in the fabrics such as curtains and cushions.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Golden Ticket
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Golden Ticket Fabric

We currently have 8 designs of the fabric based on 3 of the Roald Dahl books. These are Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Matilda and The Enormous Crocodile.

So, why not sweeten up your room today with some Charlie and the Chocolate factory curtains filled with sweets, or if you love books like Matilda fill your room with her fabric or if you’re a fan of animals then why not go for the Enormous Crocodile. These are perfect for any child’s room to brighten up the bedroom.

The full selection is available on our website at http://www.victorialinen.co.uk/acatalog/Roald-Dahl.html