Croft Mill
Black Dress Fabrics
As we are a mainly female team, here at Croft Mill we understand how hard it can be to find the perfect dress in the perfect fabric for any given occasion. However we all agree on one mantra ‘you can never go wrong with a little black dress’ especially when it is made out of good quality fabric and measured to fit. Therefore here we have gathered together our black dress fabrics that you can use to make your own.
Read our blog about 1950s style dress patterns.
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- Part number
- 2005PH05/b
Pima Cotton Lawn - Miss Rose
Beautiful, Pima cotton lawn with repeating rose bouquets pattern on the black background. Perfect for dressmaking and crafts.
- Price incl. VAT
- €18.37 per metre
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- Part number
- 1162d
Italian Crepe - Black
Italian poly/viscose/spandex designer crepe dress fabrics in black. A medium weight stunning quality dress fabric with some give to make these well fitted dresses you like.
- Price incl. VAT
- €16.91 per metre
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- Part number
- 1810M15
Guiness & Champagne
In my early days as a conceiver of how to mix drinks, Guinness and Champagne. Was and still is referred to as Black Velvet and guess what? This first item on our agenda is a rather splendid 50% cotton 45% modal 5% Elastane.
- Price incl. VAT
- €17.49 per metre
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- Part number
- 19HAB07G
Downton Abbey - Lady Rosamund - Black Collar
Here we have a selection of beautiful collars, perfect for adding that extra touch to any garments.
- Price incl. VAT
- €2.04
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- Part number
- 1905P13
Koople
Lovely floral print dress fabric for making flowing dresses and skirts.
- Price incl. VAT
- €11.66 per metre
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- Part number
- 1904O03B
Pure Washed Linen - Black
Pure brilliantly black fantastically made + stunning linen – enough said.
- Price incl. VAT
- €20.99 per metre
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- Part number
- 1909J13A
Condoleeza - Black
137cm wide, 80% cotton, 19% polyester, 1% elastane, Stretch trousering with a satin surface, not too shiny just a dull sheen. A good suiting weight.
- Price incl. VAT
- €8.16 per metre
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- Part number
- 1812JK15
Mansfield
145cm wide dark silver very fine polyester dress fabric with boodles of stretch, and the silver is in fact printed on a black cloth so it is not bright silver but still has quite a sheen to it.
- Price incl. VAT
- €20.99 per metre
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- Part number
- 1810ST02A
Stretch Duchess Satin- Black
150cm wide, 97% polyester 3% elastane heavy duchess satin. This cloth might be used for brides, bridesmaid and prom dresses.
- Price incl. VAT
- €13.99 per metre
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- Part number
- 1809J05
Cunard
150cm wide, Cotton trousering in fine very dark navy, plain weave with a slight satinised finish to one side.
- Price incl. VAT
- €7.00 per metre
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- Part number
- 1809C15b
To Party or Not To Party - Floral
140cm wide. Is a fairly delicate net upon which is embroidered floral pattern with plenty of the sheer net in evidence, this is black on a very pale beige background
- Price incl. VAT
- €14.87 per metre
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- Part number
- 1809C15c
To Party or Not To Party - Guipure
134cm wide. Guipure a black all over scrawley embroidered sort of design loosely linked by a spiders web sort of arrangement holding the whole thing together.
- Price incl. VAT
- €17.49 per metre
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- Part number
- 1809C15d
To Party or Not To Party - Double Scallop
130cm wide, Double Scallop, whisper light, fancy polyester net in palest beige with a quite substantial floral pattern in black with a double scalloped edge, pick the bones out of that lot!
- Price incl. VAT
- €14.87 per metre
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- Part number
- 1710P02A
Cloud - Black
155cm 95% Viscose 5% Lycra knitted jersey fabric in deep black. Perfect for any kind of fitted clothes and garments.
- Price incl. VAT
- €8.75 per metre
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- Part number
- 1804R04
Castanet
Not as in fishing but as in Spanish dancing, this is a 150cm wide black wool with polyester light weight suiting, woven pretty much like a fine loose hopsack, that it has a little bit of coarseness about it.
- Price incl. VAT
- €32.65 per metre
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- Part number
- 6284
Karla
125cm wide black soft poly viscose, slightly satinised, slightly stretchy, lightweight suiting with a little bit of weave interest, quite different.
- Price incl. VAT
- €8.40 per metre
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- Part number
- 5376a
Lace - Black
145cm wide quite traditional soft corded lace. 100% polyester with a scallop edge and beautifully made.
- Price incl. VAT
- €15.10 per metre
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- Part number
- 7346
For The Finer Things - Silk Chiffon
Beautiful 140cm wide black silk chiffon fabric. This is not dead flat - there is a subtle and lovely crinkle to it.
- Price incl. VAT
- €10.44 per metre
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- Part number
- 7277
Wake
148cm wide superb polyester woven voile in black.
- Price incl. VAT
- €5.83 per metre
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- Part number
- 7187
Knights In Black Satin
155cm wide densely woven Carrington Bridal polyester satin with a dull finish, slinky, doesn’t get much slinkier. A beautiful black dress satin. 98% Polyester 2% Spandex
- Price incl. VAT
- €16.33 per metre
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- Part number
- 1402a
Sparkle - Black and Wine
Very sparkly and very nice quality sequined dress fabrics, all very different, I hope the photos do most of the work for me. This one is in Black and Wine – black with a wine colours floral pattern
- Price incl. VAT
- €12.77 per metre
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- Part number
- New 3016
Cody Joe
Crepe with as much stretch as you need. There is quite an incredible amount of furnish yarns in this cloth which I am sure if you wanted would fit like a pair of Tom Dayley's trunks but its not that kind of cloth.
- Price incl. VAT
- €8.75 per metre
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- Part number
- 1989g
Superior Satin Crepe - Jet Black
A 150cm wide very superior fine polyester ‘silk’ luxury satin crepe dress cloth, in either deep cerise, kingfisher blue or jet black. It just hangs there. Rather splendid.
- Price incl. VAT
- €13.99 per metre
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- Part number
- 381b
For The One and Only Kate Moss
60in wide black mechanical stretch crepe fabric. We may well get into trouble for using her name, I am not entirely sure but please let us know if you do know. This fabric was made for her collection at Top Shop. These dresses retail at £150 + mark, not t
- Price incl. VAT
- €13.93 per metre